Biometric registration of immigration — Pilot regulations — 23 Apr 2008 at 19:40

The majority of MPs voted to approve the Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Pilot) Regulations 2008 which sets out, under the powers of the UK Borders Act 2007, which categories of visitors must be issued with a biometric immigration document.

These regulations were replaced by their permanent version by a vote in Parliament on 9 July 2008.

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
Con0 301.6%
DUP0 6066.7%
Independent0 1020.0%
Lab264 1075.5%
LDem0 49077.8%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP0 3050.0%
Total:265 65052.2%

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
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno

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