Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 23. Income Tax (Charge And Rates For 2003–04) — 14 Apr 2003 at 22:52

Motion made, and Question put,

That income tax shall be charged for the year 2003-04, and for that year-
(a) the starting rate shall be 10%;
(b) the basic rate shall be 22%;
(c) the higher rate shall be 40%.
And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

The House divided: Ayes 309, Noes 171.

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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 121 (+1 tell)074.8%
DUP0 1020.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Lab301 (+2 tell) 0073.9%
LDem0 42 (+1 tell)081.1%
PC3 0075.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP0 60100.0%
Total:309 171074.8%

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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