Opposition Day — Ban on MPs Holding Paid Directorships and Consultancies — 25 Feb 2015 at 18:51

The majority of MPs voted against banning MPs from holding paid directorships or consultancies.

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

  • That this House
  • believes that, as part of a wider regulatory framework for hon. Members’ second jobs, from the start of the next Parliament no hon. Members should be permitted to hold paid directorships or consultancies.

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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
Con249 (+1 tell) 0082.5%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab0 209 (+2 tell)081.8%
LDem38 (+1 tell) 0069.6%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:287 219080.8%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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