Points of Order — Defence and Security Procurement — 25 Nov 2008 at 16:24

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 16488/07 and Addenda 1 and 2, draft Directive on the co-ordination procedures for the award of public contracts in the fields of defence and security; and endorses the Government's approach to the negotiations and its view that if, following European Council agreement on a text and negotiations with the European Parliament, the document remains within the UK's negotiating position, the Commission draft Directive could be supported. -[Mr. Frank Roy.]

The House divided: Ayes 335, Noes 167.

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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 160 (+2 tell)083.9%
DUP0 1011.1%
Independent1 3066.7%
Lab279 (+2 tell) 0080.3%
LDem49 0077.8%
PC1 20100.0%
SNP5 1085.7%
Total:335 167080.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)no

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