Bus Services Bill — Ban on Local Government in England Running Bus Services — 27 Mar 2017 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted to ban English local councils, and other local government bodies, from running bus services.
MPs were considering the Bus Services Bill[1].
The proposed amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 1, page 78, line 4, leave out clause 22
Clause 22 of the Bill[2] was titled Bus companies: limitation of powers of authorities in England and the operative subclause (1) stated:
- (1) A relevant authority may not, in exercise of any of its powers, form a company for the purpose of providing a local service.
The relevant authorities are English county and district councils, combined authorities, Integrated Transport Authorities and Passenger Transport Executives.
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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.
| Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 272 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 83.0% |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% |
| Lab | 0 | 183 (+2 tell) | 0 | 80.4% |
| LDem | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55.6% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 276 | 188 | 0 | 80.8% |
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
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