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Voting Record — Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington and Chelsea (11660)

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

Kensington 6 May 2010 still in office Con 0 votes out of 43, 0.0% 43 votes out of 58, 74.1% 0 times

Kensington and Chelsea 5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 11 votes out of 592, 1.9% 592 votes out of 1288, 46.0% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

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

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House	Date	Subject	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
11 May 2010	Stopped being Chairman, Standards and Privileges Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Liaison Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
House	Date	Subject	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
2 Feb 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
19 Jan 2010	Stopped being a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
14 Jan 2010	Became a member of the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
8 Dec 2009	Became a member of the Liaison Committee
2 Dec 2009	Became Chairman, Standards and Privileges Committee
27 Nov 2009	Became a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee
10 Aug 2009	Became a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
23 May 2008	Stopped being a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
13 Jun 2006	Became a member of the Conventions (Joint Committee)
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform, Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform, Work & Pensions & Welfare Reform

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
14%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
36%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
6%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
38%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
0%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
90%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
1%	Smoking ban - In favour
90%	Stop climate change
40%	Termination of pregnancy - against
29%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs 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 MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement Name Constituency Party
92.7% David Maclean Penrith and The Border Con

92.4% Tim Yeo South Suffolk Con

92.2% David Cameron Witney Con

92.1% Richard Spring West Suffolk Con

91.6% Humfrey Malins Woking Con