European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — New Clause 4 — Conduct of elections under a pilot order — 16 Dec 2003 at 15:45

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

'Any pilot order made under section 2 may make provision for-

(a) all-postal voting; or

(b) any combination of postal voting and voting in person at a polling station;

but may not make provision for any other manner of conducting an election.'.-[Mr. Heath.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

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

The House divided: Ayes 185, Noes 296.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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 125 (+1 tell)077.3%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 30100.0%
Lab295 (+2 tell) 0072.8%
LDem0 45 (+1 tell)085.2%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 50100.0%
UUP1 1066.7%
Total:296 185075.4%

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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