Opposition Day — Northern Ireland — Abolition of Air Passenger Duty — 23 Oct 2013 at 18:49

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted in favour of air passenger duty.

The majority of MPs voted in favour of air passenger duty and against its abolition.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • recognises that the UK has the highest rate of air passenger duty (APD) in the world;
  • believes that this is detrimental to attracting inward investment, encouraging exports, drawing more tourists to the UK and helping ordinary families to benefit from aviation;
  • notes research carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers and others stating that abolishing APD would not only pay for itself but would be a permanent economic boost to the UK economy and create tens of thousands of jobs;
  • further believes that the abolition of this tax would be of benefit to all regions of the UK;
  • further notes that it is the intention of the Prime Minister to review green taxes; and
  • calls on the Government, as part of that review, to give high priority to the abolition of air passenger duty.

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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
Con241 (+1 tell) 2180.3%
DUP0 5 (+2 tell)087.5%
Lab1 201.2%
LDem41 (+1 tell) 0075.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 1016.7%
Total:283 12147.2%

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
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)aye
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)both
Ann CoffeyStockportLabno

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