Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Schedule 3 — Types of Third Party Spending Restricted — 10 Sep 2013 at 16:30

The majority of MPs voted to approve a proposed list of types of expenses to be regulated and restricted in relation to spending by campaigners who are not candidates, or putting up candidates, at general elections.

The approved list includes spending on advertising, material delivered to households, manifestos, market research or canvassing for ascertaining voting intentions, press conferences and dealing with the media, transport with a view to obtaining publicity in connection with an election and rallies, events and public meetings in connection with an election.

There is an exclusion for newsletters or similar distributed with a view to giving electors information about the opinions or activities of, or other personal information relating to, their elected representatives or existing or prospective candidates.

There is also an exclusion for material addressed to a campaign's supporters about the campaign's activities and objectives.

MPs technically voted on the motion:

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
Con251 (+1 tell) 2083.3%
DUP0 6075.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 10100.0%
Lab0 226 (+2 tell)088.4%
LDem43 (+1 tell) 0078.6%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP0 5083.3%
Total:295 247085.0%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no

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