Access To Facilities Of The House — 28 Oct 2002 at 18:43

I beg to move,

That this House notes the serious breaches by Sinn Fein/IRA of their obligations under the Belfast Agreement and the ceasefire, which have been recognised by the Government in the decision to suspend the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland; believes that good faith has not been observed by Sinn Fein/IRA; and, unless Sinn Fein honourable Members commit themselves to a public statement that all terrorist organisations, including the IRA, should rescind violence, resolves to rescind the resolution of 18th December 2001 granting facilities and other support to Sinn Fein honourable Members who have chosen not to take their seats.

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

Xrecognises the fundamental need for the affairs of Northern Ireland to be settled on an exclusively peaceful, democratic and inclusive basis; and does not believe that expelling any party to the peace process from the parliamentary precincts is likely to encourage them to renounce violence and to pursue a political settlement within that process."

Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:-

The House divided: Ayes 140, Noes 336.

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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 131 (+2 tell)081.6%
DUP0 2040.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab310 (+2 tell) 0076.1%
LDem23 2047.2%
PC1 0025.0%
SNP2 0040.0%
UUP0 4066.7%
Total:336 140074.2%

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye
Adrian SandersTorbayLDemaye

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