Terrorism Bill — Extension Of Period Of Detention to 90 Days — 9 Nov 2005 at 16:30
The majority of MPs voted against extending the period of police detention of a terrorist suspects without presenting charges of a crime to 90 days.
They did this by voting against the restatement from "3 months" to "ninety days"[1] of the time limit proposed in the bill.[2]
Had this restatement been allowed, then all further amendments to revise this proposal downwards (to 28 days in the case of the next vote)[3] would have been blocked.[4]
Note to readers: This is the first Government defeat in a whipped vote since 1997, managing to overturn their majority of 66.
- [1] Amendment No. 55, House of Commons, 9 November 2005
- [2] Extension of period of detention by judicial authority, Clause 23, Subsection (5) : (3)(b)(ii), Terrorism Bill
- [3] Terrorism Bill - Extension Of Period Of Detention to 28 Days, House of Commons Division, 8 November 2005
- [4] David Heath MP, House of Commons, 9 November 2005
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 | 187 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 96.9% |
| DUP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 49 | 289 (+2 tell) | 0 | 96.0% |
| LDem | 62 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Respect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 322 | 291 | 0 | 96.9% |
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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