Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) Regulations 2012 — 5 Dec 2012 at 18:39

Joe Benton MP, Bootle voted against proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.

The majority of MPs approved proposed criteria for determining if legal aid is to be awarded in particular circumstances.

The motion approved in this vote was:

The criteria include a "Reasonable private paying individual test" for legal aid funding that is if:

  • a reasonable private paying individual would be prepared to start or continue the proceedings having regard to the prospects of success and all the other circumstances of the case.

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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%
Con240 0078.7%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 205079.5%
LDem40 0070.2%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
Total:287 213078.5%

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
no rebellions

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