Voting Record — Lord Young of Cookham (10659)

Lord Young of Cookham is currently Deputy Speaker (Lords), and Deputy Chairman of Committees,

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	12 Oct 2015	still in office	Con	17 votes out of 869, 2.0%	869 votes out of 974, 89.2%	4 times
North West Hampshire	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	8 votes out of 1102, 0.7%	1102 votes out of 1239, 88.9%	2 times
North West Hampshire	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	36 votes out of 952, 3.8%	952 votes out of 1288, 73.9%	2 times
North West Hampshire	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	22 votes out of 956, 2.3%	956 votes out of 1246, 76.7%	4 times
North West Hampshire	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	7 votes out of 809, 0.9%	809 votes out of 1273, 63.6%	2 times

External Links

See Lord Young of Cookham's Parliamentary speeches at: TheyWorkForYou.com

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 Young of Cookham	Con Vote	Rôle
16 Apr 2024	Became Deputy Speaker (Lords),
Lords	23 Oct 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Commons Amendments and Reasons — Motion R1 (as an amendment to Motion R)	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	18 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (8th Day) — Amendment 282C	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Lords	13 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (7th Day) — Amendment 235	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	6 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 195	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Lords	4 Sep 2023	Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (5th Day) — Amendment 191A	Majority	no	Rebel
31 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
19 May 2022	Became Deputy Chairman of Committees,
Lords	25 Apr 2022	Elections Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 45	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	29 Mar 2022	Building Safety Bill - Report (Continued) — Amendment 234	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	29 Mar 2022	Building Safety Bill - Report (Continued) — Amendment 155	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	29 Mar 2022	Building Safety Bill - Report (Continued) — Amendment 117	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	29 Mar 2022	Building Safety Bill - Report (Continued) — Amendment 115	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	16 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 170	minority	no	Rebel
Lords	16 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill - Report (4th Day) — Amendment 158	Majority	no	Rebel
19 Jan 2022	Stopped being Member, Public Services Committee
19 Jan 2022	Became Member, Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
Lords	17 Jan 2022	Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Report (6th Day) — Amendment 160	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	13 Jan 2021	Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill - Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 24	Majority	no	Rebel
Lords	9 Nov 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Committee (5th Day)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Lords	9 Nov 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - Committee (5th Day)	Majority	aye	Rebel
13 Feb 2020	Became Member, Public Services Committee
Lords	6 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Report — Amendment 1	Majority	aye	Rebel
29 Aug 2019	Stopped being Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office),
29 Aug 2019	Stopped being Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip),
Lords	27 Mar 2017	Technical and Further Education Bill - Report	tellno	no	Teller
Lords	28 Feb 2017	Neighbourhood Planning Bill - Report (2nd Day)	tellno	no	Teller
3 Jan 2017	Became Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office),
13 Sep 2016	Stopped being Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
25 Jul 2016	Became Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip),
3 Nov 2015	Became Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
House	Date	Subject	George Young	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2015	House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill — Clause 1 — Amendment to Remove Explusion Provision	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2015	Motion to Sit in Private	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 2 — New Election as A Result of Conviction of an MP for An Offence Committed Before Their Election or Before Recall Bill Coming Into Force	minority	aye	Rebel
15 Jul 2014	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
19 Oct 2012	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Commission
6 Sep 2012	Stopped being The Leader of the House of Commons ,
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
12 May 2010	Became The Leader of the House of Commons ,
6 May 2010	Stopped being Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
House	Date	Subject	George Young	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
28 Oct 2009	Became Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
21 Oct 2009	Stopped being Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
14 Oct 2009	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
14 Oct 2009	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
14 Oct 2009	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
Commons	12 Oct 2009	New Member — Clause 18 — Trust special administrators: consequential amendments	Majority	aye	Rebel
8 Sep 2009	Became Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
20 Jul 2009	Became Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to be employees of Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — Staff to continue to be employed by MPs — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2009	MPs' expenses — outer-London MPs can no longer claim second home	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Mar 2009	Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
22 Jul 2008	Stopped being Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — £650 catch-up payment — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 May 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Blasphemy	Majority	no	Rebel
1 May 2008	Became Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	25 Oct 2007	Modernisation of the House of Commons — Handheld email devices	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	25 Jul 2007	Home Affairs	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Contraception and Abortion (Parental Information)	Majority	aye	Rebel
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	26 Jan 2007	Prayers	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — as amended	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — consideration	Majority	no	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	George Young	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Clause 24 — Advance decisions to refuse treatment: general	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Nov 2004	Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Removal of References to Strangers	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2004	Deferred Divisions	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Oct 2004	Mental Capacity Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2004	Petition — Cod Crusaders	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	7 Jun 2004	Nomination of Select Committees	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Apr 2004	Protective Headgear for Young Cyclists Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Security Screen	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — Clause 58 — Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2003	Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies	Majority	aye	Rebel
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	28 Jan 2003	Lord Chancellor's Department	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Carry-over of Bills	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Ministerial Statements proposals	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jan 2002	Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
5 Nov 2001	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
16 Jul 2001	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
16 Jul 2001	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	George Young	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Feb 2001	"Shifting the Balance"	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Feb 2001	"Shifting the Balance"	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Nov 2000	Sittings in Westminster Hall	Majority	no	Rebel
26 Sep 2000	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State,
26 Sep 2000	Stopped being Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
Commons	1 Nov 1999	Print Acts of Parliament on Paper instead of Vellum — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
15 Jun 1999	Became Shadow Secretary of State,
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 May 1999	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 1999	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 May 1999	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	aye	Rebel
2 Jun 1998	Became Shadow Leader of the House of Commons,
2 Jun 1998	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Defence,
11 Jun 1997	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Defence,
4 May 1997	Stopped being Secretary of State for Transport,
17 Oct 1995	Stopped being Member, Public Accounts Committee
5 Jul 1995	Became Secretary of State for Transport,
5 Jul 1995	Stopped being The Financial Secretary to the Treasury,
18 Oct 1994	Became Member, Public Accounts Committee
20 Jul 1994	Became The Financial Secretary to the Treasury,
19 Jul 1994	Stopped being Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing),
28 Nov 1990	Became Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing),
28 Nov 1990	Stopped being Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons),
23 Jul 1990	Became Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons),
10 Sep 1986	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),
15 Sep 1981	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment),
15 Sep 1981	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),
7 May 1979	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security),

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
13%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
0%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
67%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
65%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
76%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
100%	Closed Material Proceedure
90%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
13%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
9%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
0%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
100%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
44%	European Union Integration - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
80%	Fully Elected House of Lords
4%	Further devolution to Scotland
15%	Further devolution to Wales
55%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
100%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
0%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
82%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
86%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
57%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
15%	Identity cards - For introduction
40%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
100%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
98%	Increase VAT
100%	Inheritance Tax
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
99%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
24%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
0%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
58%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
29%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
73%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
88%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
5%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
34%	More powers for local councils
35%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
57%	Nuclear power - For
42%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
0%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
100%	Post office closures - against
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
85%	Privatise Royal Mail
79%	Promote Occupational Pensions
13%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
42%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
17%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
96%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
94%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
93%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
33%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
28%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
79%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
91%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
97%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
77%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
57%	Stop climate change
6%	Support current and former armed service members
56%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
46%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
40%	University Tuition Fees - For
84%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
2%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
0%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Lord Young of Cookham (10659)

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