Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Programme motion — 6 Sep 2010 at 21:43

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted in favour of proposed rules to govern the progress of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] through the House of Commons

The majority of MPs voted in favour of setting the following rules to govern the progress of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill through the House of Commons. This was an administrative division that immediately followed the debate and divisions on the second reading, and was about the progress through Parliament of, rather than on the contents of the Bill. The divisions on the second reading of Bill itself can be found here and here.

Standing Order No. 83A(7)

That the following provisions shall apply to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill:

  • Committal
  • 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
  • Proceedings in Committee
  • 2. Proceedings in Committee of the whole House shall be completed in five days.
  • 3. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House.
  • Consideration and Third Reading
  • 4. Any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed in two days.
  • 5. Any proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the second day.
  • 6. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
  • 7. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
  • Other proceedings
  • 8. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.

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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
Con272 (+2 tell) 12093.5%
DUP0 7087.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 242 (+2 tell)094.6%
LDem52 0091.2%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:324 273093.6%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Douglas CarswellClactonConno
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no

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