Voting Comparison — John Thurso MP, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
to Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington and Chelsea

John Thurso

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
House of Lords 20 Apr 2016 still in office LDem 3 votes out of 490, 0.6% 490 votes out of 863, 56.8% 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

Voting Differences

HouseDateSubjectViscount ThursoMalcolm RifkindRôle
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HouseDateSubjectJohn ThursoMalcolm RifkindRôle
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HouseDateSubjectJohn ThursoMalcolm RifkindRôle
Commons30 Mar 2010Amendment of the Law — 19. Landline duty Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons30 Mar 2010Amendment of the Law — 3. corporation tax (charge and main rates for financial year 2011) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons4 Mar 2010Business of the House — Chair (Terminology) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons9 Feb 2010Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — New Clause 88 — Referendum on Voting System for Electing MPs Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons9 Feb 2010Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — Amendment to New Clause 88 — Referendum on voting systems minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons9 Feb 2010Bill Presented — Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill — New Clause 88 — Referendum on voting systems Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons9 Feb 2010Bill Presented — Climate Change (Sectoral Targets) Bill — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill (Money) (No. 3) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons25 Jan 2010Financial Services Bill — New Clause 14 — Store cards and consumer credit agreements Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons13 Jan 2010Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Energy Security Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons9 Dec 2009Bill Presented — Fiscal Responsibility — Clause 21 — Local child poverty needs assessment Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons8 Dec 2009Opposition Day — [1st allotted day] — Local Government Finances Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons2 Dec 2009Equality Bill — Clause 155 — Positive action: recruitment and promotion Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons2 Dec 2009Equality Bill — New Clause 3 — Mandatory pay audits minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons12 Oct 2009New Member — New Clause 12 — De-authorisation of NHS foundation trusts Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons1 Jul 2009Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill — Clause 9 — Offences Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons10 Jun 2009Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill — Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons19 May 2009Commission for the Compact — New Clause 32 — Retention of samples following arrest Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons11 May 2009Equality Bill — Decline Second Reading Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons24 Mar 2009Pension Credit and Personal Expense Allowance (Duty of Consultation and Review) — New Clause 11 — Guidance on offences that involve hatred on grounds of sexual orientation Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons11 Mar 2009Deferred Divisions — Representation of the people minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons10 Mar 2009Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day] — Unemployment Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons11 Feb 2009Royal Mail — Rapid partial privatization — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons25 Nov 2008Points of Order — Defence and Security Procurement Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons12 Nov 2008Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders) minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Competition minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons22 Oct 2008Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons21 Oct 2008Economic Performance and Business — supports Government measures reducing payment period and rejecting spending cuts Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons21 Oct 2008Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Immigration Controls Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons20 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons19 May 2008Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons14 May 2008Deferred Divisions — Immigration minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons11 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Third Reading Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons5 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Clause on 'Commencement' of the Bill should remain in the Bill Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons4 Mar 2008Lisbon Treaty — Referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union — rejected minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons25 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons25 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to international development — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons20 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons20 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to foreign affairs — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons19 Feb 2008Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Application to Building Societies Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons6 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the single market Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons6 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty with regards to the single market — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons5 Feb 2008Lisbon Treaty — Exclude human rights from the policy area of the European Union — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons30 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Approves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in relation to energy Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons30 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in relation to energy — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons29 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Exclude the European Union's measures on judicial cooperation in criminal matters — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons29 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Exclude the European Court of Justice's regulations on police and justice matters — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons29 Jan 2008Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2) — Lisbon Treaty (No.1) — (1st Allotted Day) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons29 Jan 2008Lisbon Treaty — Disapproves of the government's policy towards the Lisbon Treaty in terms of justice and home affairs — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons9 Jan 2008Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation) Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons12 Dec 2007European Community Documents — Funding of European political parties Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons10 Dec 2007Orders of the Day — Planning BILL (PROGRAMME) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons28 Nov 2007Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Prisons Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons27 Nov 2007Orders of the Day — Housing and Regeneration Bill Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons14 Nov 2007Orders of the Day — The Economy and Pensions minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons24 Oct 2007Legal Services Bill [ Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) — Clause 15 — Carrying on of a reserved legal activity: employers and employees etc Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons26 Jun 2007Deferred Divisions — Schedule 19 — Alternatively secured pensions and transfer lump sum death benefit etc Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons6 Jun 2007Opposition Day — [13th Allotted Day] — Department of Trade and Industry Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons9 May 2007Orders of the Day — Clause 31 — Automatic Deportation minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons12 Dec 2006Greater London Authority Bill (Programme) Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons12 Dec 2006Orders of the Day — Greater London Authority Bill Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons11 Dec 2006Orders of the Day — Offender Management Bill minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons18 Oct 2006Orders of the Day — New Clause 75 — Requirement for audit of business review Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons18 Oct 2006Orders of the Day — New Clause 75 — Requirement for audit of business review minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons5 Jul 2006Deferred Divisions — Clause 106 — Conditions for company Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons13 Jun 2006Electoral Administration Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — Clause 2 — Use of CORE information Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Requirement "to have regard to" the Secretary of State's Code for School Admissions — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Restrictions on Special School Closures — rejected Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons15 May 2006Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause "21" — Power to implement Law Commission recommendations Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons27 Apr 2006Northern Ireland Bill — Clause 2 — Selection of persons to be Ministers on restoration of devolved government Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons14 Feb 2006Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons8 Feb 2006Deferred Division — Intellectual Property Majorityno disagrees with policy
Commons26 Oct 2005Terrorism Bill — Second Reading minorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons25 Oct 2005Electoral Administration Bill Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons4 Jul 2005Local Taxation Majorityaye disagrees with policy
Commons29 Jun 2005NHS Dentistry and Primary Health Care minorityno disagrees with policy
Commons8 Jun 2005EU Constitution Majorityno disagrees with policy
HouseDateSubjectJohn ThursoMalcolm RifkindRôle
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