Police Reform Bill [Lords] — [2nd allotted day] — New Clause 8 — Continued deployment of traffic wardens — 10 Jul 2002 at 19:00

'Police authorities shall continue to appoint persons to discharge, in aid of the police, functions normally undertaken by the police in connection with the control and regulation of, or enforcement of the law relating to, traffic or stationary vehicles unless-

(a) notwithstanding regulations under Part VIII of the Road Traffic Regulations Act, the police authority passes a resolution by 1st January 2004 not to continue deploying traffic wardens; and

(b) that police authority informs the chief officer of police for that police force and the Secretary of State of its decision.'.-[Norman Baker.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

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

The House divided: Ayes 52, Noes 308.

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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 100.6%
DUP3 0060.0%
Lab300 (+2 tell) 0073.7%
LDem0 45 (+2 tell)088.7%
PC0 3075.0%
SNP0 3060.0%
UUP5 0083.3%
Total:308 52056.3%

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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