Identity Cards Bill — Access to the National Identity Register — 18 Oct 2005 at 17:30

The majority of MPs voted against inserting the phrase "who reasonably require proof"[1] to the end of a sentence taken approximately from the proposed law, which says:

  • The statutory purposes of the National Identity Register are to facilitate a convenient method for such individuals to prove registrable facts about themselves to others ().[2]

By leaving this out, they make it clear that there will be no limitation whatsoever on the uses the National Identity Register will be put to.

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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 180 (+2 tell)092.9%
DUP0 7077.8%
Independent0 1050.0%
Lab321 (+2 tell) 9093.8%
LDem0 60096.8%
PC0 30100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:321 267093.5%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabaye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLabaye
Clare ShortBirmingham, Ladywoodwhilst Labaye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye

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