Draft Infrastructure Planning (Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Facilities) Order 2015 — 25 Mar 2015 at 20:10

Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham voted against designating geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste as nationally significant infrastructure projects; and consequently against the Secretary of State taking decisions on planning applications for such facilities.

The majority of MPs voted to designate geological disposal facilities for radioactive waste as nationally significant infrastructure projects; and consequently for the Secretary of State to take decisions on planning applications for such facilities.

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
Con241 5081.2%
DUP3 0037.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab1 1104.7%
LDem30 8067.9%
PC0 30100.0%
Respect0 10100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 1016.7%
UKIP1 0050.0%
Total:277 33048.2%

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
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)no
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabaye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)no
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDem (front bench)no
Duncan HamesChippenhamLDem (front bench)no
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)no
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemno
Tessa MuntWellsLDem (front bench)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)no

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