MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration — 30 Apr 2009 at 17:00
The majority of MPs voted for the motion:[1]
- In respect of any claim for payment made by an hon. Member after 1 July 2009 in relation to any allowance or expenditure for which documentary evidence is required, such evidence shall be required regardless of the sum concerned.
The current limit above with a receipt must be submitted is £25. As recently as June 2008 the proposal to reduce this limit down to zero was rejected by a vote among MPs.[2][3]
- [1] Chris Bryant MP, House of Commons, 30 April 2009
- [2] MPs' allowances - External audits and no more furniture - rejected, House of Commons Division, 3 July 2008
- [3] Conclusions and Recommendations, Members Estimate Committee - Third Report, House of Commons, 23 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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 56 | 12 (+2 tell) | 0 | 36.3% |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.2% |
| Ind | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Lab | 227 (+2 tell) | 8 | 0 | 67.7% |
| LDem | 52 | 1 | 0 | 84.1% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71.4% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 348 | 22 | 0 | 59.2% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | tellno |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | no |
| Sir Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | tellno |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con | no |