Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) — 20 Jul 2016 at 13:09
Neil Gray MP, Airdrie and Shotts voted for proportional representation for electing MPs and for reducing the voting age to 16.
The majority of MPs voted against proportional representation for electing MPs and against reducing the voting age to 16.
The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
- That leave be given to bring in a bill to amend the Representation of the People Acts to provide for the introduction of proportional representation as a method for electing Members of the House of Commons;
- to reduce the voting age to 16 in all UK elections and referendums; and for connected purposes.
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 | 69 (+1 tell) | 1 | 0 | 21.5% |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Lab | 7 (+1 tell) | 15 | 0 | 10.0% |
LDem | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62.5% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 45 (+2 tell) | 0 | 87.0% |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 81 | 74 | 0 | 24.7% |
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 |
Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | aye |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | tellno |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |