Planning Bill — Third reading — 25 Jun 2008 at 19:55
The majority of MPs voted to give the Planning Bill (in its current form after numerous amendments)[1] its Third Reading, which means it now goes to the House of Lords for further deliberation.
Part of the remaining opposition was that when the minister produces a National Policy Statement,[2] there would not be a vote in the House of Commons to ratify it.[3]
- [1] Planning Bill, House of Lords, 26 June 2008
- [2] National Policy Statements, Clause 5 of the Planning Bill, 26 June 2008
- [3] John McDonnell MP, House of Commons, 25 June 2008
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.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 146 (+2 tell) | 0 | 77.5% |
DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.2% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.0% |
Lab | 279 (+2 tell) | 6 | 0 | 81.8% |
LDem | 0 | 40 | 0 | 63.5% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 280 | 198 | 0 | 77.4% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |