Royal Mail — Rapid partial privatization — rejected — 11 Feb 2009 at 18:47
The majority of MPs voted against the motion:
- This House
- welcomes the Hooper review of UK postal services; and
- urges the Government to implement rapidly the review's proposals for the partial privatisation of Royal Mail.
An alternative motion was proposed and voted on in the next division.
The Hooper Review recommended a “single package of measures” including a “strategic partnership” with a private-sector company – effectively part-privatisation of the Royal Mail.[1]
The new Tory MP, Edward Timpson MP, who won the Crewe and Nantwich byelection in May 2008 made his first rebellion on this issue.
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 | 2 | 150 (+2 tell) | 0 | 79.8% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.4% |
| Independent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Lab | 314 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 90.3% |
| LDem | 44 | 0 | 0 | 69.8% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Respect | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71.4% |
| Total: | 376 | 151 | 0 | 84.0% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | no |