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 constituency
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 |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | both |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | both |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |