Voting Record — Lord Ashcroft (12884)

Lord Ashcroft

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
24 Oct 2000 3 Apr 2015 Con 4 votes out of 285, 1.4% 285 votes out of 1768, 16.1% 1 time

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this Lord's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this Lord was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

See also all votes... attended | possible

HouseDateSubjectLord AshcroftCon VoteRôle
Lords26 Nov 2014Consumer Rights Bill — Report (3rd Day) tellayeno Rebel Teller
Lords5 Feb 2013Defamation Bill — Report Majorityno Rebel
Lords12 Dec 2012Crime and Courts Bill [HL] — Report (4th Day) minorityaye Rebel
Lords9 Feb 2011Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Reduce Number of Ministers If Number of MPs Reduced minorityno Rebel
19 Jan 2009Stopped being Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning), The Conservative Party
4 Jun 2008Became Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning), The Conservative Party
4 Jun 2008Stopped being Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning and Opinion Research), The Conservative Party
9 Jul 2007Became Deputy Chairman (Field Campaigning and Opinion Research), The Conservative Party

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this Lord and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
50% Asylum System - More strict
69% Business and community control of schools: For
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50% Control Orders
83% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
36% European Union Integration - For
40% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
43% Homosexuality - Equal rights
24% Identity cards - For introduction
50% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
96% Reducing the number of MPs - for
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
60% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
70% Stop climate change
74% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 1997-2001, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameParty
100.0%Lord Alliance LDem
100.0%Lord Boyce Crossbench
100.0%The Archbishop of CanterburyBishop
100.0%Lord Lewis of NewnhamCrossbench
100.0%The Bishop of ManchesterBishop
(13 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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