Nomination of Members to General Committees — Proportion of Government and Opposition Members — 12 Sep 2017 at 22:11

The majority of MPs voted for the Government to have a majority on general committees with an odd number of members, and for equal numbers of Government and Opposition members on committees with an even number of members.

MPs were considering a motion[1] containing the following part "B":

  • B. SELECTION COMMITTEE (NOMINATION TO GENERAL COMMITTEES)
  • The Selection Committee shall interpret paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 86 (Nomination of general committees) in such a way that where a committee has an odd number of members the Government shall have a majority, and where a committee has an even number of members the number of Government and Opposition members shall be equal; but this instruction shall not apply to the nomination of any public bill committee to which the proviso in sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph applies.

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • (a), Leave out part B.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con310 (+2 tell) 0098.4%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 10100.0%
Lab0 251095.8%
LDem0 10 (+1 tell)091.7%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 33 (+1 tell)097.1%
Total:320 300097.2%

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
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