Voting Record — Charles Kennedy MP, Ross, Skye and Lochaber (10334)

Charles Kennedy

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
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	LDem	12 votes out of 377, 3.2%	377 votes out of 1239, 30.4%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Lochaber	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	9 votes out of 530, 1.7%	530 votes out of 1288, 41.1%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	11 votes out of 593, 1.9%	593 votes out of 1246, 47.6%	0 times
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	LDem	6 votes out of 524, 1.1%	524 votes out of 1273, 41.2%	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	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Jan 2013	Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) Bill — Protection In Respect of Beliefs About Definition of Marriage	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Clauses 1 to 3 and Schedule — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Second Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 2011	Opposition Day — The Economy	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Feb 2011	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — permissible variation in population in a constituency	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
18 Nov 2010	Became Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
10 Nov 2010	Became Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Deferred Divisions — voluntary reduction ("modulation") of direct farm support payments	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Deferred Divisions — Northern Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	Majority	no	Rebel
7 Jan 2006	Stopped being Leader of the Liberal Democrats,
House	Date	Subject	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	10 Mar 2005	Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No. 3)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure) (No.2)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill — Timetable	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill (Procedure)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 4 — Electoral Commission report	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Dec 2001	Facilities of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Charles Kennedy	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Nov 2000	Honours and Decorations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
3 Nov 1999	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
9 Aug 1999	Became Leader of the Liberal Democrats,
1 Jun 1999	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
Commons	16 Dec 1998	Modernisation of the House	minority	no	Rebel
25 Jun 1997	Became Member, Standards and Privileges 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
1 Jun 1997	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs),
1 Jun 1997	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),
31 Dec 1994	Stopped being Party Chair, Liberal Democrats,
1 Jun 1992	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs),
1 Jun 1992	Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson (Health),
1 Jan 1991	Became Party Chair, Liberal Democrats,
1 Jun 1989	Became Shadow Spokesperson (Health),

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
61%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
58%	Academy Schools - for
26%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
17%	Asylum System - More strict
99%	Ban fox hunting
36%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
6%	Business and community control of schools: For
70%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
68%	Closed Material Proceedure
65%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
11%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
29%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
75%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Easier access to abortion
80%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
25%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
40%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
62%	European Union Integration - For
49%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
87%	Fixed Term Parliaments
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
99%	Fox hunting - Ban
90%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
91%	Fully Elected House of Lords
54%	Further devolution to Scotland
40%	Further devolution to Wales
51%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
57%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
50%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
66%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
71%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
82%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
70%	HS2 - In Favour
57%	Human Rights and Equality
0%	Identity cards - For introduction
60%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
72%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
72%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
50%	Increase the state pension age
76%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
84%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
33%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
6%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
43%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
63%	Localise Council Tax Support
64%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
62%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
38%	Mansion Tax
84%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
50%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
38%	Minimum Wage
16%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
48%	More powers for local councils
82%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
44%	Nuclear power - For
63%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
69%	Police and Crime Commissioners
7%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
93%	Post office closures - against
50%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
84%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
19%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
46%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
25%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
75%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
56%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
74%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
54%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
86%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
36%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
50%	Register of Lobbyists
17%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
80%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
33%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
50%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
72%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
62%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
71%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
61%	Same Sex Marriage - for
42%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
61%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
51%	Stop climate change
53%	Support current and former armed service members
42%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
33%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
46%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
90%	University education fees - Should be free
1%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
98%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
98%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
60%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
50%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Charles Kennedy MP, Ross, Skye and Lochaber (10334)

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