Lord King of Bridgwater
Born
1933
Rugby
School
Rugby School
Independent (Clarendon)
University
Emmanuel College
Oxford or Cambridge
In office
12.9 years
Longer than 97% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
MT
Appointed by Margaret Thatcher
6 posts · 1979–1992
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Secretary of State for Employment
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Minister of State, DoEnv
Career
Before Parliament 2
After office 1
Voting record
485
votes since 2016
5
votes against their own party, 1.1% of 475 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 0 votes
10
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- NoPublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- AyePublic Order Bill2023-02-07
- AyeConduct Committee Report2021-07-20
- NoProcedure and Privileges2021-07-13 · 2 votes that day
- NoAbortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 20212021-04-28 · 2 votes that day
- Aye
- No
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 5
- AyeHealth and Care Bill2022-03-16 · Health & NHS
- AyeEnvironment Bill2021-10-26 · Climate & environment
- AyeEnvironment Bill2021-09-13 · Climate & environment
- AyeNational Security and Investment Bill2021-04-28 · Security, defence & policing
- AyeNational Security and Investment Bill2021-04-15 · Security, defence & policing
Read the full voting transcript (485 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.