Christmas Holiday — 25 Nov 2009 at 19:45
The majority of MPs voted for the House of Commons not to sit between Wednesday 16 December 2009 and Tuesday 5 January 2010
This division was to have been taken on the 23rd of November[1]; but as it was reached at 10pm on that day it was deferred to the 25th.
There was no debate on this point immediately preceding the vote but a few days after this vote Conservative MP George Young suggested the House of Commons could have used extra time to enable debates on the pre-budget report and Afganistan to take place.[2]
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 138 | 0 | 71.5% |
| DUP | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44.4% |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Lab | 263 | 3 | 0 | 76.0% |
| LDem | 4 | 47 | 0 | 81.0% |
| PC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 57.1% |
| Total: | 273 | 198 | 0 | 74.3% |
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 |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |