Mesothelioma Bill — New Clause 2 — Divert Up to 1% of Payment Scheme Levy to Fund Research — 7 Jan 2014 at 14:30

Stewart Jackson MP, Peterborough voted against up to 1% of the levy on insurers designed to fund the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to be used to fund additional research into mesothelioma.

The majority of MPs voted against up to 1% of the levy on insurers designed to fund the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme being used to fund additional research into mesothelioma.

MPs were considering the Mesothelioma Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That the clause be read a Second time.

The clause in question, which has the effect described above, can be found in the Hansard[2].

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con226 (+2 tell) 7 (+1 tell)077.4%
DUP0 3037.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab0 204 (+1 tell)079.8%
LDem40 0071.4%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 5083.3%
Total:266 226077.3%

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
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestConaye
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordCon (front bench)aye
Phillip LeeBracknellCon (front bench)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)aye
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)aye
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)tellaye

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