Voting Record — Michael Gove MP, Surrey Heath (11858)

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Con 4 votes out of 444, 0.9% 444 votes out of 776, 57.2% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Con 9 votes out of 728, 1.2% 728 votes out of 1288, 56.5% 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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HouseDateSubjectMichael GoveCon VoteRôle
Commons5 Feb 2013Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm) Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) Majorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012United Kingdom Borders — Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families
HouseDateSubjectMichael GoveCon VoteRôle
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected Majorityaye Rebel
Commons6 May 2008Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation Majorityno Rebel
6 Jul 2007Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government
6 Jul 2007Became Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families
Commons19 Mar 2007Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations Majorityno Rebel
23 Jan 2007Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons1 Nov 2006Short Speeches minorityaye Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
18 Jan 2006Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
18 Jan 2006Became Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government
16 Dec 2005Became Shadow Minister (Housing), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees minorityaye Rebel
29 Jun 2005Became a member of the European Scrutiny Committee

Policy Comparisons

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

AgreementPolicy
69% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Business and community control of schools: For
100% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
100% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
81% Control Orders
50% Crossrail - In favour
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
89% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
17% European Union - For
50% Fully Elected House of Lords
77% Gambling - Against permissiveness
100% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
99% Homosexuality - Equal rights
5% Identity cards - For introduction
86% Increase VAT
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
38% No detention without charge or trial
25% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50% Nuclear power - For
4% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0% Post office - in favour of Government policy
100% Post office closures - against
100% Privatise Royal Mail
77% Promote Occupational Pensions
0% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
88% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
100% Schools - Greater Autonomy
21% Smoking ban - In favour
61% Stop climate change
50% Termination of pregnancy - against
37% Terrorism laws - For
100% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54% Transparency of Parliament
100% Trident replacement - In favour
100% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100% University Tuition Fees - For
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
100% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

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