Courts Bill [Lords] — Clause 4 — Establishment of Courts Boards — 20 Oct 2003 at 18:50

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

Amendment proposed: No. 56, in page 3, line 35, leave out from 'specifying' to first 'the' in line 38 and insert-

'(a) in respect of areas except London, areas which are the same as, or fall entirely within, the police areas listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (division of England and Wales, except London, into police areas), and

(b) in respect of London, at least five separate areas falling entirely within'.-[Mr. Heath.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 98, Noes 278.

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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 62038.0%
DUP0 1020.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 30100.0%
Lab278 (+2 tell) 0068.5%
LDem0 30 (+2 tell)059.3%
PC0 2050.0%
Total:278 98059.6%

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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