Scotland Bill — Clause 11 — Devolution to Scotland of Powers to Regulate Specially Dangerous Air Weapons — 7 Mar 2011 at 20:15

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted against devolving powers to Scotland to regulate those air weapons deemed so dangerous they need to be licenced or prohibited in the same way as a firearm.

The majority of MPs voted against devolving powers to Scotland to regulate those air weapons deemed so dangerous they need to be licenced or prohibited in the same way as a firearm.

Air weapons include, with some exceptions, air rifles, air guns and air pistols.

MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 3, page 7, line 27, leave out from ‘1968’ to end of line 34

The unamended clause stated:

The rejected amendment sought not to retain the powers in (a) and (b) above with the Secretary of State.

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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
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con240 (+1 tell) 0078.8%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab104 0040.3%
LDem47 (+1 tell) 0084.2%
PC0 1 (+2 tell)0100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:392 8063.9%

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
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