Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — 9 Jul 2002 at 20:38

Lindsay Hoyle MP, Chorley voted with the majority (Aye).

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

As a Merseyside MP, I am proud to be sponsoring the Mersey Tunnels Bill on behalf of the Merseyside passenger transport authority. The proposals for this Bill were the subject of widespread consultation on Merseyside, in line with Cabinet Office guidance, and the House will wish to know that a formal statement from the promoters is available in the Vote Office.

Question put, That the Question be now put:-

The House divided: Ayes 110, Noes 18.

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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
Con3 706.1%
Lab77 (+2 tell) 11 (+2 tell)022.4%
LDem26 0049.1%
SDLP1 0033.3%
UUP3 0050.0%
Total:110 18020.8%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)aye
Ann WintertonCongletonwhilst Conaye
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldConaye
Mr Tony BanksWest HamLabno
Mike HallWeaver ValeLabno
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
Stephen HesfordWirral WestLabtellno
Brian IddonBolton South EastLabno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)tellno
Mr Colin PickthallWest LancashireLabno
Jim SheridanWest RenfrewshireLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Ian StewartEcclesLabno
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno

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