Abortion (Sex-Selection) Bill — 4 Nov 2014 at 13:28
Zac Goldsmith MP, Richmond Park did not vote.
The majority of MPs voted in favour of clarifying that abortions on the grounds of the sex of the unborn child are not permitted.
The majority of MPs taking part in this vote voted in favour of the following motion:
- That leave be given to bring in a Bill to clarify the law relating to abortion on the basis of sex-selection; and for connected purposes.
While the text of the Bill[1] was not available at the time of the vote the MP seeking permission to bring in the Bill stated[2]:
- The Bill is extremely straightforward, merely clarifying that nothing in section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 allows a pregnancy to be terminated on the grounds of the sex of the unborn child.
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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.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Con | 80 (+1 tell) | 0 (+2 tell) | 0 | 27.4% |
DUP | 5 (+1 tell) | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
Lab | 76 | 1 | 0 | 29.8% |
LDem | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.0% |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
SNP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
Total: | 182 | 1 | 0 | 29.4% |
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 |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | no |