Voting Record — Lord Deben (10249)

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

Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
House of Lords	21 Jun 2010	still in office	Con	9 votes out of 154, 5.8%	154 votes out of 322, 47.8%	0 times
Suffolk Coastal	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	18 votes out of 678, 2.7%	678 votes out of 1288, 52.6%	0 times
Suffolk Coastal	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	8 votes out of 713, 1.1%	713 votes out of 1246, 57.2%	0 times
Suffolk Coastal	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	5 votes out of 577, 0.9%	577 votes out of 1273, 45.3%	0 times

External Links

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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).

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House	Date	Subject	Lord Deben	Con Vote	Rôle
Lords	20 Mar 2013	Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Report (3rd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	4 Mar 2013	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Report (2nd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	24 Apr 2012	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Commons Reason and Amendments	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jul 2011	European Union Bill — Commons Amendments and Reasons	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jul 2011	European Union Bill — Commons Amendments and Reasons	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Jun 2011	European Union Bill — Report (3rd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	15 Jun 2011	European Union Bill — Report (3rd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jun 2011	European Union Bill — Report (2nd Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	8 Jun 2011	European Union Bill — Report (1st Day) – Clause 1 – Interpretation of Part 1	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	John Gummer	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 25 — Paying for sexual services of a prostitute known to be trafficked or coerced: England and Wales	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2009	Commission for the Compact — New Clause 4 — Loitering: decriminalisation of under 18 year olds	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Mar 2009	Deferred Divisions — second strategic energy review and european energy networks	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Referendum (No. 2) — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Referendum — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Act of Parliament needed to modify the Lisbon Treaty — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Remove foreign policy role of the President of the European Council — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Feb 2008	Lisbon Treaty — Prevent competition rules from becoming an exclusive policy area of the European Union — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2005	Terrorism Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr John Gummer	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Ecclesiastical Committee
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Civil Partnerships Bill [Lords] — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Ecclesiastical Committee
Commons	17 Sep 2003	Deferred Division — Implementation and Compliance of the Common Fisheries Policy	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Nov 2001	Deferred Divisions — Local Government Finance	Majority	unknown	Unknown
House	Date	Subject	Mr John Gummer	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	1 Mar 2001	House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill - Short title, commencement and extent	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2001	House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill - Removal of disqualification of clergy	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2001	Deferred Divisions - Sport	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
90%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Ban fox hunting
72%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
12%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
56%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
75%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
16%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
25%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
15%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
54%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
88%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
4%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
96%	Post office closures - against
77%	Privatise Royal Mail
42%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
54%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
10%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
84%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
21%	Smoking ban - In favour
98%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
17%	Terrorism laws - For
83%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - Should be free
7%	University Tuition Fees - For
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, 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.

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Voting Record — Lord Deben (10249)

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