Draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 — Data Matching — Paperless Process

Division number 17 – in the House of Commons on 31 October 2019.

Division number 17 Draft Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 — Data Matching — Paperless Process

A majority of MPs disagreed and voted in favour of "data matching" with Department for Work and Pensions records to enable electoral roll officers to identify homes where electors are unlikely to have changed since the previous year, and to use electronic means such as an email or text message to confirm who lives at such properties.

Aye: 206 MPs

No: 33 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 407 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name