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

Michael Gove is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families

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

From To Party Rebellions (explain...) Attendance (explain...) Teller

5 May 2005 still in office Con 9 votes out of 711, 1.3% 711 votes out of 1224, 58.1% 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	Michael Gove	Con Vote	Rôle
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
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation	Majority	no	Rebel
6 Jul 2007	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government
6 Jul 2007	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
23 Jan 2007	Stopped being a member of the European Scrutiny Committee
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	minority	no	Rebel
18 Jan 2006	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Housing), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
18 Jan 2006	Became Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government
16 Dec 2005	Became Shadow Minister (Housing), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Committees — Administration Committee — Pay for Chairmen of Standing Committees	minority	aye	Rebel
29 Jun 2005	Became 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.

Agreement	Policy
69%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
86%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
77%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
96%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	House of Lords Reform
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
1%	Smoking ban - In favour
86%	Stop climate change
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
30%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	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-present, 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
99.2% David Cameron Witney Con

98.8% Roger Gale North Thanet Con

98.5% George Osborne Tatton Con

98.4% Humfrey Malins Woking Con

98.4% David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Con