Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks — rejected — 20 May 2008 at 22:00
The majority of MPs voted against adding a new paragraph to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to change the time limit for the legal termination of pregnancy from 24 weeks to 12 weeks.[1]
The 24 week limit is recorded in the Abortion Act 1967.[2] This limit had most recently been set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.[3]
- [1] Edward Leigh MP, House of Commons, 20 May 2008
- [2] Medical termination of pregnancy, Abortion Act 1967, Clause 1(1)(a).
- [3] Amendment of law relating to termination of pregnancy, Human Fertilisatisation Act 1990, Clause 37
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.
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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 | 72 | 40 (+2 tell) | 0 | 59.4% |
| DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 261 (+2 tell) | 17 | 0 | 79.8% |
| LDem | 48 | 3 | 0 | 81.0% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 393 | 71 | 0 | 73.9% |
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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