Comparison of Divisions: Finance Bill — New Clause 4 — Tax Law Commission — 6 Jul 2005 at 14:45 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The issue in this division was whether to put forward a new clause for the Finance Bill, which enacts the budget provisions. The new clause, which was proposed by the Conservative front bench, would have required the Treasury to set up a commission to examine the tax laws and report on how they could be simplified.
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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Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | aye |
aye |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con | aye |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con | aye |
aye |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con | aye |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con | aye |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con | aye |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con | aye |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con | aye |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con | aye |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | aye |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | aye |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | aye |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con | aye |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con | aye |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | aye |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con | aye |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | aye |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con | aye |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con | aye |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con | aye |
absent |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
absent |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con | aye |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con | absent |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | absent |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | absent |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | absent |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | absent |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | absent |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | absent |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | absent |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | absent |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con | absent |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | absent |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | absent |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | absent |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent | aye |
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) | no |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | no |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab | no |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab | no |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | no |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab | no |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab | no |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab | no |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab | no |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | no |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | no |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | no |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab | no |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | no |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab | no |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab | no |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | no |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | no |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | no |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab | no |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | no |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | no |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab | no |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab | no |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | no |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab | no |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | no |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | no |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | no |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | no |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab | no |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | no |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | no |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab | no |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
no |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
absent |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | no |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab | no |
absent |
Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | no |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | no |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
absent |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
absent |
Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
absent |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
absent |
John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab | no |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | no |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab | no |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
absent |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | no |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
absent |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
absent |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
absent |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | no |
absent |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
absent |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
aye |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | absent |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | absent |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | absent |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | absent |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | absent |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab | absent |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | absent |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | absent |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab | absent |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | absent |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | absent |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | absent |
both |
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 |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | 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 |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | 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 |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | 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 |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem | aye |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | aye |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
absent |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem | absent |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | absent |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | 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 |
Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
645 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 361 voted the same way, with 31 voting in opposite ways.
There were 46 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 207 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 the same way.
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])
=
361
(361 + 31 + 0.2x207)
=
361
433.4
=
0.833
=
83.3 %.