New Standing Order — Regional Select Committees — Membership — 12 Nov 2008 at 16:17

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted to require membership of new regional select committees to be determined taking account of the proportion of members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region and for at least one member from each of the three largest parties to be on each committee.

The majority of MPs voted against requiring membership of new regional select committees to be determined taking account of the proportion of members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region and against requiring at least one member from each of the three largest parties to be on each committee.

MPs were considering a new House of Commons Standing Order to introduce Regional select committees[1].

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment (c), in line 20, at end, insert—
  • '(2A) In nominating Members to the Committees under this order, the Committee of Selection shall have regard to the proportion of Members of each party representing constituencies in the relevant region;
  • (2B) Notwithstanding paragraph (2A), the Committee of Selection shall nominate at least one Member from each of the three largest parties to each Committee.'

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Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 158081.9%
DUP0 6066.7%
Independent0 3060.0%
Lab231 (+2 tell) 12070.0%
LDem0 47 (+2 tell)077.8%
PC0 2066.7%
UKIP0 10100.0%
Total:231 229074.4%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Eric MartlewCarlisleLab (minister)aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Gordon PrenticePendleLab (minister)aye
Paul TruswellPudseyLabaye
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLab (minister)aye

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