Deferred Division — safety of offshore oil and gas activities — 7 Mar 2012 at 20:43

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 16175/11 and Addenda 1 to 4, relating to a Draft Regulation on the safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities: supports the Government’s view that the UK has a proven, robust offshore environmental and safety regime; and further supports the Government’s intention to negotiate a legal instrument which ensures that high standards of health and safety and high levels of protection for the environment are maintained across Europe in respect of oil and gas operations, and that any new proposals do not negatively impact upon the present UK regime.

The House divided:

Ayes 308, Noes 183.

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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
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con242 1079.4%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Ind1 00100.0%
Lab4 178070.8%
LDem46 0080.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP6 00100.0%
Total:308 183076.4%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexConno
Frank FieldBirkenheadLabaye
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Sunderland WestLabaye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabaye
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabaye

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