Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Treasury — 16 Jul 2001 at 19:16

Oliver Letwin MP, West Dorset voted with the majority (No).

Motion made, and Question proposed,

That Mr. Nigel Beard, Mr. Jim Cousins, Mr. Michael Fallon, Mr. David Laws, Mr. John McFall, Kali Mountford, Mr. George Mudie, Dr Nick Palmer, Mr. James Plaskitt, Mr. David Ruffley and Mr. Andrew Tyrie be members of the Treasury Committee.-<[i>Mr. McWilliam, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]

Manuscript amendment proposed: Line 1, leave out "Mr. David Laws" and insert "Mr. Alex Salmond".-<[i>Mr. Salmond.]

The House divided: Ayes 52, Noes 351.

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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
Con13 43034.1%
DUP3 0060.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab293 (+2 tell) 2072.3%
LDem41 0078.8%
PC0 2 (+1 tell)075.0%
SNP0 3 (+1 tell)080.0%
UUP0 2033.3%
Total:351 52062.8%

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
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Mr Peter DuncanGalloway and Upper NithsdaleConno
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyCon (front bench)no
Mr Howard FlightArundel and South Downswhilst Conno
John HoramOrpingtonConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKayBracknellConno
Patrick MercerNewarkConno
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Anthony SteenTotnesConno
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)no
Paul FlynnNewport WestLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye

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