Coronavirus Act renewal vote today

[Fambo Number Mive]

Lib Dems to vote against according to BBC. Looks like there will be a Tory rebellion as well, although I imagine it will be a smaller one than expected.

[bgmnts]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/29/more-than-80-tory-mps-prepared-to-rebel-over-coronavirus-act-renewal

More than 80 it says.

[Fambo Number Mive]

I imagine that Johnson will either do a deal with some of them in the end despite talks currently being in deadlock, and others will just abstain in the end or find reasons not to during the debate to avoid losing the whip.

I reckon we'll see about 50 Tories vote against at most, with DUP and Lib Dems voting against as well.

[Fambo Number Mive]

Result of the vote, most of Labour have abstained, 6 Labour voted against, as did 7 Tories, 1 Green, 1 Alliance, and 9 Lib Dems: https://votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Commons/Division/863

330 Tories voted for the Act. Renewed with a majority of 306.

Why did most of Labour abstain?

[BlodwynPig]

Why did most of Labour abstain?

rhetorical question.

only 6 voted against as the other leftists have been coshed.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Dawn Butler and RLB among the noes I see.

Did the SNP abstain under some EVEL thing?

[jamiefairlie]

Dawn Butler and RLB among the noes I see.

Did the SNP abstain under some EVEL thing?

Yeah they can't vote on EVEL things like this.