Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits — rejected — 13 Feb 2006 at 21:45

Robert Goodwill MP, Scarborough and Whitby did not vote.

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]

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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
Con0 178 (+2 tell)091.8%
DUP0 8088.9%
Independent0 20100.0%
Lab313 (+2 tell) 2089.8%
LDem0 60095.2%
PC0 30100.0%
Respect0 10100.0%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 60100.0%
UUP1 00100.0%
Total:314 261090.9%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)no
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabno

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