Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill (Allocation of Time) — Clause 1 — Temporary validity of certain Orders in Council — 8 Feb 2010 at 20:00

The majority of MPs voted against introducing shortening the time in which Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill was to have effect.

Mark Hoban MP, speaking in favour of the defeated amendment, said[1]:

  • It seems to us that measures that were described in the court ruling as draconian should not be kept in place for up to 10 months on the basis of a three clause Bill that perpetuates some of the failings of the underlying orders.

The amendment voted on was:

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
Con0 123 (+2 tell)064.8%
DUP0 1012.5%
Independent1 1033.3%
Lab259 (+2 tell) 0074.8%
LDem42 0066.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP2 0028.6%
Total:307 125069.0%

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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