Comparison of Divisions: Terrorism Bill — Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism — "recklessly indifferent" — 2 Nov 2005 at 15:30 with Division No. 74 on the same day at 15:41
(Swap the two divisions around).
Those voting Aye wished to change Clause 1 of the Terrorism Bill according to Amendment 79.
Clause 1 of the Bill says:
A person commits an offence if (a) he publishes a statement or causes another to publish a statement on his behalf; and (b) ... he knows or... has reasonable grounds for believing that members of the public... are likely to understand it as a[n]... encouragement... of acts of terrorism...
The amendment would have changed part (b) into:
(b) ...he intends or is recklessly indifferent to the fact that the publication will be understood as an... encouragement... of acts of terrorism... (c) It is not necessary... that he intended to cause... a specific terrorist act.
In other words, to be guilty you had to actually want to cause offence, as opposed to your words merely being interpreted as offensive, which is easily done even if it is not your intention.
The issue of this vote is almost exactly the same as the next one. You can see a comparison between the two votes here.
The majority of MPs voted against making the offence of Encouragement of Terrorism only apply to cases where an individual intended their actions to encourage terrorism.
NOTE: The clerks of the house have confirmed their list of names, though it differs from the official count for the Ayes of 299, meaning that there appears to be a majority of 3 rather than just 1. Click HERE for the list of MPs including those who were absent.
Those voting Aye wished to add a phrase to the end of part (1) of Clause 1 of the Terrorism Bill. This was a brief but similar change to what was proposed in the last division
Clause 1(1) of the Bill says:
-
A person commits an offence if (a) he publishes a statement or causes another to publish a statement on his behalf; and (b) ... he knows or... has reasonable grounds for believing that members of the public... are likely to understand it as a[n]... encouragement... of acts of terrorism...
And the question which was the subject of this vote was to append the phrase:
-
and intends that his statement shall have that effect
which would have meant you couldn't break this law unintentionally.
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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.
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b)
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab | no |
no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab | no |
no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | no |
no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
aye |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab | no |
no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con | aye |
aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | no |
no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellno |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellno |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | no |
no |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab | no |
no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
aye |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellaye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con | aye |
aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con | aye |
aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | no |
no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab | no |
no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | no |
no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con | aye |
aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | aye |
aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
tellaye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab | no |
no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | aye |
aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | no |
no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab | no |
no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Peter Law | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | no |
no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | 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 |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab | no |
no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
no |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
no |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | no |
no |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab | no |
no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| 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 |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab | no |
no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con | aye |
aye |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab | no |
no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
no |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
aye |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| 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 |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | aye |
aye |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab | no |
no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | aye |
aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | no |
no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | aye |
aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | aye |
aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con | aye |
aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab | no |
no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab | no |
no |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | aye |
aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con | aye |
aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 578 voted the same way, with 7 voting in opposite ways.
There were 40 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 21 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])
=
578
(578 + 7 + 0.2x21)
=
578
589.2
=
0.981
=
98.1 %.
