Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Clause 1 — Date of referendum on the alternative vote system — 12 Oct 2010 at 21:30

The majority of MPs voted against a proposal to allow a minister to set the date of the referendum on introducing the alternative vote system for electing MPs so long as the date doesn't coincide with elections for "any parliamentary assembly or regularly held local government election".

The proposed amendment which was the subject of this vote would have left out line 6 in the original Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill [1] which stated the referendum:

  • must be held on 5 May 2011.

and replace it with the referendum:

  • shall be held on a date specified in an order made by the Minister, provided that such date:
  • (a) shall not coincide with any poll or polls held for any parliamentary assembly or regularly held local government election; and
  • (b) shall be at least six months after the commencement of the referendum period (as specified in Schedule 1).

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con271 (+1 tell) 12 (+1 tell)093.1%
DUP0 6075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Lab1 233 (+1 tell)091.1%
LDem54 (+1 tell) 0096.5%
PC0 2066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:326 264092.4%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)aye
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConaye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)tellaye
Eleanor LaingEpping ForestCon (front bench)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)aye
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)aye
John RedwoodWokinghamConaye
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)aye
Frank FieldBirkenheadLabno

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