Cannabis (Legalisation and Regulation) — 11 Dec 2018 at 13:46

The majority of MPs voted not to legalise the possession and consumption of cannabis.

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

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill to legalise the possession and consumption of cannabis;
  • to provide for the regulation of the production, distribution and sale of cannabis;
  • and for connected purposes.

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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
Con46 (+2 tell) 9018.0%
DUP9 0090.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1014.3%
Lab7 726.2%
LDem0 7 (+2 tell)081.8%
PC0 40100.0%
SNP1 21062.9%
Total:63 50218.6%

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
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConaye
Andrea JenkynsMorley and OutwoodCon (front bench)aye
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConaye
Scott MannNorth CornwallConaye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConaye
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)aye
David LindenGlasgow EastSNP (front bench)no

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