Post Office — Condemnation of previous Conservative government — 29 Jan 2002 at 21:59

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

The Majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:[1]

  • This House
  • condemns the running down of the Post Office under 18 years of Conservative government, which saw 3,500 post offices close, hundreds of thousands of days lost through industrial action, a lack of investment which allowed the Post Office to slip behind its competitors, a failure to give the Post Office the commercial freedom it needed to invest and compete;
  • congratulates the current Government for giving the Post Office commercial freedom to make its own decisions, enshrining the universal service obligation in legislation, establishing a new regulatory framework, bringing in new managers, modernising and supporting the post office network and encouraging partnership between employers and unions; and
  • furthermore notes that Consignia invested £296 million in the last financial year, is addressing its cost base, strengthening its management and striving to achieve a world class service in Britain.

This replaced a motion put forward by the Conservative Party at the start of the debate before it was voted out.[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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 139 (+2 tell)086.0%
DUP0 3060.0%
Lab309 (+2 tell) 0076.0%
LDem0 41077.4%
PC0 3075.0%
SNP0 50100.0%
UUP3 0050.0%
Total:312 191078.5%

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