Planning Bill — Secretary of State to have final say — rejected — 25 Jun 2008 at 16:45
John Baron MP, Billericay voted in the minority (Aye).
The majority of MPs voted against inserting a new clause near the start of the Planning Bill[1] which said:[2]
- Decisions taken by the Commission as part of any function conferred on it shall be subject to confirmation [within six months] by the Secretary of State.
The purpose of this amendment was to ensure that ministers "cannot duck having the final say" and would reinstate an element of democratic accountability, so to speak.[3]
Without this clause, the intent of the Planning Bill is that the final say would be by an appointed Planning Commission within the brief of a National Policy Statement.
- [1] The Infrastructure Planning Commission, Planning Bill, 7 February 2008
- [2] Amendment No. 339, House of Commons, 25 June 2008
- [3] Paul Grogan MP, House of Commons, 25 June 2008
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 (+1 tell) | 0 | 92.7% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 303 (+2 tell) | 16 (+1 tell) | 0 | 91.7% |
LDem | 0 | 55 | 0 | 87.3% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 303 | 260 | 0 | 90.7% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |