Modernisation of the House of Commons — 14 May 2002 at 19:39

I beg to move,

That this House approves the First Report of the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons relating to Select Committees, House of Commons Paper No 224-I, and in particular welcomes its commitment to more specialist and support staff for select committees; is of the view that the package as a whole will strengthen the scrutiny role of the House; and invites the Liaison Committee to establish common objectives for select committees, taking into account the illustrative model set out in paragraph 34 of that report, namely

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 50, Noes 352.

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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
Con108 3067.7%
Lab243 (+2 tell) 10 (+2 tell)062.7%
LDem1 29056.6%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 4080.0%
UUP0 1016.7%
Total:352 51063.4%

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
Mr Peter DuncanGalloway and Upper NithsdaleConaye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye
Mr Teddy TaylorRochford and Southend EastConaye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Mr Tam DalyellLinlithgowLabaye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Patrick HallBedfordLabaye
John HeppellNottingham EastLab (minister)tellaye
Fraser KempHoughton and Washington EastLab (minister)tellaye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
Mr John McWilliamBlaydonLabaye
Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabaye
Mr Bill TynanHamilton SouthLabaye
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)no

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