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Voting Record — Keith Vaz MP, Leicester East (10614)

Keith Vaz is currently

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
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 159, 0.0%	159 votes out of 463, 34.3%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	9 votes out of 239, 3.8%	239 votes out of 467, 51.2%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	11 votes out of 623, 1.8%	623 votes out of 1239, 50.3%	0 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	32 votes out of 700, 4.6%	700 votes out of 1288, 54.3%	1 time
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	7 votes out of 673, 1.0%	673 votes out of 1246, 54.0%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	2 votes out of 543, 0.4%	543 votes out of 1273, 42.7%	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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