Equality Bill — Clause 155 — Positive action: recruitment and promotion — 2 Dec 2009 at 18:00
Amendment proposed: 18, in page 98, line 7, leave out 'as qualified as' and insert 'equally qualified to'.- (John Penrose.)
Question put, That the amendment be made.
The House divided: Ayes 160, Noes 354.
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 | 0 | 146 (+2 tell) | 0 | 76.7% |
| DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 289 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 83.1% |
| LDem | 49 | 0 | 1 | 79.4% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 85.7% |
| Total: | 352 | 151 | 1 | 80.1% |
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 |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | both |