Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — New Clause 10 — Entitlement to Vote at Local Government Elections — 7 Dec 2015 at 21:00
Philip Hollobone MP, Kettering voted to keep the voting age for local government elections at 18 and not reduce it to 16.
The majority of MPs to keep the voting age for local government elections at 18 and not reduce it to 16.
MPs were considering the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill[1].
The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Governance arrangements for local government: entitlement to vote and stated:
- In section 2 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (local government electors), in subsection (1)(d) for “18” substitute “16””
An explanatory note accompanying the new clause stated:
- This Clause would re-instate the provision in the Bill, as brought from the Lords, allowing votes for 16 and 17 year olds in local government elections.
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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.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 285 (+2 tell) | 2 | 0 | 87.6% |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 184 (+2 tell) | 0 | 80.2% |
LDem | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62.5% |
PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.9% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 289 | 197 | 0 | 76.4% |
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |