Modernisation of the House of Commons — 29 Oct 2002 at 22:14

Question accordingly negatived.

Main Question put:-

That this House approves the Second Report from the Select Committee on Modernisation of the House of Commons, and endorses its proposals, in particular for more effective law making by more routine publication of bills in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny, for consultation with Opposition parties on the broad shape of the legislative year and more flexibility in programming, for an annual House of Commons calendar which would allow honourable Members to plan work in their constituencies more effectively and provide sittings in September balanced by an earlier recess in July, for more effective use of the Chamber including more regular use of time limits on speeches, and a Parliament that is more accessible to the public that it serves.-[Mr. Robin Cook.]

The House divided: Ayes 411, Noes 47.

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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
Con42 35047.2%
DUP2 0040.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab306 (+2 tell) 10 (+2 tell)078.0%
LDem47 0088.7%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP4 1083.3%
Total:411 47071.3%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Gerald HowarthAldershotConno
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleConno
Mark SimmondsBoston and SkegnessConno
Mr David AtkinsonBournemouth EastConno
John ButterfillBournemouth WestConno
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLabtellno
Mrs Marion RoeBroxbourneConno
David RuffleyBury St EdmundsConno
Nick AingerCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabtellno
Christopher ChopeChristchurchConno
Mr Gerry SteinbergCity of DurhamLabno
Ann WintertonCongletonwhilst Conno
Dr Jack CunninghamCopelandLabno
Tim BoswellDaventryConno
John CummingsEasingtonLabno
Mr Roy BeggsEast AntrimUUPno
Hugo SwireEast DevonConno
Nigel WatersonEastbourneConno
Gavin StrangEdinburgh East and MusselburghLabno
David MarshallGlasgow ShettlestonLabno
Peter ViggersGosportConno
Edward GarnierHarboroughConno
Andrew DismoreHendonLabno
Boris JohnsonHenleyConno
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConno
Bill WigginLeominsterConno
Michael FabricantLichfieldConno
Mr Tam DalyellLinlithgowLabno
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdConno
Julian LewisNew Forest EastConno
Dr Brian MawhinneyNorth West CambridgeshireConno
James GrayNorth WiltshireConno
Robert SymsPooleConno
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Conno
Mr Teddy TaylorRochford and Southend EastConno
Andrew RosindellRomfordConno
Mr John WilkinsonRuislip - NorthwoodConno
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonConno
Michael FallonSevenoaksConno
Sir David AmessSouthend WestConno
Mr Nick HawkinsSurrey HeathConno
Anthony SteenTotnesConno
David ClellandTyne BridgeLabno
John SpellarWarleyLabno
Michael SpicerWest WorcestershireConno
Humfrey MalinsWokingConno
Mr Dennis TurnerWolverhampton South EastLabno

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