Firearms (Amendment) Bill — Prohibition of small-calibre pistols — 16 Jun 1997

Steve Webb MP, Northavon voted with the majority (No).

Considered in Committee.

I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 1, line 8, leave out

'the words "a small calibre-pistol" shall cease to have effect.'

That quotation appears in the Library's brief, "Prohibiting Handguns: the Firearms (Amendment) Bill", dated 9 June 1997, which I recommend to those participating in the debate. It is a fair, broad and detailed summary of past and present legislation in that area.

Question put , That the amendment be made:--

The Committee divided: Ayes 123, Noes 333.

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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
Con0 109 (+2 tell)068.5%
Lab327 (+2 tell) 3079.6%
LDem6 10034.8%
UUP0 1010.0%
Total:333 123072.4%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr Jamie CannIpswichLabaye
Frank CookStockton NorthLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLabaye
Mr Richard AllanSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)no
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)no
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)no
Mr Archy KirkwoodRoxburgh and BerwickshireLDem (front bench)no
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)no
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)no

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