Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013 — Caps on No-Win No-Fee Success Fees — 13 Mar 2013 at 19:39

The majority of MPs voted to cap success fees in no-win no-fee cases at 100% of the lawyer's basic fee, and to additionally set a further cap of 25% of damages awarded in personal injury cases.

The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:

The order caps a success fee paid in relation to a conditional fee agreement (also known as a "no-win no-fee" (or "no win low fee") agreement for legal services at 100% of a lawyer's basic fee. A success fee cap of 25% of damages additionally applies in relation to personal injury cases.

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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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con243 1080.0%
DUP0 5062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 210081.4%
LDem45 0078.9%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
Total:288 225080.5%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Simon ReevellDewsburyCon (front bench)no

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