Voting Record — Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (10345)

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	14 Jun 2005	still in office	LDem	16 votes out of 615, 2.6%	615 votes out of 876, 70.2%	0 times
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	28 votes out of 769, 3.6%	769 votes out of 1246, 61.7%	0 times
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	17 votes out of 781, 2.2%	781 votes out of 1273, 61.4%	0 times

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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 Kirkwood of Kirkhope	LDem Vote	Rôle
Lords	24 Apr 2013	Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	26 Mar 2013	Justice and Security Bill [HL] — Commons Amendments	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	19 Mar 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Report	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	18 Dec 2012	Crime and Courts Bill [HL] — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	22 Oct 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Commons Reasons and Amendment	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Jan 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (6th Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	25 Jan 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (6th Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jan 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (5th Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	23 Jan 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (5th Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	14 Dec 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (2nd Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Dec 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Dec 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	12 Dec 2011	Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	10 May 2011	Jobseeker's Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 — Motion of Regret	minority	no	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being Spokesperson for Work and Pensions,
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Spokesperson in the Lords, Work & Pensions
8 Jan 2009	Became Spokesperson for Work and Pensions,
27 Jul 2007	Became Spokesperson in the Lords, Work & Pensions
Lords	10 Jul 2006	Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — Disapplication of European Communities Act 1972 — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Archy Kirkwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chairman, Work and Pensions Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being a member of the Court of Referees Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2004	Pre-Budget Report 2004	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2004	Trade Unions (Political Funds) Reform	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Chairman, Work and Pensions Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
28 May 2004	Became a member of the Court of Referees Committee
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Archy Kirkwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Apr 2001	Finance Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill [Money]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2000	Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 1999	Deregulation - Casinos	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown

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
23%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
13%	Ban fox hunting
12%	Business and community control of schools: For
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
74%	European Union - For
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
90%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
98%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
99%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
73%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	Nuclear power - For
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
58%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
70%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
68%	Smoking ban - In favour
98%	Stop climate change
4%	Terrorism laws - For
1%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
92%	University education fees - Should be free
2%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, 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.

Agreement	Name	Party
100.0%	Lord Burnett	LDem
100.0%	Lord Dear	Crossbench
100.0%	Baroness Kingsmill	Lab
100.0%	Lord Lee of Trafford	LDem
100.0%	Baroness Meacher	Crossbench

(7 MPs voted exactly the same as this one)

Voting Record — Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope (10345)

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