Employment Bill — New Clause 8 — Dismissal and participation in industrial action — 12 Feb 2002 at 21:00

'(1) The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52) is amended as follows.

(2) Subsection (2B) of section 238 (dismissals in connection with other industrial action) shall cease to have effect.

(3) Section 238A (participation in official industrial action) shall cease to have effect.'.-[Mr. Hammond.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 127, Noes 342.

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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
Con0 119 (+2 tell)073.8%
DUP0 3060.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab298 (+2 tell) 0073.3%
LDem34 0064.2%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP0 5083.3%
Total:342 127073.1%

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
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