Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Lords Amendments — Abortion — Marriage and Civil Partnerships — Transparency etc. — 18 Jul 2019 at 13:22

The majority of MPs voted to legalise abortion in certain circumstances in Northern Ireland as soon as the act comes into force, to enable two persons who are not of the same sex to be eligible to form a civil partnership in Northern Ireland and make a wide variety of other amendments to the Bill.

MPs were considering the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill[1].

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

  • That this House agrees with Lords amendments 2 to 18.

Lords amendments 2-18[2][3] require:

reports provided for in the Bill to cover

  • *progress made towards transparency of political donations and loans
  • *improvement of higher education provision in Northern Ireland
  • *establishment of a university whose principal campus is based in Derry/Londonderry
  • *regulatory alignment between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom in relation to gambling
  • *establishment of a Renewable Heat Incentive Hardship Unit
  • *alignment of Northern Ireland legislation on libel legislation in the rest of the United Kingdom
  • *implementation of the Protect Life 2 – Strategy for Suicide Prevention in Northern Ireland
  • *Health matters including demand for elective care services and health and social care waiting times
  • *mitigation arrangements relating to changes in the welfare system

and provide for:

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
Con64 (+2 tell) 56139.4%
DUP0 7 (+2 tell)090.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent15 0075.0%
Lab219 1089.1%
LDem11 0091.7%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP13 0037.1%
Total:327 64161.8%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Suella BravermanFarehamConno
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Simon ClarkeMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandCon (front bench)no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Michelle DonelanChippenhamCon (front bench)no
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayCon (front bench)no
Richard DraxSouth DorsetCon (front bench)no
David DuguidBanff and BuchanCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverwhilst Con (front bench)no
Liam FoxNorth SomersetCon (front bench)no
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordCon (front bench)no
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
Chris GreenBolton WestCon (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Adam HollowayGraveshamConno
Eddie HughesWalsall NorthCon (front bench)no
Ranil JayawardenaNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConno
Stephen KerrStirlingCon (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)no
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Damien MooreSouthportCon (front bench)no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireConno
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Keith SimpsonBroadlandConno
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)no
Derek ThomasSt IvesCon (front bench)no
Ross ThomsonAberdeen SouthCon (front bench)no
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleCon (front bench)no
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)both
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no

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