Trade Unions (Political Funds) Reform — 15 Jun 2004 at 12:38
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to limit the requirement to re-ballot on the maintenance of trade union political funds to a total of three consecutive ballots.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-
The House divided: Ayes 136, Noes 98.
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 82 (+2 tell) | 0 | 51.5% |
| Lab | 114 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 28.5% |
| LDem | 21 | 11 | 0 | 59.3% |
| PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Total: | 136 | 98 | 0 | 37.3% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |