Committee on Standards — Appointment of a Ms Melanie Carter — 10 Nov 2020 at 19:51
The majority of MPs voted not to appoint a Ms Melanie Carter as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
MPs were considering the motion:
- That, in accordance with Standing Order No. 149A, Professor Michael Maguire CBE be appointed as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
The amendment to the motion which was rejected in this vote was:
- in line 1, leave out
- “be appointed as lay member” and insert
- “and Ms Melanie Carter be appointed as lay members”.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 334 (+2 tell) | 1 | 0 | 92.6% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 190 (+2 tell) | 0 | 96.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 45 | 0 | 95.7% |
| Total: | 334 | 258 | 0 | 94.0% |
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 |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |