Local Government Finance (England) 2019-20 — Level of Revenue Support Grant — 5 Feb 2019 at 19:43
The majority of MPs voted to set the main central government grant to local government for 2018-19 at a level 56% lower than it was set for 2017-18.
The majority of MPs voted to set the "Revenue Support Grant" for local government for the financial year 2019/2020 at £2,283,950,333 (The figure for 2017/2018 was £3,573,308,349[1])
There is a plan for local government to retain all business rates income raised locally by 2020, with redistributions between authorities, as central government grants are phased out.[2]
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 2019–20 (HC 1916), which was laid before this House on 29 January, be approved.
- [1] Local Government Finance Report 2018-19 - Level of Revenue Support Grant — 7 Feb 2016 - PublicWhip
- [2] Local Government Finance written ministerial statement, Sajid Javid MP (Bromsgrove, Conservative)
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 289 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 92.1% |
DUP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 90.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 0 | 223 (+2 tell) | 0 | 87.9% |
LDem | 0 | 7 | 0 | 63.6% |
PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 298 | 240 | 0 | 89.3% |
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 |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |