Information Commissioner (Remuneration) — 9 Jun 2021 at 19:37

The majority of MPs voted to increase the Information Commissioner's salary to £200,000 per year.

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

  • That, from 1 November 2021 —
  • (1) the Information Commissioner shall be paid a salary of £200,000 per annum and pension benefits in accordance with the standard award for the civil service pension scheme;
  • (2) all previous resolutions relating to the salary and pension of the Information Commissioner shall cease to have effect.

In March 2018 MPs in the House of Commons approved a salary of £160,000 per year and pension benefits in accordance with the standard award for the civil service pension scheme and for the salary to increase by 1% per year.[1]

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
Con359 0098.6%
DUP8 00100.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent2 0040.0%
Lab0 100.5%
LDem0 000.0%
Total:369 2063.2%

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
no rebellions

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