Deferred Divisions — Tax Simplification (Joint Committee) — 20 Dec 2000

That it is expedient that a Joint Committee of both Houses be appointed to consider tax simplification bills, and in particular to consider whether each bill committed to it preserves the effect of the existing law, subject to any minor changes which may be desirable.

The House divided: Ayes 520, Noes 4.

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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
Con127 3081.3%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab345 1083.2%
LDem39 0083.0%
PC3 0075.0%
SNP1 0016.7%
UUP4 0044.4%
Total:520 4081.4%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstConno
Mr Andrew HunterBasingstokeConno
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno

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