Government of Wales Bill — 9 Dec 1997

Mr John Taylor MP, Solihull voted in the minority (No).

Bill read a Second time.

That (1) Clause Nos. 1, 4, 22, 58, 80 and 118 be committed to a Committee of the whole House;

(2) the remainder of the Bill be committed to a Standing Committee; and

(3) when the provisions of the Bill considered, respectively, by the Committee of the whole House and by the Standing Committee have been reported to the House, the Bill be proceeded with as if the Bill had been reported as a whole to the House from the Standing Committee.

Question put, That the motion be made--

The House divided: Ayes 359, Noes 139.

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 137 (+2 tell)085.8%
Independent Conservative1 00100.0%
Lab321 (+2 tell) 0077.5%
LDem31 0067.4%
PC3 0075.0%
SNP3 0050.0%
UUP0 2020.0%
Total:359 139077.7%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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