Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — Removal of Sunset Clause — 12 Dec 2001 at 23:15

Mr Tony McWalter MP, Hemel Hempstead voted in the minority (No).

The Aye-voters rejected the decision of the House of Lords to insert a "sunset clause" into the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill.

The text of this clause can be found on page 74 of their version of the Bill as clause number 125 "expiry". It states that part 4 of the Act should cease to exist after one year, parts 3, 5, 10, 11, 13 should cease to exist after 2 years, parts 1, 2, 6-9, 14 of the Act should cease to exist after 5 years, while part 14 could go on indefinitely, although the Secretary of State can extend any part for an extra year if approved by a vote in Parliament.

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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 145 (+1 tell)089.0%
DUP0 50100.0%
Lab322 (+2 tell) 5080.4%
LDem0 49 (+1 tell)094.3%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 4080.0%
UUP0 3050.0%
Total:322 215083.7%

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
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno
George GallowayGlasgow Kelvinwhilst Labno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)no
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabno

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