Voting Record — Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Spelthorne (24770)

Kwasi Kwarteng

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
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	0 votes out of 598, 0.0%	598 votes out of 1069, 55.9%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	3 votes out of 431, 0.7%	431 votes out of 463, 93.1%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 410, 0.0%	410 votes out of 467, 87.8%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	4 votes out of 998, 0.4%	998 votes out of 1239, 80.5%	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	Kwasi Kwarteng	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
14 Oct 2022	Stopped being The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
6 Sep 2022	Became The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
6 Sep 2022	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ,
8 Jan 2021	Became The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ,
8 Jan 2021	Stopped being The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,
House	Date	Subject	Kwasi Kwarteng	Con Vote	Rôle
24 Jul 2019	Became The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,
24 Jul 2019	Stopped being The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union,
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (O) — Seeking Preferential Trade Arrangements To Apply In Absense of Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
16 Nov 2018	Became The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union,
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2018	Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Kwasi Kwarteng	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
6 Feb 2017	Stopped being Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
31 Oct 2016	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
20 Jul 2015	Became Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
House	Date	Subject	Kwasi Kwarteng	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Work and Pensions Committee
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
4 Nov 2013	Became Member, Work and Pensions Committee
5 Jul 2013	Stopped being Member, Transport Committee
Commons	15 May 2013	Queen's Speech — EU Referendum	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2013	Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill — Clause 13 — Recommendations to Office of Fair Trading	minority	no	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Transport Committee

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
43%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
89%	Asylum System - More strict
87%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
87%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
84%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
86%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
56%	Easier access to abortion
70%	Employee Shareholder Status
56%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
19%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
10%	Environmental water quality
93%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
31%	European Union Integration - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
24%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
8%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
72%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
19%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
9%	Further devolution to Scotland
13%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
12%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
89%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
31%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
36%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
94%	HS2 - In Favour
21%	Human Rights and Equality
36%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
83%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
25%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
82%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
89%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
57%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
40%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
21%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
25%	More funds for social care
35%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
20%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
100%	Police and Crime Commissioners
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
5%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
80%	Reduce capital gains tax
85%	Reduce central funding for local government
30%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
91%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
83%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
88%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
79%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
68%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
83%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
82%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
91%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
11%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
13%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
42%	Same Sex Marriage - for
96%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
32%	State control of bus services
25%	Stop climate change
20%	Support current and former armed service members
63%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
43%	Termination of pregnancy - against
83%	Tougher on illegal immigration
96%	Trade Unions - Restrict
90%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
100%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
17%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
21%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
14%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Spelthorne (24770)

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