Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Committee (2nd Day) — 15 Jan 2014 at 21:37

Amendment 45A not moved.

Clause 27: Changes to existing limits

Amendment 46

Moved by Lord Wallace of Tankerness

46: Clause 27, page 14, line 42, leave out subsection (1) and insert-

“(1) Section 94 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (limits on controlled expenditure by third parties) is amended in accordance with subsections (1A) to (1E).

“(1A) In subsection (3), for paragraph (a) (but not the “and” after it) substitute-

“(a) during a regulated period-

(i) any controlled expenditure is incurred in a part of the United Kingdom by or on behalf of a third party in excess of the limit for that part of the United Kingdom mentioned in subsection (5), or

(ii) any controlled expenditure is incurred in a particular parliamentary constituency by or on behalf of a third party in excess of the limit mentioned in subsection (5ZA),”.

(1B) In subsection (5)-

(a) in the opening words, for “(3)” substitute “(3)(a)(i)”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “£10,000” substitute “£20,000”;

(c) in paragraph (b), for “£5,000” substitute “£10,000.”

(1C) After subsection (5) insert-

“(5ZA) The limit referred to in subsection (3)(a)(ii) is 0.05% of the total of the maximum campaign expenditure limits in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.”

(1D) In subsection (5A) for “(5)” substitute “(5ZA)”.

(1E) In subsection (10), omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and after paragraph (d) insert-

“(e) the “maximum campaign expenditure limit” in a part of the United Kingdom is the limit imposed by paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 in relation to campaign expenditure incurred in the relevant period (within the meaning of that paragraph) by or on behalf of a registered party which contests all the constituencies in that part (and to which sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph does not apply).””

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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con97 (+1 tell) 1 (+1 tell)43.7%
Crossbench5 55.2%
Judge0 16.7%
Lab13 78.8%
LDem31 (+1 tell) 12 (+1 tell)43.7%
Total:146 2623.0%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

Lords 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 lord who could have voted in this division

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NamePartyVote
Lord Hamilton of EpsomContellaye
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsCon (front bench)aye
Lord Berkeley Labaye
Lord Campbell-Savours Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Corston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Howarth of NewportLabaye
Lord Layard Labaye
Lord Soley Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Taylor of BoltonLab (minister)aye
Lord Allan of HallamLDemaye
Baroness Barker LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Clement-Jones LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Cotter LDemaye
Lord Dholakia LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Greaves LDemtellaye
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemaye
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Shipley LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemaye
Lord Tyler LDemaye
Baroness Williams of CrosbyLDemaye

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