European Parliamentary Elections Bill — Number of MEPs, electoral regions and electoral system — 27 Oct 1998

Lords amendments considered.

Lords amendment: No. 1, in page 2, line 1, leave out ("a registered party, or").

I beg to move, That this House does disagree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Madam Speaker:

With this, it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments Nos. 2 to 4.

Question put, That this House does disagree with the Lords in the said amendment:--

The House divided: Ayes 338, Noes 131.

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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
Con0 128 (+2 tell)080.2%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab318 (+2 tell) 0076.7%
LDem15 0032.6%
PC2 0050.0%
SNP3 0050.0%
UUP0 2020.0%
Total:338 131073.2%

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
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