Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill — Presumption Against Prosecution — Second Reading — 23 Sep 2020 at 18:50

The majority of MPs voted to introduce a presumption against prosecution in respect of conduct by British armed services personnel on overseas operations, and to require the consent of the Attorney General (or Advocate General for Northern Ireland) in respect of such prosecutions relating to criminal allegations over five years old.

MPs were considering the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) Bill[1].

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

  • That the Bill be now read a Second time.

Support for this motion enabled the Bill 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
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con326 (+2 tell) 0090.1%
DUP7 0087.5%
Independent1 10100.0%
Lab0 1808.9%
LDem0 9081.8%
PC0 30100.0%
SNP0 45 (+2 tell)097.9%
Total:334 77064.9%

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
no rebellions

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