Offence of Failing to Prevent Smoking In an Enclosed Vehicle in the Presence of Someone Under 18 — 11 Feb 2015 at 21:06

Bill Wiggin MP, North Herefordshire voted against making it an offence to for someone in charge of an enclosed vehicle to fail to prevent smoking within it if someone under 18 is present.

The majority of MPs voted to make it an offence to for someone in charge of an enclosed vehicle to fail to prevent smoking within it if someone under 18 is present.

The regulations approved in this vote allow the police to issue fixed penalty notices in relation to the offence (the penalty being £50, with a discounted amount of £30). An exception for smoke-free private vehicles from the requirement to display no smoking signs was also provided for in the regulations.

Technically the regulations extend the scope of the offence in Section 8(4) of the Health Act 2006 to cover enclosed vehicles in the presence of children.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote stated:

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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
Con136 63065.7%
DUP4 1062.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent2 00100.0%
Lab160 5064.0%
LDem35 3067.9%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP3 00100.0%
UKIP0 20100.0%
Total:343 74065.6%

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
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Harriett BaldwinWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Andrew BinghamHigh PeakCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Karen BradleyStaffordshire MoorlandsCon (front bench)no
Angie BrayEaling Central and ActonConno
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Glyn DaviesMontgomeryshireCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Jackie Doyle-PriceThurrockConno
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordCon (front bench)no
Lorraine FullbrookSouth RibbleCon (front bench)no
Richard FullerBedfordCon (front bench)no
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
Sam GyimahEast SurreyCon (front bench)no
Greg HandsChelsea and FulhamCon (front bench)no
Simon HartCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
Mark HobanFarehamConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Kris HopkinsKeighleyCon (front bench)no
Gerald HowarthAldershotConno
Jessica LeeErewashConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)no
Karen LumleyRedditchCon (front bench)no
Esther McVeyWirral WestCon (front bench)no
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockCon (front bench)no
Stephen MosleyCity of ChesterCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Claire PerryDevizesCon (front bench)no
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)no
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Andrew RobathanSouth LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)no
Julian SturdyYork OuterConno
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
David TredinnickBosworthCon (front bench)no
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConno
Angela WatkinsonHornchurch and UpminsterConno
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireConno
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)no
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Edward BallsMorley and OutwoodLab (minister)no
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)no
Jimmy HoodLanark and Hamilton EastLab (minister)no
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
Jeremy BrowneTaunton DeaneLDemno
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)no
Stephen GilbertSt Austell and NewquayLDem (front bench)no

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