Voting Record — Robert Key MP, Salisbury (10336)

Robert Key

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
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	30 votes out of 762, 3.9%	762 votes out of 1288, 59.2%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	14 votes out of 865, 1.6%	865 votes out of 1246, 69.4%	0 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	9 votes out of 769, 1.2%	769 votes out of 1273, 60.4%	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	Robert Key	Con Vote	Rôle
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Finance & Services Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Defence Committee
11 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Apr 2009	Deferred Divisions — Adjournment (May Day)	Majority	no	Rebel
27 Nov 2008	Stopped being Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
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
3 Jun 2008	Stopped being Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee)
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
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day] — Repossessions and the Housing Market	both	aye	Rebel
6 Mar 2008	Became Member, Chairmen's Panel Committee
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Protection of freedom of expression (sexual orientation)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	Rebel
14 May 2007	Became Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	19 Mar 2007	Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
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	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
20 Dec 2005	Became Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee
20 Jul 2005	Became Member, Finance & Services Committee
14 Jul 2005	Became Member, Defence Committee
House	Date	Subject	Robert Key	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Science and Technology Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Chairman, Information Committee
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Finance & Services Committee
17 Mar 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport
17 Mar 2005	Stopped being Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill — Abolish the offense of Blasphemy — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
20 Jan 2005	Became Member, Liaison Committee
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions	Majority	no	Rebel
19 Nov 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Environment and Transport
18 Nov 2004	Became Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs
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
12 Oct 2004	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee
Commons	11 Oct 2004	Mental Capacity Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
21 Sep 2004	Became Member, Liaison Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Science and Technology Committee
28 May 2004	Became Chairman, Information Committee
28 May 2004	Became Member, Finance & Services Committee
Commons	25 May 2004	Gender Recognition Bill [Lords] — Successful applications: married couples	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	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — Maintain Prohibition on Promotion of Homosexuality (Section 28)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Mar 2003	Local Government Bill — New Clause 11 — Repeal of Section 2A of Local Government Act 1986	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	29 Nov 2001	Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Robert Key	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	14 Mar 2001	Deferred Divisions - Business of the House	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 May 1999	Line of Route	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 1999	Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jun 1998	Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16	Majority	no	Rebel

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
13%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Assisted Dying
57%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
50%	Business and community control of schools: For
58%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
1%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
28%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Easier access to abortion
5%	European Union Integration - For
20%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
68%	Fully Elected House of Lords
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
25%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
0%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
77%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
17%	Human Rights and Equality
19%	Identity cards - For introduction
100%	Increase VAT
99%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
17%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
50%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
0%	Minimum Wage
1%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
70%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	Nuclear power - For
55%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
50%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
2%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
98%	Post office closures - against
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
42%	Promote Occupational Pensions
0%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
63%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
67%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
11%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Right to strike
72%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
50%	Same Sex Marriage - for
75%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
78%	Smoking ban - In favour
77%	Stop climate change
100%	Support current and former armed service members
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
100%	Trade Unions - Restrict
10%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
54%	Transparency of Parliament
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
93%	University education fees - Should be free
5%	University Tuition Fees - For
92%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2005-2010, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
100.0%	John Howell	Henley	Con
98.4%	Willie Rennie	Dunfermline and West Fife	LDem
93.2%	David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con
92.9%	David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con
92.4%	George Osborne	Tatton	Con

Voting Record — Robert Key MP, Salisbury (10336)

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