Mental Capacity Bill — Schedule 3 — Property and affairs: supplementary provisions — 14 Dec 2004 at 18:58

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I do so with great pleasure.

This is an important and ethical Bill. Our progress on it has been fast, and much of today's debate has pertained to that. I think it right that, to meet the concerns of Members throughout the House, the Lord Chancellor undertook to continue discussions and negotiations until the eleventh hour, and I am pleased that Members have felt able to support the Government in the Lobbies on the basis of that. I am glad that we have achieved the ends, even if the means were a little unusual for Parliament.

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The House divided: Ayes 354, Noes 118.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con11 86 (+2 tell)060.7%
DUP0 6085.7%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab304 (+2 tell) 18179.9%
LDem36 3070.9%
PC2 0050.0%
SDLP0 1033.3%
UUP0 2040.0%
Total:353 117173.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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
James ArbuthnotNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)aye
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)no
Joe BentonBootleLab (minister)no
John BercowBuckinghamCon (front bench)aye
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye
Mr Tony ColmanPutneyLab (minister)no
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDem (front bench)no
Mr Tom CoxTootingLabno
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)no
David CurrySkipton and RiponCon (front bench)aye
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)no
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodConaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)no
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)aye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)aye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)no
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye
Mr Richard PageSouth West HertfordshireConaye
Mr Kerry PollardSt AlbansLab (minister)no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)no
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)no
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLab (minister)no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)both
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)aye
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye

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