Planning Bill — Right of oral representations — rejected — 25 Jun 2008 at 16:45
Dominic Grieve MP, Beaconsfield voted in the minority (Aye).
The majority of MPs voted against giving the right to make oral representations to the single planning commissioner, or panel of planning commissioners, who were handling the application.[1]
This proposed change to the Bill was intended to preserve the right for interested parties to cross-examine the applicant, which exists in the current planning system.[2]
Under the new system brought about by this Planning Bill, the evidence would be received in written form,[3] although the Examining Authority (either a single commissioner or a panel of commissioners) could choose to hold hearings on a specific issue[4] or open floor hearings[5] (which does not include the right to ask questions).[2]
- [1] Amendment 66 to Clause 85 of the Planning Bill.
- [2] Paul Truswell MP, House of Commons, 25 June 2008
- [3] Written representations, Clause 85 of the Planning Bill, 7 February 2008
- [4] Hearings about specific issues, Clause 86 of the Planning Bill, 7 February 2008
- [5] Open floor hearings, Clause 87 of the Planning Bill, 7 February 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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 179 | 0 | 93.7% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 306 (+2 tell) | 15 (+1 tell) | 0 | 92.3% |
LDem | 0 | 55 (+1 tell) | 0 | 88.9% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
UKIP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 306 | 262 | 0 | 91.5% |
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 |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |