Marine Conservation Bill — General objective — 27 Oct 2009 at 17:45

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted in the minority (Aye).

The majority of MPs voted against a minor change in the wording of the General Objective of the Marine Management Organization, as outlined in the Marine Conservation Bill.[1]

The current version says:

  • The MMO is managed with the objective of making a contribution to the achievement of sustainable development...

The amendment, which was rejected, would have changed these words to:

  • The MMO is managed with the objective of furthering sustainable development...

The debate discussed many other issues.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 148 (+2 tell)077.7%
DUP0 5055.6%
Independent1 3066.7%
Lab266 (+2 tell) 0076.8%
LDem0 42066.7%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP2 0066.7%
Total:269 200075.6%

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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