Identity Cards Bill — Free of charge — rejected — 18 Oct 2005 at 20:45

The majority of MPs voted against inserting the phrase "free of charge"[1] into the phrase in the proposed law which says "An ID card is a card which is issued () to an individual by the Secretary of State..."[2]

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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 176 (+2 tell)090.8%
DUP0 8088.9%
Independent0 20100.0%
Lab308 (+2 tell) 18293.2%
LDem0 60096.8%
PC0 30100.0%
Respect0 10100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 5083.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:308 276292.6%

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
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab (minister)aye
Katy ClarkNorth Ayrshire and ArranLab (minister)aye
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLab (minister)aye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabaye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Clare ShortBirmingham, Ladywoodwhilst Labaye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabaye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West Derbywhilst Labaye
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)both
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)both

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