Railways Bill — Transfer Schemes at End of Franchising Agreements — 27 Jan 2005 at 16:45

Mr Llew Smith MP, Blaenau Gwent voted in the minority (Aye).

Amendment proposed: No. 17, in page 11, line 14 [Clause 12], at end insert-

'(3A) The appropriate national authority shall not make a scheme for the transfer of relevant franchise assets to a franchise company, at the end of the franchise period, if an independent assessment, which must be authorised by the national authority, demonstrates that the assets could be operated more economically and efficiently by a person identified in subsection (3)(a), (b), (c) or (d).'.-[John McDonnell.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 49, Noes 208.

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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
Con17 0010.5%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab189 (+2 tell) 26 (+2 tell)153.9%
LDem0 16029.1%
PC0 3075.0%
SNP0 2040.0%
UUP1 0020.0%
Total:207 48140.6%

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
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabaye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLab (minister)aye
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab (minister)aye
Robin CookLivingstonLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabtellaye
Ann CryerKeighleyLab (minister)aye
John CryerHornchurchLabaye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)aye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLab (minister)aye
John GroganSelbyLabaye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)aye
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabaye
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye
Gordon PrenticePendleLab (minister)aye
Gwyn ProsserDoverLab (minister)aye
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabaye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabtellaye
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)aye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow PollokLab (minister)both

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