Comparison of Divisions: Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System — 14 Mar 2007 at 18:53 with Division No. 78 on the same day at 18:53
(Swap the two divisions around).
The majority of MPs voted to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system.
MPs were considering the following motion:
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That this House
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supports the Government's decisions, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994), to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the UK's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In this vote majority of MPs voted against changing the above motion supporting the Government's nuclear weapons policy to one which read.[1]
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This House
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notes the Government's decision, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994),[2] to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the United Kingdom's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty,[3]
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but believes that the case is not yet proven and remains unconvinced of the need for an early decision.
The Government's original motion, still intact, was subsequently voted for by a majority of MPs.[4]
Seven MPs voted inconsistently between the two motions.[5]
The majority of MPs voted to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system.
The majority of MPs voted for the motion:[1]
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This House
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supports the Government's decisions, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994),[2] to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the UK's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.[3]
This followed a previous vote against asserting that the case was "not yet proven",[4] and was recognized as Parliamentary authorization for the development of a new generation of submarines and launch vehicles for the deployment of ballistic nuclear weapons against targets unknown.[5][6]
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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) |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | no |
aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con | no |
aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
aye |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
aye |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
aye |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
aye |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | no |
aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | no |
aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | aye |
no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
no |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | aye |
no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
tellno |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
absent |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | no |
aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | no |
aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab | no |
aye |
| John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
aye |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellaye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab | no |
aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellaye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | aye |
no |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | aye |
no |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
tellno |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | aye |
no |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem | aye |
no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
no |
| George Galloway | Bethnal Green and Bow | Respect | aye |
no |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
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 7 voted the same way, with 559 voting in opposite ways.
There were 56 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 24 who voted in only one of them.
We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of
'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put).
In this case, they line up on opposite sides.
An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance.
The calculation runs as follows:
ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
559
(559 + 7 + 0.2x24)
=
559
570.8
=
0.979
=
97.9 %.
