Business of the House — Hold Westminister Hall Debate Session in Lieu of One Cancelled for Visit by Monarch — 23 Feb 2012 at 15:45
Richard Fuller MP, Bedford voted against holding a session of debates in Westminster Hall on the 19th of March 2012 in lieu of one cancelled for a visit by the monarch on the 20th of March 2012.
The majority of MPs voted against holding a session of debates in Westminster Hall on the 19th of March 2012 in lieu of one cancelled for a visit by the monarch on the 20th of March 2012.
MPs were considering a motion:
- That:
- (1) there shall be no sitting in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 20 March; and
- (2) this House shall sit on Friday 23 March.
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment (a), after ‘(1)’, insert
- ‘there shall be a sitting in Westminster Hall on Monday 19 March between half-past nine o’clock and two o’clock;
Philip Hollobone MP (Kettering, Conservative) explained the context of the motion, and the amendment, during the debate[1]:
- Her Majesty the Queen is coming to Westminster Hall on that day [20 March] to celebrate her diamond jubilee, so it is entirely appropriate that normal sittings in Westminster Hall should be cancelled for that day. No one has any argument with that. What the Leader and Deputy Leader of the House should have proposed, however, is the rescheduling of that lost parliamentary time at some other point in the parliamentary calendar, because effectively some of our precious parliamentary air time is disappearing
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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 |
Con | 217 (+1 tell) | 6 (+2 tell) | 1 | 74.2% |
DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.5% |
Lab | 0 | 65 | 0 | 25.2% |
LDem | 22 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 40.4% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16.7% |
Total: | 239 | 74 | 1 | 49.8% |
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | both |