High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Third Reading — 31 Oct 2013 at 17:00

The majority of MPs voted to approve spending money on preparations for a high speed rail network connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester.

The majority of MPs voted to approve the High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill at its third reading, supporting the Bill as it stood and allowing it to continue its path to becoming law.

The High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill proposed approval for expenditure preparing for a high speed railway network connecting at least: London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester. Expenditure covered by the Bill includes surveying, design, land purchase, and compensating affected property owners.

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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
Con228 (+1 tell) 17 (+1 tell)281.6%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab74 11 (+1 tell)033.3%
LDem39 (+1 tell) 0071.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SNP6 00100.0%
Total:348 32261.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Hall GreenLabno
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamConno
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabno
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLabno
Chris KellyDudley SouthCon (front bench)no
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno
Frank DobsonHolborn and St PancrasLabno
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabno
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)tellno
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)both
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)no
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireConno
Dan BylesNorth WarwickshireCon (front bench)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)both
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and LimehouseLabno
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)tellno
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Chris WhiteWarwick and LeamingtonCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeConno

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