Extradition Bill — New Clause 9 — Referral of Part 1 Warrant to Secretary of State — 25 Mar 2003 at 16:45

Gillian Merron MP, Lincoln voted with the majority (Teller for the Noes).

'.(1) Where a Part 1 warrant has been issued in connection with conduct which would not constitute an offence under the law of the relevant part of the United Kingdom, that warrant must be referred to the Secretary of State, who must make a decision separate to any decision of the appropriate judge as to whether extradition to the requesting country would be proper in all the circumstances.

(2) The Secretary of State must make an annual report to both Houses of Parliament on the cases in which he has exercised his discretion as set out in subsection (1) above and the reasons for the exercise of his discretion in each case.'.-[Mr. Hawkins.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 180, Noes 302.

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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 136 (+2 tell)084.7%
Independent0 10100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab293 (+2 tell) 0072.0%
LDem0 40075.5%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP4 0080.0%
UUP1 2050.0%
Total:302 180075.6%

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
Sylvia HermonNorth DownUUP (front bench)no

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