Banking (Special Provisions) Bill — Second Reading — 19 Feb 2008 at 19:50

The majority voted for a Second Reading for the passage of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill,[1] the purpose of which was to nationalize the failed mortgage company Northern Rock. The debate[2] leading up to this vote was on the broad nature of the proposed law as well as any relevant reports about events leading up to it.[3] It is followed by a line by line discussion of the Bill known as the Committee Stage.

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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 159 (+2 tell)083.4%
DUP0 5055.6%
Independent3 0060.0%
Lab301 (+2 tell) 0086.1%
LDem55 0087.3%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP2 0066.7%
SNP4 0066.7%
Total:367 164084.4%

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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