Backbench Business — State Pension Age: Women — Consideration of Rate of Increase of State Pension Age for Women — 1 Dec 2016 at 11:44

Bill Esterson MP, Sefton Central voted with the majority (No).

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

  • That this House has considered acceleration of the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.

Prior to the vote the Speaker explained[1]:

  • When the question was put in Westminster Hall, the Chair’s opinion as to the decision of the question was challenged. As the motion has now been brought before this Chamber, under Standing Order No. 10(13) I am required to put the question on the motion without debate.

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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
Con3 101.2%
DUP3 0037.5%
Independent1 0033.3%
Lab58 0125.4%
LDem2 0025.0%
PC1 0033.3%
SDLP1 0033.3%
SNP36 (+2 tell) 0 (+2 tell)074.1%
UUP1 0050.0%
Total:106 1117.5%

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
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)both
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)tellaye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)tellaye

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