Electoral Administration Bill — New Clause 5 — Prisoners Voting — 11 Jan 2006 at 18:00

'No person who has-

(a) been convicted of any criminal offence, and

(b) is currently serving a sentence of imprisonment and is detained in full-time custody in consequence thereof,

shall be included on the register of electors.'.-[Mrs. Laing.]

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-

The House divided: Ayes 170, Noes 375.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Con1 164 (+2 tell)085.2%
DUP0 6066.7%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab309 (+2 tell) 0088.1%
LDem56 0090.3%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP6 00100.0%
Total:375 170086.6%

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
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no

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