Voting Record — Viscount Thurso (11280)

Viscount Thurso is currently Member, Industry and Regulators Committee and Member, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)

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	20 Apr 2016	still in office	LDem	3 votes out of 505, 0.6%	505 votes out of 898, 56.2%	0 times
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	LDem	11 votes out of 892, 1.2%	892 votes out of 1239, 72.0%	0 times
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	13 votes out of 786, 1.7%	786 votes out of 1288, 61.0%	0 times
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	LDem	16 votes out of 788, 2.0%	788 votes out of 1246, 63.2%	14 times

External Links

See Viscount Thurso'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	Viscount Thurso	LDem Vote	Rôle
31 Jan 2024	Became Member, Industry and Regulators Committee
Lords	12 Sep 2023	Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee — Amendment 1	minority	no	Rebel
13 Jul 2023	Became Member, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)
Lords	22 Feb 2022	Procedure and Privileges Committee - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	minority	aye	Rebel
24 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
Lords	13 Jul 2021	Procedure and Privileges - Motion to Agree — Amendment to the Motion	Majority	aye	Rebel
15 Oct 2020	Became Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
House	Date	Subject	John Thurso	LDem Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Chair, Finance and Services Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Chair, Finance and Services Committee
Commons	26 Mar 2015	House of Commons Standing Orders — Secret Ballot for Re-Election of a Former Speaker	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2013	Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill — Clause 4 — Full Separation of Ring-Fenced Retail Banking Activities	minority	no	Rebel
12 Jun 2013	Stopped being Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee)
Commons	24 Apr 2013	Abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board	minority	no	Rebel
16 Jul 2012	Became Member, Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (Joint Committee)
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Apr 2012	Labelling of Halal and Kosher Meat	Majority	aye	Rebel
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
23 Jun 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	12 Jan 2011	Postal Services Bill — New Clause 2 — Minimum 10 Year Agreement With Post Office Limited Required before Royal Mail Sale	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 11 — number and distribution of seats	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Oct 2010	Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 8 — Periodicity of Reports of the Boundary Commissions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Superannuation Bill — New Clause 1 — Consents required for civil service compensation scheme modifications	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
27 Jul 2010	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
27 Jul 2010	Became Chair, Finance and Services Committee
27 Jul 2010	Became Chair, Finance and Services Committee
27 Jul 2010	Stopped being Member, Finance and Services Committee
26 Jul 2010	Became Member, Finance and Services Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Administration Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills),
House	Date	Subject	John Thurso	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Dec 2009	Equality Bill — Schedule 9 — Work: exceptions	minority	no	Rebel
8 Oct 2008	Became Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills),
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires male role model — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Fertility treatment requires father and mother — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	September Sittings	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Communications Allowance — Welcoming the principle	Majority	no	Rebel
24 Apr 2006	Became Member, Treasury Committee
10 Mar 2006	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland),
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions — private clubs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2005	Liaison Committee	minority	no	Rebel
12 Jul 2005	Became Member, Administration Committee
1 Jun 2005	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport),
10 May 2005	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport),
House	Date	Subject	John Thurso	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2004	Members' Allowances	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Jul 2003	House of Lords Reform — Exclusion of remaining Hereditary Peers	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	minority	no	Rebel
10 May 2003	Became Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport),
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill [Money]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill (Programme)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — New Clause	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Oct 2002	Nuclear Power — Will be addressed on its own merits	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	27 Jun 2002	Estimates, 2002–03	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Jun 2002	Enterprise Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Clause 21 — Duty to make references in relation to completed mergers	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not penalise those who bring passengers to the UK without the necessary authority — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 10 — Withholding and withdrawal of support	tellno	no	Teller
1 Jun 2002	Stopped being Liberal Democrat Whip,
Commons	15 May 2002	Post Office Closures — Deep concern — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	8 May 2002	Finance Bill — Clause 26 — Charge and rates for 2002–03	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Hunting Under Licence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Self-Supervision Scheme	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Feb 2002	Tax Credits Bill — New Clause 2 — Means of payment of tax credits to recipients	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Jan 2002	Civil Defence (Grant) Bill — Clause 2 — General	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	16 Jan 2002	Care System	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jan 2002	Care System	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	13 Dec 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Removal of Sunset Clause — Insistence	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	26 Nov 2001	Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Clauses 79 to 87 — Fissile Nuclear Material, Aviation Security	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Parliamentary Pensions	both	aye	Rebel
1 Jul 2001	Became Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland),
1 Jun 2001	Became Liberal Democrat Whip,
1 Jun 2001	Became Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport),

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
32%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
50%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
7%	Asylum System - More strict
0%	Ban fox hunting
20%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
14%	Business and community control of schools: For
40%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
98%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
78%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
1%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
24%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
75%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
6%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	Environmental water quality
75%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
74%	European Union Integration - For
86%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
71%	Fixed Term Parliaments
0%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
0%	Fox hunting - Ban
95%	Fully Elected House of Lords
25%	Further devolution to Scotland
20%	Further devolution to Wales
35%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
86%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
7%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
66%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
76%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
80%	HS2 - In Favour
61%	Human Rights and Equality
13%	Identity cards - For introduction
30%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
89%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
86%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
77%	Increase the state pension age
94%	Increase VAT
100%	Inheritance Tax
1%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
73%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
17%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
5%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
44%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
90%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
13%	Mansion Tax
84%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
59%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
50%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
26%	Minimum Wage
0%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
34%	More powers for local councils
61%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
35%	Nuclear power - For
40%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
3%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
97%	Post office closures - against
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
65%	Privatise Royal Mail
85%	Promote Occupational Pensions
38%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
21%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
50%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
15%	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
90%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
79%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
57%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
99%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
39%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
79%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
48%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
33%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
53%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
91%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
68%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
42%	Right to strike
76%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
71%	Same Sex Marriage - for
72%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
52%	Smoking ban - In favour
0%	State control of bus services
69%	Stop climate change
1%	Support current and former armed service members
60%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
21%	Termination of pregnancy - against
50%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
92%	Trade Unions - Restrict
10%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
17%	Trident replacement - In favour
50%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
93%	University education fees - Should be free
22%	University Tuition Fees - For
39%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
100%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
25%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Viscount Thurso (11280)

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