Orders of the Day — New Clause 1 — Commencement — 15 Jan 2008 at 21:55

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

This has been a long but good debate. [Hon. Members: "It was short."] It felt long. I think that Members have been quite clear about where they stand.

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:-

The House divided: Ayes 309, Noes 208.

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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
Con0 166 (+2 tell)086.6%
DUP0 2022.2%
Independent0 1025.0%
Lab302 (+2 tell) 2086.9%
LDem0 37058.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP4 0066.7%
Total:309 208082.2%

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
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLab (minister)no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabno

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