Early Parliamentary General Election Bill — Third Reading — 29 Oct 2019 at 20:00

The majority of MPs voted to hold a General Election on the 12th of December 2019.

MPs were considering the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill[1].

Clause 1(1) of the Bill stated:

  • An early parliamentary general election is to take place on 12 December 2019 in consequence of the passing of this Act.

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

  • That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The support for the Bill enabled it to continue on its path to becoming law.

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
Con281 (+2 tell) 0098.3%
DUP10 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent19 4 (+1 tell)057.1%
Lab127 11055.9%
LDem0 000.0%
PC0 3 (+1 tell)0100.0%
SNP0 102.9%
Total:437 20071.8%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)no
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLab (minister)no
Peter KyleHoveLab (minister)no
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)no
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)no
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabno
Owen SmithPontypriddLab (minister)no
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)no

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