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against them could not possibly result in a conviction at trial. That means that the evidence against a person is so undermined that no conviction could be based on it. “a failure of the trial process”. The burden is not on the defendant to prove that they were innocent. In R (AH) v. the Secretary of State for Justice, the divisional court ruled that a miscarriage of justice occurs where an indivi...
4 February 2014
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294
Ayes
241
Noes
53
Majority
PASS
Result
Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON Conservative | 195 | 1 | 0 | 196 |
| LAB Labour | 3 | 178 | 0 | 181 |
| UNK Unknown | 28 | 26 | 0 | 54 |
| LD Liberal Democrat | 36 | 4 | 0 | 40 |
| IND Independent | 17 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| DUP Democratic Unionist Party | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| THE The Independent Group for Change | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| PC Plaid Cymru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| REF Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GRN Green Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UK UK Independence Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ALL Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |