Voting Record — Lord Desai (13661)

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

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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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HouseDateSubjectLord DesaiLab VoteRôle
Lords8 Nov 2011Procedure of the House (Proposal 1) — Motion to Resolve Majorityaye Rebel
Lords14 Jul 2011Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Report — Parliament Square committee tellayeaye Teller
Lords29 Jun 2010House of Lords Reform minorityaye Rebel
Lords8 Jul 2009Parliamentary Standards Bill — Second Reading — amendment motion minorityno Rebel
Lords15 Jun 2009Political Parties and Elections Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) minorityaye Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Fully Elected — rejected minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (80pc elected, 20pc appointed) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (50pc elected, 50pc appointed) minorityno Rebel
Lords14 Mar 2007House of Lords: Reform (Fully Appointed) minorityaye Rebel
Lords30 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Faith schools must accept pupils from outside the faith — rejected minorityno Rebel
Lords19 Jun 2006Health Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords31 Jan 2006Speakership of the House tellayeaye Teller
Lords8 Nov 2005Racial and Religious Hatred Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords25 Oct 2005Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords21 Oct 2003Hunting Bill — amendment — registered hunting Majorityno Rebel
Lords21 Oct 2003Hunting Bill: amendment — "intentional" hunting Majorityno Rebel
Lords23 Jun 2003Communications Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 50 per cent appointed/50 per cent elected minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 60 per cent elected/40 per cent appointed minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — 80 per cent elected/20 per cent appointed minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — fully elected minorityno Rebel
Lords4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — fully appointed minorityaye Rebel
Lords10 Dec 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords6 Dec 2001Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords23 Jul 2001House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report minorityno Rebel
Lords26 Mar 2001Hunting Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords26 Mar 2001Hunting Bill Majorityno Rebel
Lords25 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords24 Jul 2000Football (Disorder) Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords20 Jun 2000Terrorism Bill minorityno Rebel
Lords20 Jan 2000Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill [H.L.] Majorityno Rebel

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
0% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
84% Business and community control of schools: For
36% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
86% Control Orders
92% European Union - For
30% Fox hunting - Ban
50% Gambling - Against permissiveness
95% Homosexuality - Equal rights
83% Identity cards - For introduction
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
50% No detention without charge or trial
50% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
34% Schools - Greater Autonomy
50% Smoking ban - In favour
1% Stop climate change
100% Terrorism laws - For
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 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 Bradley Lab
100.0%Baroness Chapman Crossbench
100.0%The Bishop of ChelmsfordBishop
100.0%Baroness Ford Lab
100.0%Lord Guthrie of CraigiebankCrossbench
(22 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

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