Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism — "recklessly indifferent" — 2 Nov 2005 at 15:30
Christopher Huhne MP, Eastleigh voted in the minority (Aye).
Those voting Aye wished to change Clause 1 of the Terrorism Bill according to Amendment 79.
Clause 1 of the Bill says:
A person commits an offence if (a) he publishes a statement or causes another to publish a statement on his behalf; and (b) ... he knows or... has reasonable grounds for believing that members of the public... are likely to understand it as a[n]... encouragement... of acts of terrorism...
The amendment would have changed part (b) into:
(b) ...he intends or is recklessly indifferent to the fact that the publication will be understood as an... encouragement... of acts of terrorism... (c) It is not necessary... that he intended to cause... a specific terrorist act.
In other words, to be guilty you had to actually want to cause offence, as opposed to your words merely being interpreted as offensive, which is easily done even if it is not your intention.
The issue of this vote is almost exactly the same as the next one. You can see a comparison between the two votes here.
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.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 182 (+2 tell) | 0 | 93.9% |
DUP | 0 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 307 (+2 tell) | 14 | 0 | 91.2% |
LDem | 0 | 60 | 0 | 96.8% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 307 | 277 | 0 | 92.9% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |