Counter Terrorism Bill — Lord Chief Justice to appoint "special coroners" — rejected — 10 Jun 2008 at 21:45
The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the Counter-Terrorism Bill. This was a proposal that the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales or the nominated senior judge, rather than the Secretary of State, should appoint "special coroners". However, it was defeated.
The Counter-Terrorism Bill under discussion contained a provision for "special coroners" to be appointed to run inquests where the secretary of state had decided that a jury would not be used.
The proposal that a member of the judiciary ought make the appointment was put forward by Cambridge MP David Howarth who spoke[2] in the debate on the matter. The fact this vote raises question of separation of political and judicial authority in this country was also made during the debate.[3]
The main aims of the Counter-Terrorism Bill were to[4]:
- Allow the Secretary of State to order a coroner's inquest to take place without a jury
- Allow longer terrorism sentences
- Change some of the rules around intercept evidence
- Allow the assets of convicted terrorists to be seized
- Allow greater use of DNA samples and enable the police to take the fingerprints or DNA from those subject to control orders
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- [1] David Howarth MP, 10 June 2008, House of Commons
- [2] David Howarth MP, 10 June 2008, House of Commons
- [3] House of Commons debate, 10 June 2008
- [4] Wikipedia entry, Retrieved on 2010-02-07
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 | 1 | 176 | 11 | 97.9% |
DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66.7% |
Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 319 (+2 tell) | 4 | 0 | 92.6% |
LDem | 0 | 55 (+2 tell) | 1 | 92.1% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 320 | 257 | 12 | 93.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
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 |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | both |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | both |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | both |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | both |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | both |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | both |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | both |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | both |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | both |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | both |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | both |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | both |