Labelling of Halal and Kosher Meat — 24 Apr 2012 at 16:18

The majority of MPs voted against requiring products containing halal and kosher meat to be labelled as such.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs was:

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill to introduce compulsory labelling of halal and kosher meat and products containing halal and kosher meat by retailers at the point of sale; 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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con19 (+1 tell) 48 (+2 tell)123.2%
DUP0 3037.5%
Lab49 (+1 tell) 7022.2%
LDem3 10022.8%
PC1 0033.3%
Total:72 69123.1%

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
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)no
Robert HalfonHarlowCon (front bench)no
Richard HarringtonWatfordCon (front bench)no
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
George HollingberyMeon ValleyCon (front bench)no
Kris HopkinsKeighleyCon (front bench)no
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)no
Stephen MosleyCity of ChesterCon (front bench)no
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)no
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)tellno
Lee ScottIlford NorthCon (front bench)no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Rory StewartPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)no
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Sam GyimahEast SurreyCon (front bench)both
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLab (minister)aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and LimehouseLab (minister)aye
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLab (minister)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Steve RotheramLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Derek TwiggHaltonLabaye
Michael CrockartEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)no
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)no
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)no

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