Voting Record — Mr Michael Portillo MP, Kensington and Chelsea (10673)

Mr Michael Portillo

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

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Con 10 votes out of 496, 2.0% 496 votes out of 1246, 39.8% 0 times
25 Nov 1999 14 May 2001 Con 2 votes out of 264, 0.8% 264 votes out of 569, 46.4% 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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HouseDateSubjectMr Michael PortilloCon VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons minorityaye Rebel
Commons3 Nov 2004Members' Allowances Majorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies Majorityaye Rebel
Commons10 Nov 2003Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies Majorityaye Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Nov 2002Adoption and Children Bill — Suitability Of Adopters Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays Majorityno Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays Majorityaye Rebel
Commons23 Oct 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Michael PortilloCon VoteRôle
Commons23 Oct 2000Election of Speaker minorityno Rebel
Commons10 Feb 2000Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill Majorityno Rebel

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
50% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
63% Asylum System - More strict
0% Ban fox hunting
0% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
0% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
30% Foundation hospitals - In favour
0% Fox hunting - Ban
75% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
20% Fully Elected House of Lords
75% Gambling - Against permissiveness
71% Homosexuality - Equal rights
50% Identity cards - For introduction
99% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
100% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
13% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
25% No detention without charge or trial
50% Nuclear power - For
65% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
3% Post office - in favour of Government policy
97% Post office closures - against
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
46% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50% Same Sex Marriage - for
100% Schools - Greater Autonomy
2% Smoking ban - In favour
14% Stop climate change
50% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
92% University education fees - Should be free
2% University Tuition Fees - For
92% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, 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.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
92.2%Mr Jonathan SayeedMid Bedfordshirewhilst Independent
88.5% Ann WintertonCongletonwhilst Independent Conservative
87.5% Nicholas SoamesMid SussexCon
87.3% David BurnsideSouth Antrimwhilst Independent Ulster Unionist
87.1% Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan Valleywhilst Independent Ulster Unionist

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