Canterbury City Council Bill — Clause 2 — Remove Definition of Chief Constable From The Bill — 31 Jan 2013 at 13:30

The majority of MPs voted to remove the definition of the chief constable as meaning the Chief Constable of the Kent police force from the Canterbury City Council Bill.

MPs were considering the Canterbury City Council Bill[1]. The motion approved in this vote was:

  • That this House agrees with Lords amendment C4

Lords amendment C4[2] (also known as Lords amendment 4; the C refers to Canterbury[3]) stated:

  • Page 2, leave out line 10

This amendment sought to alter clause 2[4] of the Bill, and in particular the remove definition which stated:

  • “the chief constable” means the Chief Constable of the Kent police force;

The Canterbury City Council Bill contained provisions to extend the definition of street trading used to include the supplying of or offering to supply any service in a street for gain or reward.

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
Con80 (+2 tell) 2 (+2 tell)028.2%
Lab62 0024.0%
LDem8 0014.0%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
Total:153 2025.4%

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
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)tellno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)tellno

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