Freedom of Information Bill — Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities — 5 Apr 2000
The Majority voted against a weakening of an exemption in the Freedom of Information Bill relating to information gathered for the purpose of a criminal investigation.[1] The change would have added the further condition:
...and if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice any of [such] purposes[2]
- [1] Clause 28 of Freedom of Information Bill, February 2000, House of Commons.
- [2] Mr. Simon Hughs MP, 5 April 2000, Hansard.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.6% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 319 (+2 tell) | 24 | 0 | 82.9% |
LDem | 0 | 33 (+2 tell) | 0 | 76.1% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0% |
Total: | 321 | 61 | 0 | 60.3% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |