Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Third Reading — 18 Jan 2011 at 22:00

The majority of MPs voted in favour of holding general elections on a regular basis every five years, with some exceptions permitting early elections.

MPs voted to approve the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill at its third reading, to approve the Bill and support it becoming law.

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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con262 (+1 tell) 6087.9%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 215 (+2 tell)084.1%
LDem50 (+1 tell) 0089.5%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 60100.0%
Total:320 234086.6%

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
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no

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