Northern Ireland Bill — 13 Jul 1999

Mr Donald Anderson MP, Swansea East did not vote.

It being seven and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on consideration of the Bill, The Chairman, pursuant to Order [this day], put forthwith the Questions necessary to dispose of the business to be concluded at that hour.

Clauses 1 to 6 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Schedules 1 and 2 agreed to.

Bill reported, without amendment.

Order for Third Reading read.

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I am grateful to right hon. and hon. Members for their contributions to the debate on this Bill. I and my ministerial colleagues have listened carefully to all of them, which were honestly and often eloquently made by hon. Members of all parties. We remain of the view that the joint statement on which the Bill is based represents the best way forward.

11.27 pm

It being eight hours after the commencement of proceedings on consideration of the Bill, Mr. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Order [this day], put forthwith the Question already proposed from the Chair .

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:--

The House divided: Ayes 343, Noes 24.

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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 1609.9%
DUP0 20100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab317 (+2 tell) 0076.7%
LDem20 0043.5%
PC1 0025.0%
SDLP2 0066.7%
SNP2 0033.3%
UKUP0 10100.0%
UUP0 5 (+2 tell)070.0%
Total:343 24057.0%

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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