Opposition Day — [6th allotted day] — National Insurance Numbers and Illegal Immigrants — 16 Jan 2008 at 15:25
Philip Davies MP, Shipley voted in the minority (Aye).
I beg to move,
That this House expresses its very great concern that National Insurance numbers appear to have been issued to illegal immigrants.
I beg to move, To leave out from 'House' to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:
"welcomes the new checks and controls the Government has introduced to reduce illegal working by foreign nationals, which include measures to prevent illegal immigrants being issued with national insurance numbers."
Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:-
The House divided: Ayes 242, Noes 310.
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 | 0 | 176 (+2 tell) | 0 | 91.8% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
Lab | 306 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 87.5% |
LDem | 0 | 56 | 0 | 88.9% |
PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
Total: | 310 | 242 | 0 | 87.7% |
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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