Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) — 9 Jul 2002 at 20:38

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

As a Merseyside MP, I am proud to be sponsoring the Mersey Tunnels Bill on behalf of the Merseyside passenger transport authority. The proposals for this Bill were the subject of widespread consultation on Merseyside, in line with Cabinet Office guidance, and the House will wish to know that a formal statement from the promoters is available in the Vote Office.

Question put, That the Question be now put:-

The House divided: Ayes 110, Noes 18.

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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
Con3 706.1%
Lab77 (+2 tell) 11 (+2 tell)022.4%
LDem26 0049.1%
SDLP1 0033.3%
UUP3 0050.0%
Total:110 18020.8%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLabno
Ann WintertonCongletonwhilst Conaye
Ian StewartEcclesLabno
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)tellno
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)aye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldConaye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Mike HallWeaver ValeLabno
Mr Tony BanksWest HamLabno
Mr Colin PickthallWest LancashireLabno
Jim SheridanWest RenfrewshireLab (minister)no
Stephen HesfordWirral WestLabtellno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno

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