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MPs have backed a proposed law that would legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, in the first vote on the issue in a decade. The vote on Friday, which resulted in 330 MPs in favour and ...
MPs have voted in favour of the assisted dying bill following a fierce commons debate. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill received 330 ayes and 275 noes.
MPs voted by 330 to 275 to back the proposals, a majority of 55. Here is how some of the notable names in Parliament voted on Friday: Fifteen members of the Cabinet, voted for the Bill ...
However, the motion to add the new clause to the bill was later voted down by 245–242. [ 9 ] 19 July 1972 – An amendment, moved by Conservative backbencher Arthur Jones , to the Local Government Bill, which sought to give new district councils the power to control refuse disposal, was passed with the support of opposition parties by 190–186.
MPs voted 330 to 275, majority 55, to approve Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at second reading. The Commons was packed for the debate on assisted dying on Friday ...
By contrast, of the 292 veteran MPs, 111 (38%) backed the Bill – including two “aye” tellers; 158 (54%) opposed it – including two “no” tellers; 22 had no vote recorded; and one ...
On 6 June 2022, a vote of confidence was held amongst Conservative Party MPs on the prime minister, Boris Johnson 's, leadership of their party. Johnson won the vote with the support of 211 Conservative members of Parliament, 58.8% of the total. Out of 359 MPs, 148 (41.2%) voted against him.
Many of the record number of newly-elected independent MPs, including the former leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, formed the Independent Alliance group in parliament. Labour entered the election with a large lead over the Conservatives in opinion polls , and the potential scale of the party's victory was a topic of discussion during ...