Commission for the Compact — New Clause 4 — Loitering: decriminalisation of under 18 year olds — 19 May 2009 at 21:00

'(1) The Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) of section 1, after "prostitute", insert "aged 18 or over"'.- (Dr. Evan Harris.)

Brought up

Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.

The House divided: Ayes 64, Noes 286.

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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con2 202.1%
DUP3 0033.3%
Independent0 3050.0%
Independent Labour0 10100.0%
Lab279 (+2 tell) 11083.4%
LDem0 47 (+2 tell)077.8%
PC0 1033.3%
SDLP2 0066.7%
Total:286 65056.5%

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
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLab (minister)aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLab (minister)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)aye
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabaye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye

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