European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 1 — Piloting conduct at european and local elections — 16 Dec 2003 at 17:35

Question accordingly negatived.

Amendment proposed: No. 6, in page 1, line 18, at end insert:

'(4A) The Secretary of State must not make an order under this section specifying a region which the Electoral Commission has identified as-

(a) not suitable for a pilot scheme; or

(b) a region for which the Commission does not feel able to make a positive recommendation as to its suitability.'.-[Mr. Heath.]

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 181, Noes 304.

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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 128 (+1 tell)079.1%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Conservative0 10100.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 2066.7%
Lab296 (+2 tell) 0073.0%
LDem0 47 (+1 tell)088.9%
PC3 0075.0%
SNP5 00100.0%
UUP0 2066.7%
Total:304 181076.0%

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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