European Community Documents — 18 Nov 2008 at 20:00

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted in the minority (No).

Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 119(9) ( European Committees ),

That this House takes note of Commission documents 13829/07 and Addenda 1 to 3 (Communicating Europe in Partnership) and 8163/08 (Debate Europe); recognises the importance of communicating effectively with European citizens; and welcomes the measures taken to further improve the co-ordination of the European Union's work on communicating with the public .-[Mr. Watts.]

The House divided: Ayes 305, Noes 127.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 118 (+2 tell)062.2%
DUP0 7077.8%
Independent1 1040.0%
Lab269 (+2 tell) 0077.4%
LDem32 0050.8%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP2 0066.7%
UKIP0 10100.0%
Total:305 127069.5%

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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