Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 — Retention of Communications Data by Communications Providers — 17 Mar 2009 at 21:42

The majority of MPs voted to require public communications providers retain certain categories of communications data, which they generate or process, for a minimum period of 12 months.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

The regulation sought to transpose European Union Directive 2006/24/EC into UK law.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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
Con0 59 (+2 tell)031.6%
DUP0 4044.4%
Independent0 2033.3%
Lab241 (+2 tell) 0069.4%
LDem0 24038.1%
PC0 1033.3%
SNP0 3042.9%
Total:241 93053.6%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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