Freedom of Information Bill — Information held for the purpose of investigation — 27 Nov 2000

The Majority voted against weakening the exemption known as "Investigations and proceedings conducted by public authorities",[1] which excludes all information held "for the purposes of conducting a criminal investigation", so that information held "for the purposes of ascertaining the cause of an accident or for any investigation or proceedings relating to any requirement relating to the health, safety or welfare of members of the public or of persons at work or the protection of the environment" would be disclosed.[2]

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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 100.6%
Ind0 1050.0%
Lab343 (+2 tell) 12085.8%
LDem0 37 (+2 tell)083.0%
PC0 3075.0%
UUP0 2022.2%
Total:343 56063.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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 Robin CorbettBirmingham, ErdingtonLabaye
Dr Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Mr Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabaye
Dr Tony WrightCannock ChaseLabaye
Dr Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Mr Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLabaye
Mr John McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Mr Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Mr Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull NorthLabaye
Mr Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Dr David ClarkSouth ShieldsLabaye
Ms Jenny JonesWolverhampton South WestLabaye

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