Offensive Weapons Bill — Regulation of High Velocity Rifles — 28 Nov 2018 at 15:30

The majority of MPs voted against stronger regulation of possessing, making or trading, certain types of high velocity rifles.

MPs were considering the Offensive Weapons Bill[1]

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

  • That amendments 26 to 55 be made

This was a single motion on amendments which had been moved by a minister.

An explanatory statement accompanying amendment 26[2] covered all the amendments, it stated:

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
Con299 (+2 tell) 0095.3%
DUP9 0090.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 5085.7%
Lab0 228 (+2 tell)089.5%
LDem0 9075.0%
PC0 3075.0%
SNP0 28080.0%
Total:309 274091.4%

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
no rebellions

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