Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Fiddling Allowances Should Trigger New Election — 24 Nov 2014 at 17:45

The majority of MPs voted for the conviction of an MP for providing false or misleading information for allowances claims to trigger a new election for an MP in that constituency.

MPs were considering the Recall of MPs Bill[1].

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

  • Amendment 24, page 2, line 9, at end insert—
  • ‘( ) A further recall condition (section 10) is that—
  • (a) the MP has, after becoming an MP, been convicted of an offence under section 10 of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 (offence of providing false or misleading information for allowances claims);
  • (b) the appeal period expires without the conviction having been overturned on appeal.
  • Sections 2 to 4 contain more about this recall condition.”

Had it not been rejected this would have added a the above text containing the new recall condition to clause 1[2] of the Bill.

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

  • That the amendment be made.

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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%
Con122 1 (+2 tell)141.6%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent2 00100.0%
Lab109 (+2 tell) 0043.0%
LDem38 0067.9%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP4 0066.7%
Total:280 1145.2%

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
Damian GreenAshfordContellno
Mark HarperForest of DeanCon (front bench)no
Angela WatkinsonHornchurch and UpminsterContellno
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)both

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