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

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.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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 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 Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
Dr Brian IddonBolton South EastLabno
Mrs Ann WintertonCongletonwhilst Conaye
Mr Ian StewartEcclesLabno
Mr Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLabtellno
Mr Andrew TurnerIsle of WightConaye
Mr Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Mr Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldConaye
Mr David HamiltonMidlothianLabno
Mr David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Mr Mike HallWeaver ValeLabno
Mr Tony BanksWest HamLabno
Mr Colin PickthallWest LancashireLabno
Mr Jim SheridanWest RenfrewshireLabno
Mr Stephen HesfordWirral WestLabtellno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno

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