Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — Power to appoint and approve senior civil servants in the Scottish Executive — 3 Nov 2009 at 20:45

Derek Twigg MP, Halton voted with the majority (No).

The majority of MPs voted against requiring the Minister of the civil service to delegate appointment and approval of senior civil servants in the Scottish Executive to the Head of the Home Civil Service.

I beg to move amendment 48, in page 3, line 7, at end add-

'(6) The Minister for the Civil Service shall delegate the appointment and approval of senior civil servants to senior posts in the Scottish Executive to the Head of the Home Civil Service, acting on advice of the Civil Service Commission.'.

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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 201.0%
DUP1 6077.8%
Independent0 2033.3%
Lab285 (+2 tell) 0082.2%
LDem0 37058.7%
PC0 1 (+1 tell)066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 3 (+1 tell)057.1%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:286 55054.4%

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)no

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