European Parliamentary Elections Bill — Number of MEPs, electoral regions and electoral system — 24 Feb 1998

Considered in Committee.

I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 1, line 8, after 'Kingdom', insert 'and Gibraltar'.

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Lord):

With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 7, in page 1, line 9, at end insert--

Question put, That the amendment be made:--

The Committee divided: Ayes 183, Noes 315.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 134 (+2 tell)084.0%
DUP0 1050.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab315 (+2 tell) 2076.5%
LDem0 33071.7%
PC0 3075.0%
SNP0 3050.0%
UUP0 6060.0%
Total:315 183077.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye

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