Firearms (Amendment) Bill — 11 Jun 1997
Mr Hilton Dawson MP, Lancaster and Wyre voted in the minority (No).
Question put, That the Bill be now read a Second time:--
The House divided: Ayes 384, Noes 181.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 152 (+2 tell) | 0 | 95.1% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 363 (+2 tell) | 6 | 0 | 89.0% |
LDem | 14 | 22 | 0 | 78.3% |
PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
SNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
UUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
Total: | 384 | 182 | 0 | 88.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | no |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab | no |
Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem | aye |
Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | aye |
Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |