Business of the House — Chair (Terminology) — 4 Mar 2010 at 15:41

I beg to move,

(1) That this House approves recommendation 3 of the First Report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Session 2008-09, HC 1117; and

The House divided: Ayes 206, Noes 90.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con2 82 (+2 tell)044.6%
Independent3 0050.0%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab144 (+2 tell) 2042.4%
LDem47 6084.1%
PC3 00100.0%
SNP6 0085.7%
Total:206 90048.2%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
James BrokenshireHornchurchCon (front bench)aye
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no
David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLab (minister)no
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)no
Jeremy BrowneTauntonLDem (front bench)no
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDemno

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