Airport Expansion (Parliamentary Approval) — 24 Feb 2009 at 16:39

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted with the majority (Aye).

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Planning Act 2008 to require parliamentary approval for proposals for the building of new major airports and additional runways at existing major airports; and for connected purposes.

Question put (Standing Order No. 23).

The House divided: Ayes 247, Noes 203.

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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
Con156 2081.9%
DUP0 1011.1%
Independent3 0050.0%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab22 (+1 tell) 200 (+1 tell)164.3%
LDem57 (+1 tell) 0 (+1 tell)093.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SNP5 0071.4%
Total:246 203171.8%

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
Philip DaviesShipleyConno
David WilshireSpelthorneCon (front bench)no
Hugh BayleyCity of YorkLab (minister)aye
Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLab (minister)aye
Katy ClarkNorth Ayrshire and ArranLab (minister)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabtellaye
Jim CousinsNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)aye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabaye
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)aye
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Martin LintonBatterseaLabaye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Martin SalterReading WestLab (minister)aye
Virendra SharmaEaling, SouthallLab (minister)aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Andrew SlaughterEaling, Acton and Shepherd's BushLab (minister)aye
Andrew SmithOxford EastLabaye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
Paul TruswellPudseyLabaye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Colin BurgonElmetLabboth
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)tellno

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