European Community Documents — Employment Law — 10 Dec 1997
John Reid MP, Hamilton North and Bellshill voted with the majority (Aye).
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119(9) (European Standing Committees),
That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 10230/97, on a proposal for a directive on part-time work, and European Community Document No. 10975/97, Parts A and B, on proposals for directives extending the European Works Councils Directive and the Parental Leave Directive to the United Kingdom; and supports the Government's view that these proposals will contribute to a flexible labour market based on partnership between employers and employees and decent minimum standards at work.-- [Mr. Kevin Hughes.]
The House divided: Ayes 331, Noes 18.
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 | 17 (+2 tell) | 0 | 11.7% |
Independent Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 294 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 71.0% |
LDem | 30 | 0 | 0 | 65.2% |
PC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0% |
SNP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 83.3% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
Total: | 331 | 18 | 0 | 54.6% |
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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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote | |
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