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Voting Record — Viscount Thurso (11280)
Viscount Thurso is currently Member, Industry and Regulators Committee and Member, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)
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 |
20 Apr 2016 |
still in office |
LDem |
3 votes out of 571, 0.5% |
571 votes out of 993, 57.5% |
0 times |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
6 May 2010 |
30 Mar 2015 |
LDem |
11 votes out of 892, 1.2% |
892 votes out of 1239, 72.0% |
0 times |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
5 May 2005 |
12 Apr 2010 |
LDem |
13 votes out of 786, 1.7% |
786 votes out of 1288, 61.0% |
0 times |
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
7 Jun 2001 |
11 Apr 2005 |
LDem |
16 votes out of 788, 2.0% |
788 votes out of 1246, 63.2% |
14 times |
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).
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 |
| 10% |
A stricter immigration system |
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