Ban on Smoking in Private Vehicles — 22 Jun 2011 at 12:46

The majority of MPs voted for a ban on smoking in private vehicles where there are children present.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to make provision for a ban on smoking in private vehicles where there are children present; and for connected purposes.

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%
Con13 54 (+2 tell)022.5%
DUP5 0062.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Lab43 (+2 tell) 5019.5%
LDem11 7031.6%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP3 00100.0%
Total:78 66023.3%

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
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)aye
Neil CarmichaelStroudCon (front bench)aye
Jonathan EvansCardiff NorthConaye
Margot JamesStourbridgeCon (front bench)aye
Chris KellyDudley SouthCon (front bench)aye
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConaye
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleCon (front bench)aye
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonCon (front bench)aye
Stephen PhillipsSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)aye
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichConaye
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)aye
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)aye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLab (minister)no
Simon DanczukRochdaleLab (minister)no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Hall GreenLabno
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)no
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
Stephen GilbertSt Austell and NewquayLDem (front bench)no
Mike HancockPortsmouth Southwhilst LDem (front bench)no
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)no
Simon HughesBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLDem (front bench)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDemno
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no
Ian SwalesRedcarLDem (front bench)no

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