City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — Schedule 3 — Repeals — 15 Apr 2002 at 19:52

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It is often said that the House does not discharge its task of scrutinising legislation adequately. However, this Bill has been debated for more than 25 hours and over a period of three and a half years. In the course of those debates, it could be said that more or less every permutation and combination of circumstances that might disclose grounds for objection to the Bill have been articulated. I do not propose to detain the House by trawling through the issues, but I want to touch on one or two that have been raised from time to time.

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:-

The House divided: Ayes 278, Noes 30.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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
Con105 (+2 tell) 0065.2%
DUP4 0080.0%
Lab158 25 (+2 tell)045.1%
LDem10 5028.3%
UUP1 0016.7%
Total:278 30048.9%

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
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabno
Anne BeggAberdeen SouthLab (minister)no
Colin BurgonElmetLabno
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLabno
Mr Tony ClarkeNorthampton SouthLabno
John CryerHornchurchLab (minister)tellno
John CummingsEasingtonLabno
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno
Andrew DismoreHendonLabtellno
Paul FlynnNewport WestLabno
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
Mr David HinchliffeWakefieldLabno
Brian IddonBolton South EastLabno
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLabno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabno
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabno
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (minister)no
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabno
Eric MartlewCarlisleLabno
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabno
Mr Peter PikeBurnleyLabno
Gordon PrenticePendleLabno
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Mr Gerry SteinbergCity of DurhamLabno
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLabno
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)no
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)no
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)no

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