London Local Authorities Bill — Second Reading — 13 Oct 2010 at 17:13
The majority of MPs voted to give more powers to local authorities in London.
Technically the vote was on giving the London Local Authorities Bill a second reading ie. allowing it to continue on its path to becoming law.
Parliament's webpage on the Bill[2] summarises its content saying it "confers a range of further powers upon local authorities in London, including:
- the issuing of penalty charges for littering and dog-related offences
- miscellaneous provisions related to public health, environmental protection and highways
- provision for local authorities to serve management orders on owners of houses in multiple occupation that require maintenance
- changes to the powers of entry by ‘appropriate officers’ to houses
- miscellaneous provisions for the licensing of premises."
While moving the motion that the Bill ought be read a second time Conservative MP Mike Freer said[3]:
- This is the 10th London Local Authorities Bill and it is promoted on behalf of the 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation, speaking for Londoners. Although many of us would prefer a reduction in regulation and a lessening of the intrusive nature of government both national and local as that is a laudable aim, we have a responsibility to address the real issues facing Londoners.
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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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 224 (+2 tell) | 15 (+2 tell) | 3 | 80.4% |
| DUP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6.6% |
| LDem | 47 | 1 | 0 | 84.2% |
| Total: | 290 | 18 | 3 | 50.1% |
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 |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con | no |
| Richard Harrington | Watford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | both |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | both |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | both |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |