Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 — Rule of Six — 6 Oct 2020 at 18:14
The majority of MPs voted to prohibit of a gathering of more than six people unless those gathering are all from the same household, or two linked households, or if an exemption applies.
The regulations which were the subject of this vote retained existing restrictions on gatherings restrictions in private dwellings.
The regulations which were the subject of this vote applied to England and to the territorial water adjacent to England only.
The motion supported a majority of MPs in this vote was:
- That the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 986), dated 13 September 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 14 September, be approved.
There were exemptions for protests so-long as they were organised by a business, a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic institution, a public body, or a political body, and they complied with the requirements for a risk assessment and taking "all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the coronavirus".
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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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 285 (+2 tell) | 12 (+2 tell) | 0 | 82.7% |
| DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62.5% |
| Lab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Total: | 285 | 17 | 0 | 52.4% |
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Esther McVey | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |