Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded — 11 Jun 2002 at 21:57
Mr Llew Smith MP, Blaenau Gwent voted in the minority (No).
The majority Aye voters passed an amendment[1] to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill.
The amendment disallows rejected asylum seekers from appealing against the decision from within the UK if their claim was wholly unfounded. This applies where the person is being removed to a country where their human rights will be protected.
This vote was virtually identical to another vote here except that it affected different parts of legislation[2].
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill became law in 2002. Its main aims were to:[3]
- Allow asylum seekers to be detained at any time
- Disallow appeals from within the UK from failed asylum seekers who are citizens of a specific country
- Deny asylum seekers support unless they make their claim "as soon as reasonably practicable" after arrival into the UK
- Create accommodation centres to house destitute asylum seekers
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- [1] Beverley Hughes MP, House of Commons, 11 June 2004
- [2] In this case sections 69 and 77 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- [3] Based on The Guardian's A-Z of legislation
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.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 42 | 2 | 0 | 26.8% |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 312 (+2 tell) | 18 | 0 | 81.0% |
LDem | 0 | 46 (+2 tell) | 0 | 90.6% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 359 | 76 | 0 | 67.7% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | no |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | no |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | no |