Voting Record — Mr Archy Kirkwood MP, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (10345)

Mr Archy Kirkwood is currently Member, SLSC Sub-Committee B, Member, Draft Health Service Safety Investigation Bill (Joint Committee), Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), , Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and Member, Services Committee

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
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	28 votes out of 769, 3.6%	769 votes out of 1246, 61.7%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	17 votes out of 781, 2.2%	781 votes out of 1273, 61.4%	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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House	Date	Subject	Mr Archy Kirkwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
4 Sep 2018	Became Member, SLSC Sub-Committee B
15 May 2018	Became Member, Draft Health Service Safety Investigation Bill (Joint Committee)
12 Oct 2017	Became Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions),
27 Jun 2017	Became Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
25 Mar 2017	Stopped being Member, Financial Exclusion Committee
1 Sep 2016	Became Member, Services Committee
25 May 2016	Became Member, Financial Exclusion Committee
4 Feb 2015	Stopped being Member, Digital Skills Committee
12 Jun 2014	Became Member, Digital Skills Committee
14 May 2014	Stopped being Chair, Information Committee (Lords)
17 Oct 2011	Stopped being Member, EU Sub-Committee G - Social Policies and Consumer Protection
22 Jun 2010	Became Chair, Information Committee (Lords)
22 Jun 2010	Stopped being Member, Information Committee (Lords)
11 May 2010	Stopped being Spokesperson for Work and Pensions,
25 Nov 2009	Became Member, Information Committee (Lords)
8 Jan 2009	Stopped being Spokesperson in the Lords, Work & Pensions
8 Jan 2009	Became Spokesperson for Work and Pensions,
13 Nov 2007	Became Member, EU Sub-Committee G - Social Policies and Consumer Protection
27 Jul 2007	Became Spokesperson in the Lords, Work & Pensions
5 May 2005	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
5 May 2005	Stopped being Member, Court of Referees
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chairman, Work and Pensions Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chair, Work and Pensions Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Court of Referees Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2004	Pre-Budget Report 2004	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 31 — Requirements for approval	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2004	New Clause 10 — Victims of persons subject to hospital order with restriction order: representations — Clause 22 — Procedure for determining fitness to plead: England and Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2004	Trade Unions (Political Funds) Reform	minority	aye	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Chairman, Work and Pensions Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Liaison Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Court of Referees Committee
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Installation of a Security Screen in the House of Commons Chamber	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Oct 2003	Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Payment for Chairmen	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme	minority	no	Rebel
16 Jul 2001	Became Chair, Work and Pensions Committee
House	Date	Subject	Mr Archy Kirkwood	LDem Vote	Rôle
11 May 2001	Stopped being Chair, Social Security Committee
Commons	23 Apr 2001	Finance Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill [Money]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2000	Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 1999	Deregulation - Casinos	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
31 Dec 1997	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Chief Whip,
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
14 Jul 1997	Became Chair, Social Security Committee
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Member, Finance and Services Committee
21 Mar 1997	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Finance and Services Committee
27 Apr 1992	Became Member, Committee of Selection
1 Jan 1992	Became Liberal Democrat Chief Whip,
17 Jun 1987	Became Member, Court of Referees

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
23%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50%	Assisted Dying
1%	Asylum System - More strict
13%	Ban fox hunting
12%	Business and community control of schools: For
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
100%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
44%	European Union - For
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
13%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
90%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
93%	Greater Transparency in Public Life
98%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
16%	Identity cards - For introduction
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
99%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
4%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100%	Minumum Wage
73%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	Nuclear power - For
100%	Parliament- Strengthen
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
58%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
16%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
100%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
70%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
24%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
68%	Smoking ban - In favour
98%	Stop climate change
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
1%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
92%	University education fees - Should be free
20%	University Tuition Fees - For
8%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	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.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	whilst Independent
92.7%	Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem
91.6%	Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem
91.3%	Alan Reid	Argyll and Bute	LDem
91.2%	Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	whilst LDem

Voting Record — Mr Archy Kirkwood MP, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (10345)

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