Voting Record — Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington (11660)

Malcolm Rifkind

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Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Kensington	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	4 votes out of 645, 0.6%	645 votes out of 1239, 52.1%	0 times
Kensington and Chelsea	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	11 votes out of 592, 1.9%	592 votes out of 1288, 46.0%	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	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
Commons	5 Dec 2014	International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill — New Clause 1 — The Independent Commission for Aid Impact To Evaluate Overseas Development Aid Spending	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Dec 2014	International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill — New Clause 1 — The Independent Commission for Aid Impact To Evaluate Overseas Development Aid Spending	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Jul 2012	House of Lords Reform Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business)	minority	no	Rebel
30 Nov 2010	Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
6 Jul 2010	Became Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
6 May 2010	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
House	Date	Subject	Malcolm Rifkind	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
13 Jan 2010	Became Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
1 Dec 2009	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
1 Dec 2009	Became Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee
1 Dec 2009	Stopped being Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
1 Dec 2009	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
26 Nov 2009	Became Member, Standards and Privileges Committee
13 Jul 2009	Became Member, Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
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 20 weeks — 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 — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
31 Oct 2006	Stopped being Member, Conventions (Joint Committee)
17 May 2006	Became Member, Conventions (Joint Committee)
8 Dec 2005	Stopped being Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
10 May 2005	Became Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
1 May 1997	Stopped being Foreign Secretary,
5 Jul 1995	Became Foreign Secretary,
4 Jul 1995	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Defence,
10 Apr 1992	Became The Secretary of State for Defence,
10 Apr 1992	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Transport,
28 Nov 1990	Became The Secretary of State for Transport,
28 Nov 1990	Stopped being Secretary of State for Scottish Office,
11 Jan 1986	Became Secretary of State for Scottish Office,
11 Jan 1986	Stopped being Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office),
13 Jun 1983	Became Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office),
12 Jun 1983	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Overseas Development),
6 Apr 1982	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Overseas Development),
6 Apr 1982	Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scottish Office),
7 May 1979	Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scottish Office),

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
40%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
92%	Academy Schools - for
9%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
42%	Asylum System - More strict
8%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
98%	Business and community control of schools: For
90%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
77%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
58%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	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
50%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
11%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
94%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
43%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
83%	Fixed Term Parliaments
11%	Fully Elected House of Lords
42%	Further devolution to Scotland
35%	Further devolution to Wales
49%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
93%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
29%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
83%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
86%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
28%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
6%	Identity cards - For introduction
30%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
50%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
83%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
81%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
100%	Increase the state pension age
77%	Increase VAT
50%	Inheritance Tax
95%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
36%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
75%	Localise Council Tax Support
62%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
50%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
84%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
31%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
39%	More powers for local councils
38%	No detention without charge or trial
33%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
43%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
75%	Police and Crime Commissioners
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
25%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
84%	Promote Occupational Pensions
13%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
2%	Reduce capital gains tax
100%	Reduce central funding for local government
50%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
74%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
82%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
99%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
88%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
40%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
83%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
50%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
1%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
73%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
87%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
50%	Right to strike
42%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
30%	Same Sex Marriage - for
91%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
46%	Smoking ban - In favour
50%	State control of bus services
61%	Stop climate change
22%	Support current and former armed service members
32%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
50%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
65%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	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 — Malcolm Rifkind MP, Kensington (11660)

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