Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment — 2 Nov 2004 at 17:50
Question accordingly negatived.
Madam Deputy Speaker then proceeded to put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour.
Amendment proposed: No. 23, in page 37, line 18, leave out clause 56.-[Mr. Andrew Turner.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
Clause 56 allowed reasonable chastisement of children. Those voting Aye in this division sought to remove clause 56 and therefore outlaw reasonable chastisement of children.
The House divided: Ayes 208, Noes 284.
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 | 132 (+2 tell) | 0 | 82.2% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Lab | 261 (+2 tell) | 44 | 0 | 75.4% |
| LDem | 23 | 22 | 0 | 81.8% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Total: | 284 | 208 | 0 | 77.5% |
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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