Equality (Marriage) (Amendment) Bill — Protection In Respect of Beliefs About Definition of Marriage — 29 Jan 2013 at 13:43

The majority of MPs voted to give people protection from being discriminated against due to their beliefs about the definition of marriage.

The motion voted on was:

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill[1] to amend the protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 to include a person’s conscientious beliefs about the definition of marriage; and for connected purposes.

The Bill did not become law as it failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session.

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
Con64 (+2 tell) 13 (+2 tell)026.6%
DUP6 0075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab8 605.4%
LDem7 11031.6%
Total:86 31019.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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
Frank DoranAberdeen NorthLab (minister)no
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConno
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)no
Simon HughesBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLDem (front bench)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Gordon BirtwistleBurnleyLDemaye
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConno
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno
Mike WeatherleyHoveConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)tellno
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)no
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateConno
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and LochaberLDem (front bench)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Neil CarmichaelStroudCon (front bench)no
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)tellno
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Hugh BayleyYork CentralLab (minister)no

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