Voting Record — The Marquess of Lothian (10010)

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
House of Lords	22 Nov 2010	still in office	Con	1 vote out of 124, 0.8%	124 votes out of 308, 40.3%	0 times
Devizes	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	4 votes out of 625, 0.6%	625 votes out of 1288, 48.5%	0 times
Devizes	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	1 vote out of 566, 0.2%	566 votes out of 1246, 45.4%	0 times
Devizes	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	1 vote out of 573, 0.2%	573 votes out of 1273, 45.0%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

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

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House	Date	Subject	The Marquess of Lothian	Con Vote	Rôle
Lords	21 Oct 2011	House of Lords Reform Bill [HL] — Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
11 May 2010	Stopped being a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
House	Date	Subject	Michael Ancram	Con Vote	Rôle
25 Mar 2010	Became a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
25 Mar 2010	Stopped being a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Point of Order — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	Majority	no	Rebel
15 Jul 2008	Became a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
15 Jul 2008	Stopped being a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Case not yet proven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
15 Aug 2006	Became a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
15 Aug 2006	Stopped being a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
3 Aug 2006	Became a member of the Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee
16 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence & Deputy Leader, Defence
20 May 2005	Stopped being Shadow Foreign Secretary & Deputy Leader, Foreign Affairs
20 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence & Deputy Leader, Defence
House	Date	Subject	Earl of Michael Ancram	Con Vote	Rôle
17 Mar 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for International Affairs, Shadow Foreign Secretary & Deputy Leader, International Affairs
17 Mar 2005	Became Shadow Foreign Secretary & Deputy Leader, Foreign Affairs
10 May 2004	Became Shadow Secretary of State for International Affairs, Shadow Foreign Secretary & Deputy Leader, International Affairs
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Earl of Michael Ancram	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
91%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
17%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
3%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
5%	European Union - For
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
17%	Fox hunting - Ban
69%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
59%	Fully Elected House of Lords
50%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
16%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
39%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
88%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
4%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
6%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
94%	Post office closures - against
77%	Privatise Royal Mail
42%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
93%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
31%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
58%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
46%	Smoking ban - In favour
93%	Stop climate change
98%	Termination of pregnancy - against
20%	Terrorism laws - For
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
25%	Trident replacement - In favour
92%	University education fees - Should be free
7%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
58%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which Lords voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Lords attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Lords that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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Voting Record — The Marquess of Lothian (10010)

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