Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy — 31 Oct 2006 at 15:42
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to reduce the time limit for legal termination of pregnancy from 24 to 21 weeks; to introduce a cooling off period after the first point of contact with a medical practitioner about a termination; to require the provision of counselling about the medical risk of, and about matters relating to, termination and carrying a pregnancy to term as a condition of informed consent to termination; to enable the time period from the end of the cooling off period to the date of termination to be reduced; and for connected purposes.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-
The House divided: Ayes 108, Noes 187.
Keyword: AbortionParty 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.
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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 | 20 | 83 (+2 tell) | 0 | 53.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 129 (+1 tell) | 5 | 0 | 38.4% |
| LDem | 34 (+1 tell) | 9 | 0 | 69.8% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 1 | 4 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Total: | 187 | 108 | 0 | 47.1% |
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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