Superannuation Bill — Second Reading — 7 Sep 2010 at 21:44
The majority of MPs voted to cap civil service redundancy payments at a maximum of 12 months’ pay for compulsory redundancy and 15 months’ for voluntary exits.
The vote was technically on if the Superannuation Bill[1] should be read a second time ie. if it ought continue on its path towards becoming law.
- [1] Superannuation Bill UK Parliament page showing progress of the bill and containing links to its text.
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 | 284 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 93.1% |
| DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 224 (+2 tell) | 0 | 87.6% |
| LDem | 42 (+1 tell) | 4 | 0 | 82.5% |
| PC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Total: | 326 | 244 | 0 | 89.4% |
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 |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | whilst LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Ward | Bradford East | LDem (front bench) | no |