Orders of the Day — New Clause 37 — Increase of penalties for failure to comply with traffic lights at level crossings — 9 Oct 2006 at 20:45
'(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 36(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (drivers to comply with traffic signs) consisting of a failure to comply with a traffic sign placed at or near a level crossing indicating that vehicular traffic is not to proceed over the level crossing shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both and shall have his licence endorsed with six penalty points.
(2) This section applies in relation to offences committed after the date on which this Act comes into force.'.- [Mr. Carmichael.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-
The House divided: Ayes 202, Noes 277.
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 | 152 | 0 | 77.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55.6% |
| Lab | 277 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 79.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 41 (+2 tell) | 0 | 68.3% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 277 | 202 | 0 | 76.7% |
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
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