Local Government Publicity — 30 Mar 2011 at 20:34

The majority of MPs voted to recommend publicity by local authorities to be lawful, cost effective, objective etc.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:

The principles of the code are:

Publicity by local authorities should:-

  • be lawful
  • be cost effective
  • be objective
  • be even-handed
  • be appropriate
  • have regard to equality and diversity
  • be issued with care during periods of heightened sensitivity

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%
Con251 0082.0%
DUP1 4062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab0 177068.6%
LDem43 0075.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
Total:297 187075.9%

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
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)aye

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