Facilities of the House — 18 Dec 2001 at 21:49

I beg to move,

That, with effect from 8th January 2002, those Members who have chosen not to take their seats and thus do not qualify to participate in the proceedings in Parliament may use the facilities within the precincts of the House and the services of departments of the House, and may claim support for their costs as set out in the Resolution of 5th July 2001, relating to Members' Allowances, Insurance &c., and the allowances relating to travel within the United Kingdom for Members, their families and staff.

I beg to move amendment (q), in line 1, leave out "8th January 2002" and insert-

"the completion of decommissioning, as verified by the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning".

Question put, That the Question be now put:-

The House divided: Ayes 328, Noes 112.

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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 61 (+2 tell)038.4%
DUP0 50100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab325 (+2 tell) 0080.0%
LDem3 30062.3%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 50100.0%
UUP0 60100.0%
Total:328 112068.6%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDemaye
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)aye

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