Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 2 — Inclusion of Those Who Lobby Special Advisers In Register of Lobbyists — 22 Jan 2014 at 14:30
The majority of MPs voted against requiring the inclusion of those who lobby special advisers in a register of consultant lobbyists.
The register would only apply to those lobbying in the course of a business, for payment, on behalf of others and would be subject to exemptions.
MPs were considering the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill[1]. The vote which was the subject of this division was on the motion:
- That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.
Lords amendment 1 stated[2]:
- Page 2, line 7, after “secretary” insert “or special adviser”
this would have extended Clause 2 of the Bill[3][4] which originally defined "consultant lobbying" as being lobbying of either a Minister of the Crown or permanent secretary to include the lobbying of special advisers.
The explanatory notes to the amendment[5] describe its effect would have been:
- a prohibition on persons carrying on the business of consultant lobbying by making lobbying communications to special advisers on behalf of others and in return for payment, unless registered (if none of the exemptions apply).
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill 2013-14
- [2] Lords Amendments to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill - 22 January 2014
- [3] Version of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill which the amendments refer to - 10th October 2013
- [4] Clause 2 of the version of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill which the amendments refer to - 10th October 2013
- [5] Explanatory notes on the Lords Amendments to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill, as brought from the House of Lords on 21 January 2014.
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 (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Con | 266 (+2 tell) | 5 | 0 | 89.5% |
DUP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 231 (+2 tell) | 0 | 90.7% |
LDem | 45 | 0 | 0 | 80.4% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 311 | 258 | 0 | 89.3% |
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 |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | no |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |