House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill — Clause 1 — Amendment to Remove Explusion Provision — 27 Feb 2015 at 14:15

James Arbuthnot MP, North East Hampshire voted to allow the House of Lords to create standing orders under which a resolution to expel a member of the House of Lords could be passed.

The majority of MPs taking part voted to keep a provision allowing the House of Lords to create standing orders under which a resolution to expel a member of the House of Lords could be passed in the Bill.

MPs were considering the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill[1].

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • page 1, line 4, leave out paragraph (a).

This would have affected clause 1(1) of the Bill which stated:

  • (1) Standing Orders of the House of Lords may make provision under which the House of Lords may by resolution—
  • (a) expel a member of the House of Lords, or
  • (b) suspend a member of the House of Lords for the period specified in the resolution.

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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
Con21 (+2 tell) 1 (+2 tell)08.6%
Green1 00100.0%
Lab10 003.9%
LDem0 000.0%
Total:32 106.0%

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
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)tellaye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)tellaye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye

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