Closure of Debate — Use of the Commons Chamber by the United Kingdom Youth Parliament — 20 Jul 2010 at 23:04

The majority of MPs to close the debate on allowing the UK Youth Parliament to use the House of Commons Chamber on an annual basis.

The vote on the substantive motion was held a few days later.

The motion under debate was:

  • That this House
  • welcomes the work of the United Kingdom Youth Parliament in providing young people with an opportunity to engage with the political process;
  • notes that the House agreed on 16 March 2009 to allow the Youth Parliament to meet once in the Chamber; recalls that this meeting took place on 30 October 2009; and
  • accordingly resolves that the UK Youth Parliament should be allowed to meet once a year in the Chamber of this House for the duration of this Parliament.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con45 (+2 tell) 0 (+2 tell)317.0%
DUP4 0050.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Lab32 0012.4%
LDem16 0028.1%
Total:99 0316.8%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)both
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)tellno
David NuttallBury NorthContellno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetConboth
James WhartonStockton SouthCon (front bench)both

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