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Voting Record — Sir Nicholas Lyell MP, North East Bedfordshire (10374)
Sir Nicholas Lyell is currently
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 |
4 Jul 2005 |
30 Aug 2010 |
Con |
3 votes out of 138, 2.2% |
138 votes out of 561, 24.6% |
1 time |
| North East Bedfordshire |
1 May 1997 |
14 May 2001 |
Con |
1 vote out of 641, 0.2% |
641 votes out of 1273, 50.4% |
0 times |
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).
See also all votes... attended | possible
This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their
voting record.
| Agreement | Policy |
| 52% |
Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against |
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