Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Terrorist certification by Home Secretary — 21 Nov 2001 at 20:31
The majority of MPs voted in favour of a scheme whereby the Home Secretary could issue a certificate against a person whose presence in the United Kingdom he reasonably believes is a risk to national security, and whom he reasonably suspects is a terrorist.[1]
A "terrorist" is defined as someone who is or was concerned in the preparation or instigation of acts of international terrorism, or has links to an international terrorist group.[1]
A late government amendment had inserted the word "reasonably" into the above sentence.[2]
A later vote established the powers of indefinite detention against someone who is subject to such a certificate.[3]
Only subsections (1)-(5) and (7) of clause 21 appeared in this version of the Bill at this stage.[4]
- [1] Suspected international terrorist: certification, Clause 21, Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act, 2001
- [2] David Blunkett MP, House of Commons, 21 November 2001.
- [3] Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill - Indefinite detention of certified terrorists, House of Commons, 21 November 2001
- [4] Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill, Bill 49, 2001.
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 1 (+2 tell) | 0 | 1.8% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Lab | 342 (+2 tell) | 12 | 0 | 86.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 48 | 0 | 92.3% |
| PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 342 | 77 | 0 | 65.5% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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 |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | no |