Opposition Day — Badger Cull — 5 Jun 2013 at 15:50
The majority of MPs voted for the proposed badger cull.
The motion rejected by the majority of MPs was:
- That this House
- believes the badger cull should not go ahead.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 260 (+1 tell) | 6 | 1 | 87.9% |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 0 | 229 (+2 tell) | 0 | 89.5% |
LDem | 30 (+1 tell) | 9 | 0 | 71.4% |
PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66.7% |
Total: | 298 | 248 | 1 | 86.6% |
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 Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | aye |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | aye |
Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con | aye |
Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | aye |
Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con | aye |
Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | both |
Gordon Birtwistle | Burnley | LDem | aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem | aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem | aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | LDem | aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem | aye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem | aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem | aye |