Clause 28 — Constituency limits

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:58 pm on 22 January 2014.

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  • Division number 189
    A majority of MPs voted against limiting what counts as controlled expenditure by third parties in general elections to only expenditure on election materials and unsolicited phone calls.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 26.—(Mr. Lansley.)

The House divided: Ayes 314, Noes 274.

Division number 189 Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 28 — Regulated Expenditure by Third Parties in General Elections

A majority of MPs voted against limiting what counts as controlled expenditure by third parties in general elections to only expenditure on election materials and unsolicited phone calls.

Aye: 314 MPs

No: 274 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 57 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 26 disagreed to.

Lords amendment 27 disagreed to.

Lords amendments 19 to 25, 28 to 74, 109 to 116, 18 and 75 to 100 agreed to, with Commons financial privileges waived in respect of Lords amendments 88 and 100.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 83H), That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their amendments 1, 108, 26 and 27;

That Greg Clark, Nic Dakin, Greg Hands, John Thurso and Stephen Twigg be members of the Committee;

That Greg Clark be the Chair of the Committee;

That three be the quorum of the Committee.

That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(Anne Milton.)

Question agreed to.

Committee to withdraw immediately; reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.