Business of the House — Select Committees (Chairmen), Liaison Committee and Green Book — 3 Mar 2009 at 20:26

I beg to move,

That this House expresses the opinion that the Resolution of the House of 30 October 2003, relating to Pay for Chairmen of Select Committees (No. 2), should be further amended by inserting, after "(Select Committees related to government departments)", the words "Standing Order No. 152G (Committee on Members' Allowances)".

Question put.

The House divided: Ayes 242, Noes 73.

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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
Con11 27019.7%
DUP0 5055.6%
Independent0 3050.0%
Lab227 (+2 tell) 7 (+2 tell)068.0%
LDem1 30049.2%
SDLP3 00100.0%
SNP0 1014.3%
Total:242 73050.6%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)aye
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)aye
Greg KnightEast YorkshireCon (front bench)aye
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamConaye
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)aye
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)aye
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)aye
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)aye
Peter ViggersGosportCon (front bench)aye
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab (minister)no
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)tellno
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)no
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)tellno
Chris MullinSunderland SouthLab (minister)no
Gordon PrenticePendleLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDem (front bench)aye

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