Employment Relations Bill — New Clause 2 — Intimidation — 29 Mar 2004 at 20:00

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

After paragraph 51 of Schedule A1 to the 1992 Act insert

"Intimidation

51A If during the union recognition procedure a union uses undue force or intimidating measures to get recognition then the CAC shall have the right to investigate this at the request of the employer or any worker and if such measures are found to have been used the CAC shall terminate the recognition procedure immediately.".'.[Mr. Bellingham.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time: [Mr. Bellingham.]

The House divided: Ayes 152, Noes 309.

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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 115 (+2 tell)072.2%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Conservative0 1050.0%
Lab304 (+2 tell) 0075.0%
LDem0 34063.0%
PC2 0050.0%
SNP2 0040.0%
UUP1 1040.0%
Total:309 152072.4%

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