← Back to Divisions
commons
Section 2 of the 1948 Act provided that a citizen of Eire who was a British subject immediately before 1 January 1949 could retain that status by making a claim in writing to the Secretary of State under certain conditions. That provision was replaced by section 31(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, which allows those born in the Republic before 1949 to make a claim in writing to remain a Bri...
14 July 2009
#12954
190
Ayes
272
Noes
82
Majority
FAIL
Result
Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAB Labour | 7 | 230 | 0 | 237 |
| CON Conservative | 89 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
| LD Liberal Democrat | 45 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| UNK Unknown | 10 | 15 | 0 | 25 |
| IND Independent | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| SCO Scottish National Party | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| THE The Independent Group for Change | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| DUP Democratic Unionist Party | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| PC Plaid Cymru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| REF Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SPE Speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |