Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 — 23 Oct 2014 at 14:39

The majority of MPs voted for regular general elections every five years, with some exceptions allowing early elections.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:

  • That this House
  • believes that the Government should bring forward proposals to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.

The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set the date of the General Election after the Act came into force as being 7 May 2015, and provides for five-year fixed terms from that point on. Under the act General Elections can also be triggered if a motion of no confidence is passed and no alternative government is found or if a motion for an early general election is agreed either by at least two-thirds of the House or without division.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con2 18 (+2 tell)07.3%
DUP1 1025.0%
Lab61 (+1 tell) 2024.8%
LDem4 (+1 tell) 008.9%
Total:68 21014.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and LimehouseLab (minister)aye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no

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