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Voting Record — Michael Howard MP, Folkestone & Hythe (10290)

Michael Howard is currently a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)

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 13 votes out of 503, 2.6% 503 votes out of 1228, 41.0% 0 times

7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 2 votes out of 553, 0.4% 553 votes out of 1246, 44.4% 0 times

1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Con 2 votes out of 597, 0.3% 597 votes out of 1273, 46.9% 0 times

9 Apr 1992 8 Apr 1997 unknown votes out of votes out of times

11 Jun 1987 16 Mar 1992 unknown votes out of votes out of times

9 Jun 1983 18 May 1987 unknown votes out of votes out of 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 Howard	Con Vote	Rôle
10 Aug 2009	Became a member of the Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	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	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — 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	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
6 Dec 2005	Stopped being Leader of the Opposition,
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Howard	Con Vote	Rôle
10 May 2004	Became Leader of the Opposition,
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Howard	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Howard	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Howard	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Mr Michael Howard	unknown Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

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
1%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
14%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
1%	Fox hunting - Ban
75%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
40%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
39%	House of Lords Reform
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
98%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
50%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
4%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
96%	Post office closures - against
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
74%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
21%	Smoking ban - In favour
70%	Stop climate change
40%	Termination of pregnancy - against
24%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
42%	Transparency of Parliament
75%	Trident replacement - In favour
8%	University education fees - For top up fees
92%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University tuition fees
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
58%	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
100.0% John Howell Henley Con

94.5% Malcolm Rifkind Kensington & Chelsea Con

94.4% George Osborne Tatton Con

94.4% David Maclean Penrith & The Border Con

94.2% Keith Simpson Mid Norfolk Con