Freedom of Information Bill — Power to confer additional exemptions by order — 5 Apr 2000
The Majority voted against removing[2] the power for a Minister to create new exemptions in the Freedom of Information Bill by Order, including requests that were already in progress.[1]
- [1] Clause 43 of Freedom of Information Bill, February 2000, House of Commons.
- [2] Mr. Simon Hughs MP, 5 April 2000, Hansard.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 119 | 0 | 74.4% |
| Lab | 325 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 78.6% |
| LDem | 0 | 34 (+2 tell) | 0 | 78.3% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40.0% |
| Total: | 325 | 158 | 0 | 76.6% |
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 | |
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