Palace of Westminister — Restoration and Renewal — Cost-Effectiveness of Relocation — 31 Jan 2018 at 18:53

Kit Malthouse MP, North West Hampshire voted against reviewing the cost-effectiveness of relocating Parliament away from the Palace of Westminster during renovations.

The majority of MPs voted against reviewing the cost-effectiveness of relocating Parliament away from the Palace of Westminster during renovations.

MPs were considering the following motion:

  • That this House—
  • (1) affirms its commitment to the historic Palace of Westminster and its unique status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Palace and home of our Houses of Parliament;
  • (2) takes note of the report of the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster ‘Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster’, HL Paper 41, HC 659;
  • (3) accepts that there is a clear and pressing need to repair the services in the Palace of Westminster in a comprehensive and strategic manner to prevent catastrophic failure in this Parliament, whilst acknowledging the demand and burden on public expenditure and fiscal constraints at a time of prudence and restraint;
  • (4) accepts in principle that action should be taken and funding should be limited to facilitate essential work to the services in this Parliament;
  • (5) agrees to review before the end of the Parliament the need for comprehensive works to take place.

The amendment rejected in this vote stated:

Amendment (c), at end of paragraph (2), insert:

  • '(2A) regrets that no detailed assessment has been carried out of the cost-effectiveness of relocating Parliament away from the Palace of Westminster, and calls for any future review to include such an assessment.'

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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
Con234 (+2 tell) 3075.6%
DUP7 0070.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent2 0040.0%
Lab163 5064.9%
LDem4 3058.3%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 31 (+2 tell)094.3%
Total:410 47071.8%

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
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenCon (front bench)aye
Kevin FosterTorbayCon (front bench)aye
Marcus FyshYeovilCon (front bench)aye
Ian AustinDudley Northwhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Ged KillenRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
Justin MaddersEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)aye
Chris WilliamsonDerby Northwhilst Labaye
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye

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