Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 3 — Timing of Dissolution of Parliament before General Election — 18 Jan 2011 at 20:45
Greg Mulholland MP, Leeds North West voted to dissolve Parliament 17 days, rather than 25 days, before a general election.
The majority of MPs voted to dissolve Parliament 17 days, rather than 25 days before a general election.
Ms were considering the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 8, page 2, line 29, leave out '17th' and insert '25th'
This would have impacted clause (3)(1) of the Bill[2] which at the time of the vote stated:
- The Parliament then in existence dissolves at the beginning of the 17th working day before the polling day for the next parliamentary general election...
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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.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Con | 262 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 86.3% |
DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 214 (+2 tell) | 0 | 83.7% |
LDem | 52 | 0 | 0 | 91.2% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 314 | 234 | 0 | 85.7% |
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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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote | |
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