Additional COVID-19 Restrictions: Fair Economic Support — 21 Oct 2020 at 16:05

The majority of MPs voted against ensuring those on the COVID-19 Job Support Scheme extension receive at least 80 percent of their previous incomes.

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

  • That this House
  • calls on the Government to publish clear and fair national criteria for financial support for jobs and businesses in areas facing additional restrictions, to be voted on in Parliament; and
  • calls on the Government to make good on its claim that workers faced with hardship who are subject to the Job Support Scheme extension will receive at least 80 percent of their previous incomes.

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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Alliance0 10100.0%
Con339 (+2 tell) 2094.2%
DUP0 1012.5%
Independent1 30100.0%
Lab0 193 (+2 tell)097.0%
LDem0 9081.8%
PC0 30100.0%
SDLP0 20100.0%
SNP0 46097.9%
Total:340 260094.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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
Chris GreenBolton WestConaye
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)aye

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