Draft Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 — Minimum Welfare Standards — 30 Oct 2012 at 15:21

Jack Lopresti MP, Filton and Bradley Stoke voted to introduce a set of minimum welfare standards for all ‘wild’ animals used by travelling circuses in England.

The majority of MPs voted to introduce a set of minimum welfare standards for all ‘wild’ animals (meaning an animal belonging to a species which is not normally domesticated in Great Britain) used by travelling circuses in England.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:

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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%
Con229 (+2 tell) 6077.7%
DUP5 1075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 168 (+2 tell)067.2%
LDem40 1071.9%
SDLP0 2066.7%
Total:275 180073.0%

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
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConno
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Mike WeatherleyHoveCon (front bench)no
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)no
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no

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