Identity Cards Bill — Voluntary registration when applying for a passport — rejected — 13 Mar 2006 at 22:45

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted in the minority (No).

The majority of MPs voted to reject[1] the change to the Identity Cards Bill by the House of Lords[2] which would make the application for an ID Card voluntary when obtaining a "designated document" such as a passport.

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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 176 (+2 tell)090.8%
DUP0 8088.9%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab309 (+2 tell) 18093.2%
LDem0 62098.4%
PC0 2066.7%
Respect0 10100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 5083.3%
UUP1 00100.0%
Total:310 276092.6%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabno
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno
Gwyneth DunwoodyCrewe and NantwichLab (minister)no
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabno
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabno
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)no
Andrew LoveEdmontonLab (minister)no
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno
Clare ShortBirmingham, Ladywoodwhilst Labno
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabno
John SmithVale of GlamorganLab (minister)no
Gavin StrangEdinburgh EastLabno
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)no
Robert WareingLiverpool, West Derbywhilst Labno
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabno

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