Division Results House Of Commons. Business of the House Saturday 19 October Amendments and Votes. Westminster system parliament chambers have separate division lobbies for the Ayes and Noes to facilitate physical division.
When a division is called Members of Parliament MPs register their vote for or against issues by physically going into one of two rooms on either side of the Commons Chamber. A vote in the House can take place by a voice vote or by a recorded division which is where the names of those voting for and against a motion are registered in the official record of the House. This was the method used in the Roman Senate and occasionally in Athenian democracy.
Voting in the Houses.
It is convention that the tellers for the winning side stand on the left-hand side of the Speaker meaning that even before the exact results are read out it is possible to know which side has won. House of Commons votes. Please review the details of a division to understand what was being voted foragainst. All four tellers line up at the table in the chamber and then step forward to read out the result of the division to the House.