Greater London Authority Bill — Nomination of candidate for Mayor — 4 May 1999

Crispin Blunt MP, Reigate voted in the minority (Aye).

As amended in the Standing Committee, considered.

I beg to move amendment No. 93, in page 2, line 32, leave out 'or (6)'.

Madam Speaker:

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments Nos. 94 to 98, 108A and 99 to 101.

Amendment agreed to.

I beg to move amendment No. 136, in page 166, line 29, leave out 'the prescribed percentage' and insert '5 per cent.'.

Madam Speaker:

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Government amendments Nos. 137 and 138.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment made: No. 137, in page 166, leave out lines 35 to 37.-- [Mr. Dowd.]

I beg to move amendment No. 102, in page 174, line 38, at end insert--

'Broadcasting during elections

21A.--(1) Section 93 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), after "local government election" there shall be inserted ", other than an Authority election,".'.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment made: No. 108A, in page 10, line 25, leave out from 'prepare' to 'required' in line 27 and insert

'an account of any sums which are issued to him out of the Consolidated Fund by virtue of this section and of his use of those sums.

(6) The account'.-- [Mr. Dowd.]

I beg to move amendment No. 105A, in page 10, leave out lines 39 to 41 and insert

'a citizen of the United Kingdom'.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Amendment made: No. 99, in page 13, line 28, leave out & 3(1)' and insert & 3(5)'.-- [Mr. Raynsford.]

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

We now move from a young, thrusting, radical amendment to a young, thrusting, radical new clause. It is designed to give respectability and credibility to the method of selecting mayoral candidates and would provide that all those involved in the selection process, of whatever political party, are there to represent their party's members and are not imposed from the centre.

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Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:--

The House divided: Ayes 128, Noes 285.

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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 110 (+2 tell)069.1%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab285 (+2 tell) 0069.0%
LDem0 17037.0%
PC0 1025.0%
Total:286 128066.3%

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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