Opposition Day — Groceries Code Adjudicator — Clarity of Pricing — 23 Jan 2012 at 18:48

The majority of MPs voted against introducing a Groceries Code Adjudicator and against working with retailers to provide more responsible, transparent price promotions and clearer unit pricing.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • notes that food prices rose by more than 4 per cent. over the last year and that an increasing number of families are relying on foodbanks;
  • is dismayed at Government delays to the Groceries Code Adjudicator and that it has rejected recommendations by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to give it teeth;
  • believes that the Adjudicator should have the power to fine retailers and that third party organisations should be able to report retailers for unfair practices;
  • calls on the Government to bring forward proposals for the Groceries Code Adjudicator early in the next Parliament to ensure fairness across the food supply chain; and
  • further calls on the Government to work with the retail sector to provide more responsible, transparent price promotions and clearer unit pricing to offer genuine value-for-money for consumers.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con250 (+1 tell) 0082.0%
DUP0 1012.5%
Lab0 214 (+2 tell)083.7%
LDem42 (+1 tell) 0075.4%
PC0 30100.0%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:292 223081.2%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
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