Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 1 — Polling days for parliamentary general elections — 24 Nov 2010 at 13:42

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted for a General Election on the 7th of May 2015 and then every five years.

The majority of MPs agreed the date of the next General Election as the 7th of May 2015 and that subsequent elections are to be held every five years. There is also a provision to allow the Prime Minister to move the date by up to two months earlier or later with the agreement of Parliament.

The vote was on if clause one[1] of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Bill[2] ought remain part of the bill.

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con256 (+2 tell) 4085.6%
DUP4 0050.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 213 (+2 tell)083.7%
LDem47 0082.5%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:307 230084.1%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no

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