Northern Ireland — 30 Nov 1999

Jim Dobbin MP, Heywood and Middleton voted with the majority (Aye).

I beg to move,

That the draft Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Appointed Day) Order 1999, a copy of which was laid before this House on 29 November, be approved.

Question put:--

The House divided: Ayes 318, Noes 10.

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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
Con25 4017.9%
DUP0 1 (+1 tell)0100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab279 (+2 tell) 0067.5%
LDem10 0021.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
UUP2 5 (+1 tell)080.0%
Total:318 10051.8%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr Andrew HunterBasingstokeConno
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldConno
Rt Hon David TrimbleUpper BannUUP (front bench)aye
Mr Cecil WalkerBelfast NorthUUPaye

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