Police and Justice Bill — Extradition to the USA — 24 Oct 2006 at 18:15

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

The Majority of MPs rejected a Lords amendment that would have meant that the United States would still have to meet a prima facie case to extradite someone from the United Kingdom. This would have been implemented by removing the United States from the list of Part 2 Territories under the Extradition Act 2003.

Those MPs in the minority were trying to ensure that extradition to the USA would only occur after a prima facie case had been brought against an individual and the accused had been given an opportunity to contest that evidence in a UK court. In spite of the fact that the 2003 Extradition Treaty had now been ratified by the United States and there was now a greater degree of reciprocity in extradition proceedings, the MPs in the minority still argued that the proceedings were not reciprocal. The Treaty would not come into full effect until 26th April 2007 (see here) and there was still therefore an opportunity to make amendments.

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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 183 (+1 tell)093.9%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Labour0 10100.0%
Lab316 (+2 tell) 6192.3%
LDem0 61 (+1 tell)098.4%
PC0 30100.0%
Respect0 10100.0%
SDLP2 0066.7%
SNP0 60100.0%
UUP1 00100.0%
Total:319 262193.3%

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
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabno
Robert WareingLiverpool, West Derbywhilst Labno
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabno
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabboth

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