Opposition Day — Ban MPs Holding Paid Directorships and Consultancies — 17 Jul 2013 at 16:30

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted not to ban MPs from holding paid directorships or consultancies.

The majority of MPs voted not to ban MPs from holding paid directorships or consultancies.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • believes that, as part of a wider regulatory framework for second jobs, from the start of the next Parliament no hon. Members should be permitted to hold paid directorships or consultancies.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con262 (+1 tell) 0086.2%
DUP3 0037.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab0 215 (+2 tell)084.1%
LDem44 (+1 tell) 0080.4%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 5083.3%
Total:310 223084.0%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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