Backbench Business Committee — 4 Mar 2010 at 15:41

Motion made, and Question proposed,

That this House approves recommendation 17 of the First Report of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons, Session 2008-09, HC 1117, and looks forward to the House being offered the opportunity within 10 sitting weeks of the beginning of the next session of Parliament to establish a backbench business committee and a new category of backbench business, in the light of further consideration by the Procedure Committee. -(Ms Harman.)

Amendment proposed to motion 7 : (b), leave out from 'opportunity' to end and add

'in the light of further consideration by the Procedure Committee, to establish in time for the beginning of the next Parliament a Backbench Business Committee and a new category of backbench business, comprising initially the 15 days allotted to set piece debates; and subsequently days allocated for general debates.- (Sir George Young.)

Question put, That the amendment be made.

The House divided: Ayes 106, Noes 221.

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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
Con28 76 (+2 tell)054.9%
Independent3 0050.0%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab122 (+2 tell) 28244.1%
LDem57 0090.5%
PC3 00100.0%
SNP6 0085.7%
Total:220 104253.1%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)no
Tony BaldryBanburyConno
Angela SmithBasildonLab (minister)aye
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)aye
Dawn ButlerBrent SouthLab (minister)aye
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Harriet HarmanCamberwell and PeckhamLab (minister)aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)both
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLab (minister)aye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
Roberta Blackman-WoodsCity of DurhamLab (minister)aye
Ann WintertonCongletonCon (front bench)no
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)aye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)aye
Michael JackFyldeCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Paul ClarkGillinghamLab (minister)aye
Ann McKechinGlasgow NorthLab (minister)aye
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)both
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)no
Chris MoleIpswichLab (minister)aye
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Maria EagleLiverpool, GarstonLab (minister)aye
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldon and East ChelmsfordCon (front bench)no
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConno
Malcolm MossNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)aye
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)no
Michael WillsNorth SwindonLab (minister)aye
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)no
Phil WoolasOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)aye
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)aye
Sarah McCarthy-FryPortsmouth NorthLab (minister)aye
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyCon (front bench)no
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)aye
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)no
Phil WilsonSedgefieldLab (minister)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyConno
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
David KidneyStaffordLab (minister)aye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)aye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsCon (front bench)no
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)aye
Barbara KeeleyWorsleyLab (minister)aye

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