Censure of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions — Esther McVey MP — Universal Credit — 11 Jul 2018 at 15:55

The majority of MPs voted not to express severe disapproval of Esther McVey MP, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and not to reduce her ministerial salary to zero for four weeks.

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

  • That this House
  • censures the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Tatton, for her handling of the roll-out of universal credit and her response to the NAO report, Rolling Out Universal Credit;
  • notes that the Department for Work and Pensions’ own survey of claimants published on 8 June 2018 showed that 40 per cent of claimants were experiencing financial hardship even nine months into a claim and that 20 per cent of claimants were unable to make a claim online;
  • further censures the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for not pausing the roll-out of universal credit in the light of this evidence; and
  • calls on the Government to reduce the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ ministerial salary to zero for four weeks.

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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
Con301 (+2 tell) 0095.9%
DUP3 0030.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 2050.0%
Lab0 227 (+2 tell)088.8%
LDem0 11091.7%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP0 23065.7%
Total:305 268089.9%

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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