Equality Bill — Clause 155 — Positive action: recruitment and promotion — 2 Dec 2009 at 18:00

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

Amendment proposed: 18, in page 98, line 7, leave out 'as qualified as' and insert 'equally qualified to'.- (John Penrose.)

Question put, That the amendment be made.

The House divided: Ayes 160, Noes 354.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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 146 (+2 tell)076.7%
DUP0 3033.3%
Independent4 20100.0%
Lab289 (+2 tell) 0083.1%
LDem49 0179.4%
PC3 00100.0%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP6 0085.7%
Total:352 151180.1%

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
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)both

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