Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill — Curtail Debate and Move to Vote — 16 Dec 2016 at 13:11

John Bercow MP, Buckingham did not vote.

The majority of MPs voted in favour of curtailing debate on ratifying a European convention aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and moving to a vote.

MPs were considering the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill[1].

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

  • That the Question be now put.

Those supporting the motion may have been keen to see time made available for further Bills to be debated. The summary agenda[2] stated:

  • If proceedings on the first Bill end before 2.30pm, the second Bill and, possibly, subsequent Bills may be debated in the time remaining.

This vote took place at 1.29pm[3].

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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
Con36 2 (+2 tell)012.2%
Independent2 0066.7%
Lab48 (+1 tell) 0021.1%
LDem1 0011.1%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP3 00100.0%
SNP42 (+1 tell) 0079.6%
Total:133 2022.0%

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
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)tellno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)tellno

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