Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — 17 Dec 2001 at 21:45

Dame Cheryl Gillan MP, Chesham and Amersham voted in the minority (Teller for the Ayes).

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

I intend to begin by setting out what the Bill does. I shall then explain the political context for the Bill and why it is necessary to introduce it at this time.

I beg to move, To leave out from "That" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:

"this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Bill because it provides for such an extended deadline for decommissioning which it does not believe will be conducive to the completion as soon as possible of the process which is already more than a year overdue."

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 151, Noes 342.

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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 141 (+2 tell)087.2%
DUP0 4080.0%
Lab317 (+2 tell) 0078.0%
LDem21 0039.6%
PC4 00100.0%
UUP0 60100.0%
Total:342 151077.5%

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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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