Scotland Bill — Clause 32 — Equal Opportunities — Scottish Public Authorities — Powers of the Scottish Parliament — 6 Jul 2015 at 20:37

The majority of MPs voted against giving the Scottish Parliament powers over equal opportunities in relation to an appointment as a member of a Scottish public authority.

MPs were considering the Scotland Bill[1]

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • Amendment 162, page 34, line 4, at end insert—
  • “Equal opportunities in relation to an appointment as a member of a Scottish public authority.

Had it not been rejected this would have impacted clause 32 subclause (3) which stated:

  • Under the heading “Exceptions”, at the end insert—
  • “The subject-matter of Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 (socio-economic inequalities).

The provision proposed additions to the list of powers excepted from being "reserved" to the UK Parliament.

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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
Con309 (+2 tell) 0094.2%
DUP1 0012.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab0 188081.0%
LDem0 3037.5%
PC0 1 (+2 tell)0100.0%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP0 55098.2%
UUP1 0050.0%
Total:312 250087.9%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
no rebellions

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