Draft Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 — Minimum Welfare Standards — 30 Oct 2012 at 15:21
The majority of MPs voted to introduce a set of minimum welfare standards for all ‘wild’ animals (meaning an animal belonging to a species which is not normally domesticated in Great Britain) used by travelling circuses in England.
The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
- That the draft Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012, which were laid before this House on 12 July, be approved.
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.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Con | 229 (+2 tell) | 6 | 0 | 77.7% |
DUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 75.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 168 (+2 tell) | 0 | 67.2% |
LDem | 40 | 1 | 0 | 71.9% |
SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 275 | 180 | 0 | 73.0% |
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
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | no |
Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | no |
Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Weatherley | Hove | Con (front bench) | no |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |