Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 2. Beer (rate of duty) — 27 Mar 2000

The Aye voters passed a measure to increase the rate of duty on beer:

"(1) In section 36(1) of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 for "£11.50" there shall be substituted "£11.89".
(2) This Resolution shall have effect on and after 1st April 2000."

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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 137 (+2 tell)086.9%
Lab320 (+2 tell) 0077.4%
LDem41 0089.1%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP5 0083.3%
UUP0 5050.0%
Total:370 142080.4%

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
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