Welfare Reform Bill — Third Reading — 15 Jun 2011 at 19:00

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.

The majority of MPs voted to support the Welfare Reform Bill at its third reading, expressing their support for the Bill as it stood.

Parliament's webpage on the bill[1] states:

  • The Bill provides for the introduction of a 'Universal Credit' to replace a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for people of working age, starting from 2013.

as well as:

  • introduces Personal Independence Payments to replace the current Disability Living Allowance
  • restricts Housing Benefit entitlement for social housing tenants whose accommodation is larger than they need
  • up-rates Local Housing Allowance rates by the Consumer Price Index
  • amends the forthcoming statutory child maintenance scheme
  • limits the payment of contributory Employment and Support Allowance to a 12-month period
  • caps the total amount of benefit that can be claimed.

The explanatory notes to the bill[2] stated:

  • The Government estimates the net effect of the Bill on benefit expenditure will be as follows:·savings of £960m in the financial year 2012/13;·savings of £2,510m in the financial year 2013/14;·savings of £3,870m in the financial year 2014/15.
  • In addition there is a further £2bn set aside in the Spending Review to cover the costs of implementing Universal Credit.

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Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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%
Con251 (+1 tell) 0082.4%
DUP0 3037.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab0 224 (+2 tell)087.9%
LDem37 (+1 tell) 1068.4%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 5083.3%
Total:288 238082.6%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)no

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