Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments — 14 Feb 2006 at 21:39

The Aye-voters passed the Health Bill (technically, they gave it it's Third Reading). This was the last vote in parliament before it goes to the House of Lords for scrutiny.

This bill covered a wide range of health topics with the following outline.

  • Part 1 - Smoke-free premises, places & vehicles
  • Part 2 - Prevention & control of health care associated infections
  • Part 3 - Drugs, medicines & pharmacies
  • Part 4 - The NHS
  • Part 5 - Appointments commission
  • Part 6 - Miscellaneous
  • Part 7 - Final provisions

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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con25 19 (+2 tell)023.5%
DUP8 0088.9%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab298 (+2 tell) 1085.3%
LDem28 1046.0%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP2 0066.7%
UUP1 00100.0%
Total:364 21061.7%

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
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)tellno
Philip DaviesShipleyConno
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyConno
Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)tellno
Christopher FraserSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireCon (front bench)no
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwaterCon (front bench)no
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Brooks NewmarkBraintreeCon (front bench)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConno
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdCon (front bench)no
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldCon (front bench)no
Brian JenkinsTamworthLab (minister)no
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDem (front bench)no

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