Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 27 — Cap on Spending by 3rd Parties in Elections — 9 Oct 2013 at 18:00
The majority of MPs voted to reduce the UK cap on spending by each campaigner in a general election who is not standing or putting up candidates from £988,500 to £390,000; they also voted to significantly reduce the spending threshold for registering as such a campaigner.
MPs were considering the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill[1][2]; they voted to reject an amendment which stated:
- page 13, line 37, leave out clause 27.
The clause which was the subject of the vote was Clause 27[3][4]
The Explanatory notes to the Bill[5] describe the effect of the clause. It sets the registration thresholds for a campaigner in an election, who is not standing or putting up candidates, at £5,000 spent in England or £2,000 spent in each of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The previous limits were £10,000 and £5,000 respectively.
The clause would also reduce the cap on spending for a campaigner in an election, who is not standing or putting up candidates, from that set in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 10 to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, of £988,500 to 2% of the maximum campaign expenditure limit ie. £390,000. (This is actually broken down with amounts for each of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
MPs had held a previous vote on the same clause on the 10th of September 2013
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill 2013-14
- [2] Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill as introduced 17th July 2013
- [3] Clause 27 of the of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill as introduced 17th July 2013
- [4] Official Record, House of Commons, 10 September 2013
- [5] Explanatory notes to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill as introduced 17th July 2013
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 |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 268 (+1 tell) | 10 | 0 | 91.5% |
| DUP | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 231 (+2 tell) | 0 | 90.3% |
| LDem | 44 (+1 tell) | 4 | 0 | 87.5% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83.3% |
| Total: | 312 | 261 | 0 | 89.7% |
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Ward | Bradford East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Charlotte Leslie | Bristol North West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | aye |