Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — New Clause 4 — Inquiry Before Introducing Police and Crime Commissioners — 30 Mar 2011 at 15:30

Peter Aldous MP, Waveney voted against requiring an inquiry by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary on the impact of introducing Police and Crime Commissioners, and to consider its recommendations before introducing them.

The majority of MPs voted against requiring an inquiry by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary on the impact of introducing Police and Crime Commissioners, and to consider its recommendations before introducing them.

The new clause rejected in this vote was:

  • The Secretary of State must not make an order to bring sections 1 to 103 of this Act into force until—
  • (a) an inquiry by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary into the impact of the introduction of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales has been completed, and
  • (b) the Secretary of State has considered the recommendations of that inquiry.’.

Sections 1 to 103 were the policing reform relating aspects of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill. The primary reform was the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners.

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con277 (+1 tell) 0090.8%
DUP0 6075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 210 (+2 tell)082.2%
LDem43 (+1 tell) 0077.2%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
Total:320 224085.9%

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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