Voting Record — Lord Knight of Weymouth (11027)

Lord Knight of Weymouth

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	23 Jun 2010	still in office	Lab	3 votes out of 918, 0.3%	918 votes out of 1437, 63.9%	0 times
South Dorset	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	4 votes out of 1020, 0.4%	1020 votes out of 1288, 79.2%	0 times
South Dorset	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	5 votes out of 982, 0.5%	982 votes out of 1246, 78.8%	1 time

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Interesting Votes

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).

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House	Date	Subject	Lord Knight of Weymouth	Lab Vote	Rôle
Lords	27 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Clause 1 — Membership of the European Single Market	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	29 Oct 2013	Care Bill [HL] — Third Reading	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	26 Mar 2012	Scotland Bill — Report (1st Day)	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Jim Knight	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails — Working dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Jim Knight	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Jan 2003	Company Directors' Performance and Compensation Bill	tellaye	unknown	Unknown Teller
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
6%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
93%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Ban fox hunting
94%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Control Orders
100%	Crossrail - In favour
97%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
92%	Easier access to abortion
16%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
91%	European Union Integration - For
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
8%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
75%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
100%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
83%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	Human Rights and Equality
96%	Identity cards - For introduction
0%	Increase VAT
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
1%	No detention without charge or trial
100%	Nuclear power - For
61%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
99%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
1%	Post office closures - against
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
100%	Promote Occupational Pensions
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
99%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
5%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
2%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
75%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Right to strike
3%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0%	Same Sex Marriage - for
58%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
99%	Smoking ban - In favour
65%	Stop climate change
0%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
2%	Termination of pregnancy - against
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
58%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
62%	University Tuition Fees - For
99%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
42%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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Voting Record — Lord Knight of Weymouth (11027)

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