Railways (Public Sector Operators) — 29 Oct 2014 at 12:50

The majority of MPs voted to permit public sector railway operators.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Railways Act 1993 to permit public sector railway operators; and for connected purposes.

The text of the Bill was not available at the time of the vote.

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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
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con0 36 (+2 tell)012.5%
DUP7 0087.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab171 (+2 tell) 0067.1%
LDem12 2025.0%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP3 0050.0%
Total:197 38037.5%

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
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no

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