Political Parties and Elections Bill — Second Reading — 20 Oct 2008 at 21:43
The majority of MPs voted to give the Political Parties and Elections Bill its Second Reading,[1] which means it begins its journey through the Parliamentary procedure.
Ordinarily, a Bill which is brought to the House so close to the end of a Parliamentary session would be doomed to fall off the timetable. However, a motion was proposed to carry it over to the next session.[2]
Owing to the fact that an MP shouted "Object" when the Speaker proposed it, this motion had to be voted on before it would pass. The voting was deferred till later.[3]
- [1] Jack Straw MP, House of Commons, 20 October 2008
- [2] Michael Martin - Carry over bills, House of Commons, 20 October 2008
- [3] Division 281, House of Commons, 22 October 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 | 157 (+2 tell) | 0 | 82.4% |
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Lab | 285 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 82.2% |
| LDem | 0 | 33 | 0 | 52.4% |
| PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57.1% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 287 | 197 | 0 | 78.6% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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 | |
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