Draft West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 — 15 Jun 2016 at 19:39

James Brokenshire MP, Old Bexley and Sidcup voted to establish the West Midlands Combined Authority across the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

The majority of MPs voted to establish the West Midlands Combined Authority across the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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

The proposed role of the authority includes:[1]

  • Responsibility for a consolidated, devolved transport budget
  • Responsibility for franchised bus services
  • Responsibility for a new Key Route Network of local authority roads
  • Planning powers to drive housing delivery and improvements in housing stock
  • Devolved 19+ adult skills funding

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Debate in Parliament |

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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
Con264 0080.0%
DUP5 0062.5%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0033.3%
Lab2 302.2%
LDem6 0075.0%
Total:278 4048.5%

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
Ian AustinDudley NorthLab (minister)aye
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLabaye

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