Comparison of Divisions: Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill (Programme) — 6 Jun 2005 at 21:59 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The issue in this division was whether to approve a programme motion for the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, which required that the Standing Committee proceedings finish by 5th July. Those voting Aye agreed to this limit.
The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:[1]
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This House
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regrets the Government's recent statement[2] outlining the eligibility criteria for Gurkhas to reside in the United Kingdom;
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recognises the contribution the Gurkhas have made to the safety and freedom of the United Kingdom for the past 200 years;
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notes that more Gurkhas have laid down their lives for the United Kingdom than are estimated to want to live here;
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believes that Gurkhas who retired before 1997 should be treated fairly and in the same way as those who have retired since;
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is concerned that the Government's new guidelines will permit only a small minority of Gurkhas and their families to settle whilst preventing the vast majority;
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further believes that people who are prepared to fight and die for the United Kingdom should be entitled to live in the country; and
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calls upon the Government to withdraw its new guidelines immediately and bring forward revised proposals that extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas.
As a consequence, the alternative Government motion, which read:[3]
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This House
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recognises that this Government is the only one since the Second World War to allow Gurkhas and their families settlement rights to the United Kingdom;
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notes that in 2004 the Government permitted settlement rights to Gurkhas discharged since 1997, following the transfer of the Brigade HQ from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom;
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further notes that under these rules around 6,000 Gurkhas and family members have been welcomed to the UK;
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acknowledges that the court judgement of September 2008 determined that the 1997 cut-off date was fair and rational, while seeking clarification of the criteria for settlement rights for those who retired before 1997;
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further notes that on 24 April the Government published new and more generous guidelines for the settlement applications of Gurkhas who retired before 1997;
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supports this revised guidance, which will make around 10,000 Gurkhas and family members eligible to settle in the UK;
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further notes that the Government undertakes actively to inform those who may be eligible in Nepal of these changes and to review the impact of the new guidance within 12 months;
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further notes that the contribution Gurkhas have made is already recognised by pensions paid to around 25,000 Gurkhas or their widows in Nepal that allow for a good standard of living there; and
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further notes that in the year 2000 Gurkha pensions were doubled and that, earlier in April 2009, in addition to an inflationary uplift of 14 per cent., those over 80 years old received a 20 per cent. increase in their pension.
... was never voted upon.
Although this extremely rare Government defeat in an opposition day motion is not binding (has no legal force)[4] a Government minister made a statement later in the day to bring "forward the date for the determination of the outstanding applications to the end of May."[5]
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All MPs who voted in one or other of the two divisions.
Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of the first vote.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | no |
aye |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | no |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | no |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con | no |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con | no |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con | no |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con | no |
aye |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con | no |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | no |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con | no |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con | no |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con | no |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con | no |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con | no |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | no |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con | no |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | no |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con | no |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | no |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | no |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | no |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con | no |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con | no |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con | no |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | no |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con | no |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | no |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | no |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | no |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | no |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con | no |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | no |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con | no |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | no |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con | no |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | no |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con | no |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con | no |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con | no |
absent |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | no |
absent |
John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con | no |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
absent |
Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | no |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | no |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
absent |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con | no |
absent |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con | no |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | absent |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con | absent |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | absent |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | absent |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent | no |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | absent |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab | aye |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | aye |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab | aye |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab | aye |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab | aye |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | aye |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab | aye |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | aye |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | aye |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab | aye |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | aye |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab | aye |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | aye |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | aye |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab | aye |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab | aye |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab | aye |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | aye |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab | aye |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab | aye |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | aye |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | aye |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | aye |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab | aye |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
no |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
tellno |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
both |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
absent |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | aye |
absent |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab | aye |
absent |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
absent |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
absent |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab | aye |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
absent |
Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
absent |
John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab | aye |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
absent |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab | aye |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | aye |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | aye |
absent |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
absent |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
absent |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
absent |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
aye |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | absent |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | absent |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab | absent |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | absent |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellno |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | aye |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem | aye |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem | aye |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | absent |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem | absent |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem | absent |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem | absent |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | absent |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP | absent |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
644 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 58 voted the same way, with 367 voting in opposite ways.
There were 34 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 185 who voted in only one of them.
We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of
'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put).
In this case, they line up on opposite sides.
An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance.
The calculation runs as follows:
ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
367
(367 + 58 + 0.2x185)
=
367
462
=
0.794
=
79.4 %.