Housing and Planning Bill — Clause 4 — Provision of Discounted Starter Homes — 3 May 2016 at 20:27

Charles Walker MP, Broxbourne voted for central Government, rather than local councils, to determine how many starter homes to be sold to first time buyers at a discount are to be required to be provided in new residential developments.

The majority of MPs voted for central Government, rather than local councils, to determine how many starter homes to be sold to first time buyers at a discount are to be required to be provided in new residential developments.

MPs were considering the Housing and Planning Bill[1].

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

  • That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 9.

Lords amendment 9[2] stated:

  • Page 3, line 2, leave out subsection (1) and insert—

“( ) An English planning authority may only grant planning permission for a residential development having had regard to the provision of starter homes based on its own assessment of local housing need and viability.”

The subsection which the rejected amendment sought to replace stated[3]:

  • (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that an English planning

authority may only grant planning permission for a residential development of

a specified description if the starter homes requirement is met.

The Lords amendment sought to give powers to local councils to determine the requirement for "starter homes" rather than allowing central Government to set a "starter homes requirement"

Starter Homes were defined in clause 2 of the Bill as new dwellings, available to qualifying first time buyers, to be sold at a discount of at least 20% of the market value. A price cap on the sale price of Starter Homes of £450,000 in Greater London and £250,000 elsewhere is provided for.

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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
Con287 (+2 tell) 0087.6%
DUP0 1012.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab0 164 (+2 tell)072.2%
LDem0 4050.0%
PC0 1033.3%
Total:287 172079.4%

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

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