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.
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 | 2 | 0 | 2.1% |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 279 (+2 tell) | 11 | 0 | 83.4% |
LDem | 0 | 47 (+2 tell) | 0 | 77.8% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 286 | 65 | 0 | 56.5% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
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 |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |