Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits — rejected — 13 Feb 2006 at 21:45
Philip Dunne MP, Ludlow voted to require the Government to publish a detailed cost-benefit analysis of ID card scheme before it goes into force
The majority of MPs voted to take out[1] a provision inserted by the House of Lords[2] into the Identity Cards Bill which said:[3]
- Before the Identity Cards laws can be enforced, the Government must publish a detailed report stating all the costs of the system since 2004 and a cost estimate by year for the next ten years, and a statement of the expected benefits of the system.
The minister argued that making these costs available "would be prejudicial to securing the best value from the use of public money".[4]
- [1] Andy Burnham MP, House of Commons, 13 February 2006
- [2] Identity Cards Bill - Report of Costs and Benefits, House of Lords, 16 January 2006
- [3] Commencement: Report on costs and benefits, Identity Cards Bill, Clause 44
- [4] Andy Burnham MP, House of Commons, 13 February 2006
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 178 (+2 tell) | 0 | 91.8% |
DUP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 88.9% |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 313 (+2 tell) | 2 | 0 | 89.8% |
LDem | 0 | 60 | 0 | 95.2% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
Respect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 314 | 261 | 0 | 90.9% |
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 |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |