Comparison of Divisions: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected — 20 May 2008 at 22:00 with Division No. 201 on the same day at 22:00
(Swap the two divisions around).
Vote (a) : Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected - 20 May 2008 at 22:00 - Division No. 203
The majority of MPs voted against adding an new paragraph to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to change the time limit for the legal termination of pregnancy from 24 weeks to 22 weeks.[1]
A preceding attempt to change the limit to 20 weeks had also failed.[2] 31 MPs voted who voted against changing to 20 weeks, voted for changing to 22 weeks.[3]
- [1] Richard Ottaway MP, House of Commons, 20 May 2008
- [2] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks - rejected, Division 201, House of Commons, 20 May 2008
- [3] Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 or 20 weeks, Comparison of votes, 20 May 2008
Vote (b) : Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks — rejected - 20 May 2008 at 22:00 - Division No. 201
The majority of MPs voted against adding an new paragraph to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to change the time limit for the legal termination of pregnancy from 24 weeks to 20 weeks.[1]
A preceding attempt to change the limit to 16 weeks had also failed.[2]
- [1] Nadine Dorries MP, House of Commons, 20 May 2008
- [2] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks - rejected, Division 200, House of Commons, 20 May 2008
Difference in Votes - sorted by constituency
MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) differed from their vote on Motion (b). You can also see just opposite votes between these two divisions, or simply all the votes.
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Division Similarity Ratio
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation based on a comparison of their votes.
There were 645 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions, and 490 voted the same way, with 33 voting in opposite ways. There were 102 MPs who didn't vote in either division, and 20 who voted in only one of them.
We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of 'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put). In this case, they line up the same way. An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance. The calculation runs as follows:
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
(490 + 33 + 0.2x20)
527