Electronic voting would be a disaster: deputy speaker says MPs should spend more time in House of Commons, not less [Ian McClelland]

The first opposition MP ever to be named an assistant Deputy Speaker in a majority government says the House shouldn't bring in electronic voting, saying it would help destroy what little cross-party collegiality is left on the Hill.

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