Political Parties and Elections Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 17 Jun 2009 at 17:01

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted with the majority (Not-Content).

Amendment 38

Moved by Lord Tyler

38: After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause-

"£50,000 cap on donations

(1) In section 54 of the 2000 Act (permissible donors), after subsection (1) there is inserted-

"(1A) A donation received by a registered party from a permissible donor must not be accepted by the party in so far as the amount of that donation and of any other donations accepted by the party from that donor during the same calendar year exceeds £50,000.

(1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply to donations to which subsections (1) and (2) of section 55 apply, or to monies received from public funds."

(2) In section 56 of the 2000 Act (acceptance or return of donations: general), after subsection (2) there is inserted-

"(2A) If a registered party receives a donation which it is prohibited from accepting by virtue of section 54(1A), subsection (2) applies to that donation only in so far as the amount of that donation and of any other donations accepted by the party from that donor during the same calendar year exceeds £50,000."

(3) In section 58(1)(a) of the 2000 Act (forfeiture of donations made by impermissible or unidentifiable donors) after "(b)" there is inserted "or (1A)"."

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con68 134.7%
Crossbench16 1818.3%
DUP1 033.3%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab116 (+2 tell) 054.4%
LDem0 50 (+2 tell)69.3%
UKIP1 050.0%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:204 6940.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConaye
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchno
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
The Earl of ErrollCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Hannay of ChiswickCrossbenchno
Lord Haskins Crossbenchno
Lord Jay of EwelmeCrossbenchno
Lord Joffe Crossbenchno
The Countess of MarCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Monson Crossbenchno
Lord Moser Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchno
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no

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