House of Lords Reform — Remove Hereditary Places once Reform has taken place — rejected — 7 Mar 2007 at 17:09
Derek Twigg MP, Halton voted with the majority (No).
The majority Noes rejected an amendment[1] to a motion that proposed removing the remaining hereditary peers in the House of Lords. The amendment would have meant that hereditary peers would only be removed after elected members took their place in the Lords. However, it was defeated.
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- [1] Theresa May MP, 7 March 2007, House of Commons
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 | 8 | 173 (+1 tell) | 0 | 92.9% |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 309 (+2 tell) | 5 | 0 | 89.8% |
LDem | 0 | 62 (+1 tell) | 0 | 100.0% |
PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Respect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 329 | 241 | 0 | 92.0% |
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 |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | no |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |