Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — New Clause 31 — Offence of Assaulting etc. Retail Worker — 5 Jul 2021 at 18:30
The majority of MPs voted against creating a specific offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker engaged in retail work.
MPs were considering the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill[1][2]
The proposed new clause rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was titled: Offence of assaulting etc. retail worker and began:
- (1) It is an offence for a person to assault, threaten or abuse another person—
- (a) who is a retail worker, and
- (b) who is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
- (2) No offence is committed under subsection (1) unless the person who assaults, threatens or abuses knows or ought to know that the other person—
- (a) who is a retail worker, and
- (b) is engaged, at the time, in retail work.
- (3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, a fine, or both.
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
- [2] Explanatory notes to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, Parliament.uk
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 | 350 (+2 tell) | 8 | 0 | 98.9% |
| DUP | 0 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 195 (+2 tell) | 0 | 99.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 350 | 234 | 0 | 98.8% |
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 |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | aye |
| Esther McVey | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matt Vickers | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | aye |