Business of the House (Saturday 19 October) — Amendments and Votes — 17 Oct 2019 at 13:20

A majority of MPs voted to permit amendments, if selected by the Speaker, to be moved and voted on during a planned sitting of MPs on Saturday 19 October.

MPs were considering the following motion:

  • That this House
  • shall sit at 9.30am on Saturday 19 October and at that sitting:
  • (1) the first business shall be any statements to be made by Ministers; and
  • (2) the provisions of Standing Order No. 11 (Friday sittings), with the exception of paragraph (4), shall apply as if that day were a Friday.

The amendment accepted in this vote was:

and

  • (4) if an amendment to any motion has been disposed of (including at or after the moment of interruption), any further amendments selected by the Speaker may be moved, and the questions shall be put forthwith.’

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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
Con1 263 (+2 tell)092.4%
DUP0 1010.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent24 9078.6%
Lab208 (+2 tell) 2085.8%
LDem14 0093.3%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP35 00100.0%
Total:287 275088.2%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye
Lord John [Missing last name for 41744]BassetlawLab (minister)no
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)no

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