Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill — Clause 151 — Definition of Miscarriages of Justice — 4 Feb 2014 at 15:15

Michael Connarty MP, Linlithgow and East Falkirk voted to define a miscarriage of justice as being where a new or newly discovered fact shows beyond reasonable doubt that the person "was innocent of", rather than "did not commit", the offence.

The majority of MPs voted to define a miscarriage of justice as being where a new or newly discovered fact shows beyond reasonable doubt that the person "did not commit", rather than "was innocent of", the offence.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • Amendment (a) proposed in lieu of Lords amendment 112.

Lords amendment 112[2][3] stated:

  • Page 121, line 23, leave out from “shows” to “(and” in line 24 and insert “conclusively that the evidence against the person at trial is so undermined that no conviction could possibly be based on it”

This would have affected clause 151 of the Bill[4] titled Compensation for miscarriages of justice. Lords amendment 112 would have changed wording of the definition of a miscarriage of justice in that clause from:

  • if the new or newly discovered fact shows beyond reasonable doubt that the person was innocent of the offence

to

  • if the new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that the evidence against the person at trial is so undermined that no conviction could possibly be based on it

Amendment (a)[4] in lieu which was accepted in this vote stated:

  • Page 121, line 24, leave out ‘was innocent of’ and insert ‘did not commit’.

There appears to be a proposed change of words, without any change of meaning. Questions as to the impact of the change were raised during the debate.

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con255 (+2 tell) 0084.3%
DUP0 7087.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab0 224 (+2 tell)087.9%
LDem42 0075.0%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
Total:297 238084.7%

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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