Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 8 — Appointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland — 27 Mar 2003 at 17:29
'In the event that-
(a) the Chief Constable is unable to appoint his required number of police trainees or police support staff, or
(b) the number of serving officers is below that intended at the time of consideration
the Secretary of State shall, at the request of a majority of the Police Board and acting on the recommendation of the Chief Constable, make an Order to suspend the provisions of section 46 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32) for a period of six months.'.-[Mr. John Taylor.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-
The House divided: Ayes 139, Noes 229.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 106 (+2 tell) | 0 | 66.3% |
| DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 228 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 56.1% |
| LDem | 0 | 23 | 0 | 43.4% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| UUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Total: | 229 | 139 | 0 | 58.0% |
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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