Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Third Reading — 22 Oct 2008 at 18:59

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It has been a long journey to Third Reading, but a shared one, involving two years of scrutiny and discussion.

Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:-

The House divided: Ayes 355, Noes 129.

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con48 84 (+2 tell)069.4%
DUP0 4044.4%
Independent2 2080.0%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab269 (+2 tell) 16082.2%
LDem30 16073.0%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP2 4085.7%
UKIP1 00100.0%
Total:355 129077.0%

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Adam AfriyieWindsorConaye
Peter AtkinsonHexhamConaye
Tony BaldryBanburyConaye
John BaronBillericayConaye
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkConaye
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Conaye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyConaye
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
John ButterfillBournemouth WestConaye
David CameronWitneyConaye
Douglas CarswellHarwichConaye
James ClappisonHertsmereConaye
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsConaye
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeConaye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldConaye
David CurrySkipton and RiponConaye
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConaye
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodConaye
Philip DunneLudlowConaye
Michael FabricantLichfieldConaye
Edward GarnierHarboroughConaye
Justine GreeningPutneyConaye
Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheConaye
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyConaye
Michael JackFyldeConaye
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexConaye
Robert KeySalisburyConaye
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveConaye
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamConaye
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireConaye
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetConaye
Andrew MacKayBracknellConaye
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonConaye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConaye
George OsborneTattonConaye
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthConaye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareConaye
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordConaye
Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaConaye
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldConaye
Mark SimmondsBoston and SkegnessConaye
John StanleyTonbridge and MallingConaye
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessConaye
Ian TaylorEsher and WaltonConaye
Andrew TyrieChichesterConaye
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireConaye
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetConaye
George YoungNorth West HampshireConaye
Joe BentonBootleLabno
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabno
John CummingsEasingtonLabno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
David DrewStroudLabno
Frank FieldBirkenheadLabno
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLabno
Ruth KellyBolton WestLabno
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabno
Rosemary McKennaCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLabno
Denis MurphyWansbeckLabno
Albert OwenYnys MônLabno
Greg PopeHyndburnLabno
Andy ReedLoughboroughLabno
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabno
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDemno
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDemno
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDemno
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDemno
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDemno
Mark HunterCheadleLDemno
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and LochaberLDemno
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDemno
John PughSouthportLDemno
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDemno
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDemno
Paul RowenRochdaleLDemno
Bob RussellColchesterLDemno
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemno
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDemno
Steve WebbNorthavonLDemno
Angus RobertsonMoraySNPaye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNPaye

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