Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Third Reading — 2 Nov 2010 at 21:57
The majority of MPs voted for both
- a referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote system for electing MPs, and
- to equalise the number of electors in each constituency via boundary changes. This process would also reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
The vote was technically on whether the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1][2] should be read a for a third time ie. whether it ought continue on its path towards becoming law. As this vote allowed the Bill to complete its journey through the Commons, the Bill was then taken to the House of Lords for Consideration there.
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 | 268 (+1 tell) | 14 | 1 | 92.8% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 230 (+2 tell) | 0 | 89.9% |
| LDem | 50 (+1 tell) | 0 | 1 | 91.2% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 318 | 262 | 2 | 91.1% |
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | no |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | both |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | no |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | both |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con | no |