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]
- [1] Patrick Mercer MP, House of Commons, 18 October 2005
- [2] Clause 8(3) of the Identity Cards Bill
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 | 176 (+2 tell) | 0 | 90.8% |
| DUP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 88.9% |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 308 (+2 tell) | 18 | 2 | 93.2% |
| LDem | 0 | 60 | 0 | 96.8% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Respect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 308 | 276 | 2 | 92.6% |
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | both |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | both |