Counter-Terrorism Bill — Control orders only without prospect of prosecution — rejected — 10 Jun 2008 at 18:15
Oliver Letwin MP, West Dorset voted in the minority (Aye).
The majority of MPs voted against adding a new condition into the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005[1] which said that a control order could only be made by the Secretary of State against an individual only when the Director of Public Prosecutions --
- "has certified that certified that there is no reasonable prospect of successfully prosecuting the subject of the order for a terrorism-related offence"[2]
or the urgency of the case requires the order to be made without court permission.[3]
- [1] Making of non-derogating control orders, Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Clause 2
- [2] Andrew Dismore MP, House of Commons, 10 June 2008
- [3] Supervision by court of making of non-derogating control orders, Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Clause 3(1)(b)
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 | 160 (+2 tell) | 0 | 84.4% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 319 (+2 tell) | 6 | 0 | 93.2% |
LDem | 0 | 47 | 0 | 74.6% |
PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Respect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 320 | 228 | 0 | 86.9% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | aye |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |