European Union — Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities — 7 Mar 2012 at 20:43

The majority of MPs voted to support the Government's policy of pursuing EU safety regulation of offshore oil and gas activities in a manner which would protect both the environment and UK interests.

The text of the motion approved was:

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%
Con242 1079.4%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab4 178070.8%
LDem46 0080.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP6 00100.0%
Total:308 183076.4%

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
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)aye
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Sunderland WestLab (minister)aye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabaye
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabaye

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