Comparison of Divisions: Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit — 22 Nov 2005 at 18:49 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
I beg to move,
That this House is extremely concerned that the Government is failing to tackle welfare reform despite promises to do so; recognises that the pensions system is in crisis; notes that the Prime Minister believes the Child Support Agency is not suited to carry out the task that it has been given; believes that the New Deal has failed to deliver; notes that 116,000 more people are claiming incapacity benefit than in 1997 despite the Government's pledge to reduce the number; is deeply disturbed that the Incapacity Benefit Green Paper, which was due to be published in the summer and then the autumn, will not now be published until January; believes that this is due to continuing conflict between the Prime Minister and the Department for Work and Pensions on the desired content of the Paper; and calls on the Government finally to deal with the increasingly urgent need for welfare reform, for the benefit of users of the system and all taxpayers.
I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:
"welcomes the Government's consistent commitment since 1997 to pursue welfare reform to create an active, enabling welfare state where rights match responsibilities; supports the recent publication of the Principles of Welfare Reform, which builds on the foundations laid out in A New Contract for Welfare, published in 1998 and the Department for Work and Pensions' Five Year Strategy of February 2005; commends the Government's achievements in helping 2.1 million children out of absolute poverty since 1997; recognises the success of the New Deals, through which over 1.2 million people have moved into work; notes that new claims for incapacity benefit have been cut by one third since 1997; further recognises the importance of the National Pensions Debate in creating a dialogue with the public and building a consensus on pensions reform; further welcomes the progress made on tackling disability discrimination, opening doors for disabled people to remain in or return to work; in contrast, condemns the shameful record of the Opposition who spent more on administering the Child Support Agency than they paid out in maintenance and who allowed those on unemployment benefit to hit three million twice whilst also trebling the numbers on incapacity benefits between 1979 and 1997, costing the taxpayer billions and condemning millions of people to a life of benefit dependency."
Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:-
The House divided: Ayes 232, Noes 309.
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.
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Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
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Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
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John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst 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 |
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James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con | aye |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | 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 (front bench) | 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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
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 |
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 |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | 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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con | aye |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | 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 |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | aye |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
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 |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | 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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | 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 |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | 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 |
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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | 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 |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con | aye |
aye |
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 |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con | aye |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | aye |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con | aye |
absent |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
absent |
David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | absent |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | absent |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | absent |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
aye |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
absent |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | absent |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab | no |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab | no |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | 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 |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
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 |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | no |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
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) | tellno |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | 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 |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | no |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab | no |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
both |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds 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 (minister) | no |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
absent |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
absent |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
absent |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
absent |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Lab | no |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | absent |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | 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 |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | absent |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | 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 (front bench) | 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 |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | 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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | 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 (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | aye |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | aye |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 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 |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem | absent |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | 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 |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | 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
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 403 voted the same way, with 35 voting in opposite ways.
There were 33 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 175 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])
=
403
(403 + 35 + 0.2x175)
=
403
473
=
0.852
=
85.2 %.