Organ Transplants (Presumed Consent) — 11 Apr 2000
Mr John Burnett MP, Torridge and West Devon voted in the minority (No).
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish a national register of people who have not given their consent to transplant of their organs after death; to lay down procedures to be followed before an organ transplant takes place; and for connected purposes.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business): --
The House divided: Ayes 113, Noes 23.
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 7 | 9 (+2 tell) | 0 | 11.3% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Lab | 86 (+2 tell) | 5 | 0 | 22.4% |
LDem | 18 | 8 | 0 | 56.5% |
PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 113 | 23 | 0 | 22.3% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |