Comparison of Divisions: Electoral Administration Bill (Programme) (No. 2) — Clause 2 — Use of CORE information — 13 Jun 2006 at 21:00 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment.
Question put, That the amendment to the Lords amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 138, Noes 322.
The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:[1]
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This House
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regrets the Government's recent statement[2] outlining the eligibility criteria for Gurkhas to reside in the United Kingdom;
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recognises the contribution the Gurkhas have made to the safety and freedom of the United Kingdom for the past 200 years;
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notes that more Gurkhas have laid down their lives for the United Kingdom than are estimated to want to live here;
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believes that Gurkhas who retired before 1997 should be treated fairly and in the same way as those who have retired since;
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is concerned that the Government's new guidelines will permit only a small minority of Gurkhas and their families to settle whilst preventing the vast majority;
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further believes that people who are prepared to fight and die for the United Kingdom should be entitled to live in the country; and
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calls upon the Government to withdraw its new guidelines immediately and bring forward revised proposals that extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas.
As a consequence, the alternative Government motion, which read:[3]
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This House
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recognises that this Government is the only one since the Second World War to allow Gurkhas and their families settlement rights to the United Kingdom;
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notes that in 2004 the Government permitted settlement rights to Gurkhas discharged since 1997, following the transfer of the Brigade HQ from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom;
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further notes that under these rules around 6,000 Gurkhas and family members have been welcomed to the UK;
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acknowledges that the court judgement of September 2008 determined that the 1997 cut-off date was fair and rational, while seeking clarification of the criteria for settlement rights for those who retired before 1997;
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further notes that on 24 April the Government published new and more generous guidelines for the settlement applications of Gurkhas who retired before 1997;
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supports this revised guidance, which will make around 10,000 Gurkhas and family members eligible to settle in the UK;
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further notes that the Government undertakes actively to inform those who may be eligible in Nepal of these changes and to review the impact of the new guidance within 12 months;
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further notes that the contribution Gurkhas have made is already recognised by pensions paid to around 25,000 Gurkhas or their widows in Nepal that allow for a good standard of living there; and
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further notes that in the year 2000 Gurkha pensions were doubled and that, earlier in April 2009, in addition to an inflationary uplift of 14 per cent., those over 80 years old received a 20 per cent. increase in their pension.
... was never voted upon.
Although this extremely rare Government defeat in an opposition day motion is not binding (has no legal force)[4] a Government minister made a statement later in the day to bring "forward the date for the determination of the outstanding applications to the end of May."[5]
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All MPs who voted in one or other of the two divisions.
Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of the first vote.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | aye |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
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 |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | 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 |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | 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 |
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 |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 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 |
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 |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | 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 |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | 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 |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | 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 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 |
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 |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | 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 |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | 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 (front bench) | 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 |
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 |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | absent |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | absent |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
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 |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
absent |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
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 |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | 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 |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | 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 |
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 |
David Anderson | Blaydon | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | 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 |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | tellno |
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 |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | 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 |
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 |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | 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 (minister) | no |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
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 |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | 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 |
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 |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | 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 |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | 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 |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | 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 |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | 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 |
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 |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | 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 |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol 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 |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
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 | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | 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 |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | 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 |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
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 |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | 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 |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
both |
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 | no |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | 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 |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | no |
absent |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | 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 | 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 |
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 |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | 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 |
John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | 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 |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull 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 | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | no |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | absent |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | absent |
aye |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | absent |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | absent |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | absent |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | absent |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | absent |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellno |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | no |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | no |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | no |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem | no |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | 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
644 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 311 voted the same way, with 70 voting in opposite ways.
There were 54 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 209 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])
=
311
(311 + 70 + 0.2x209)
=
311
422.8
=
0.736
=
73.6 %.