Comparison of Divisions: Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System — 14 Mar 2007 at 18:53 with Division No. 77 on the same day at 18:53

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Vote (a) : Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System - 14 Mar 2007 at 18:53 - Division No. 78

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]

  • This House
  • 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]

Vote (b) : Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System - 14 Mar 2007 at 18:53 - Division No. 77

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:

  • That this House
  • 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]

  • This House
  • 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]
  • 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]

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All Votes Cast - sorted by party

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)

NameConstituencyPartyVote (a)Vote (b)
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)aye no
Peter AinsworthEast SurreyCon (front bench)aye no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)aye no
James ArbuthnotNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)aye no
Peter AtkinsonHexhamCon (front bench)aye no
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye no
Tony BaldryBanburyConaye no
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)aye no
John BaronBillericayCon (front bench)aye no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye no
Richard BenyonNewburyCon (front bench)aye no
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)aye no
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)aye no
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)aye no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)aye no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye no
Tim BoswellDaventryConaye no
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)aye no
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)aye no
James BrokenshireHornchurchCon (front bench)aye no
Angela BrowningTiverton and HonitonCon (front bench)aye no
Simon BurnsWest ChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye no
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)aye no
Alistair BurtNorth East BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye no
John ButterfillBournemouth WestCon (front bench)aye no
David CameronWitneyCon (front bench)aye no
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)aye no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye no
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)aye no
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsCon (front bench)aye no
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldCon (front bench)aye no
Patrick CormackSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye no
Geoffrey CoxTorridge and West DevonCon (front bench)aye no
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)aye no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)aye no
Philip DaviesShipleyConaye no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)aye no
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodCon (front bench)aye no
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireConaye no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)aye no
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)aye no
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConaye no
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastCon (front bench)aye no
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyConaye no
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)aye no
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye no
Michael FallonSevenoaksCon (front bench)aye no
Liam FoxWoodspringCon (front bench)aye no
Mark FrancoisRayleighCon (front bench)aye no
Christopher FraserSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye no
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)aye no
Edward GarnierHarboroughCon (front bench)aye no
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)aye no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)aye no
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamCon (front bench)aye no
Paul GoodmanWycombeCon (front bench)aye no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)aye no
Michael GoveSurrey HeathCon (front bench)aye no
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)aye no
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)aye no
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)aye no
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)aye no
John GreenwayRyedaleConaye no
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)aye no
John GummerSuffolk CoastalConaye no
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)aye no
Stephen HammondWimbledonCon (front bench)aye no
Greg HandsHammersmith and FulhamCon (front bench)aye no
Mark HarperForest of DeanCon (front bench)aye no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)aye no
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireCon (front bench)aye no
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsCon (front bench)aye no
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsCon (front bench)aye no
Mark HobanFarehamCon (front bench)aye no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)aye no
Adam HollowayGraveshamCon (front bench)aye no
John HoramOrpingtonCon (front bench)aye no
Gerald HowarthAldershotCon (front bench)aye no
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyCon (front bench)aye no
Nick HurdRuislip - NorthwoodCon (front bench)aye no
Michael JackFyldeCon (front bench)aye no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)aye no
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)aye no
Boris JohnsonHenleyCon (front bench)aye no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)aye no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamCon (front bench)aye no
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)aye no
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveCon (front bench)aye no
Eleanor LaingEpping ForestCon (front bench)aye no
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamCon (front bench)aye no
Mark LancasterNorth East Milton KeynesCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)aye no
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)aye no
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)aye no
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConaye no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)aye no
Peter LuffMid WorcestershireCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)aye no
David MacleanPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)aye no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)aye no
Humfrey MalinsWokingCon (front bench)aye no
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)aye no
Michael MatesEast HampshireCon (front bench)aye no
Francis MaudeHorshamCon (front bench)aye no
Theresa MayMaidenheadCon (front bench)aye no
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)aye no
Patrick McLoughlinWest DerbyshireCon (front bench)aye no
Patrick MercerNewarkConaye no
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye no
Anne MiltonGuildfordCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldCon (front bench)aye no
Malcolm MossNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)aye no
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstConaye no
Brooks NewmarkBraintreeCon (front bench)aye no
Stephen O'BrienEddisburyCon (front bench)aye no
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)aye no
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye no
James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew PellingCroydon Centralwhilst Con (front bench)aye no
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)aye no
Eric PicklesBrentwood and OngarCon (front bench)aye no
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)aye no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)aye no
John RandallUxbridgeCon (front bench)aye no
John RedwoodWokinghamConaye no
Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaConaye no
Andrew RobathanBlabyCon (front bench)aye no
Hugh RobertsonFaversham and Mid KentCon (front bench)aye no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)aye no
David RuffleyBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)aye no
Lee ScottIlford NorthCon (front bench)aye no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye no
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldCon (front bench)aye no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)aye no
Mark SimmondsBoston and SkegnessCon (front bench)aye no
Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon (front bench)aye no
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexCon (front bench)aye no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye no
Michael SpicerWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)aye no
Richard SpringWest SuffolkCon (front bench)aye no
John StanleyTonbridge and MallingCon (front bench)aye no
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessCon (front bench)aye no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)aye no
Hugo SwireEast DevonCon (front bench)aye no
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)aye no
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConaye no
David TredinnickBosworthConaye no
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)aye no
Ed VaizeyWantageCon (front bench)aye no
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)aye no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)aye no
Ben WallaceLancaster and WyreCon (front bench)aye no
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConaye no
Nigel WatersonEastbourneCon (front bench)aye no
Angela WatkinsonUpminsterCon (front bench)aye no
John WhittingdaleMaldon and East ChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye no
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdConaye no
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)aye no
David WillettsHavantCon (front bench)aye no
David WilshireSpelthorneCon (front bench)aye no
Ann WintertonCongletonCon (front bench)aye no
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldCon (front bench)aye no
Jeremy WrightRugby and KenilworthConaye no
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye no
Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheConaye absent
Michael AncramDevizesCon (front bench)absent aye
Rob WilsonReading EastCon (front bench)absent aye
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)aye no
Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP (front bench)aye no
William McCreaSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)aye no
Peter RobinsonBelfast EastDUPaye no
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)aye no
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)absent no
Dai DaviesBlaenau GwentIndependentno aye
Richard TaylorWyre ForestIndependent (front bench)no aye
Clare ShortBirmingham, Ladywoodwhilst Independent Labourno aye
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLab (minister)aye aye
Howard StoateDartfordLab (minister)aye aye
Nick AingerCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLab (minister)aye no
Bob AinsworthCoventry North EastLab (minister)aye no
Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab (minister)aye no
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabaye no
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)aye no
Janet AndersonRossendale and DarwenLab (minister)aye no
Hilary ArmstrongNorth West DurhamLab (minister)aye no
Ian AustinDudley NorthLab (minister)aye no
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)aye no
Vera BairdRedcarLab (minister)aye no
Edward BallsNormantonLab (minister)aye no
Celia BarlowHoveLab (minister)aye no
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)aye no
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)aye no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)aye no
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)aye no
Clive BettsSheffield, AttercliffeLab (minister)aye no
Liz BlackmanErewashLab (minister)aye no
Roberta Blackman-WoodsCity of DurhamLab (minister)aye no
Tony BlairSedgefieldLab (minister)aye no
Hazel BlearsSalfordLab (minister)aye no
Bob BlizzardWaveneyLab (minister)aye no
David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLabaye no
David BorrowSouth RibbleLab (minister)aye no
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)aye no
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)aye no
Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab (minister)aye no
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLabaye no
Russell BrownDumfries and GallowayLab (minister)aye no
Des BrowneKilmarnock and LoudounLab (minister)aye no
Chris BryantRhonddaLabaye no
Andy BurnhamLeighLab (minister)aye no
Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLabaye no
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)aye no
Richard CabornSheffield CentralLab (minister)aye no
David CairnsInverclydeLab (minister)aye no
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)aye no
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLab (minister)aye no
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLab (minister)aye no
Paul ClarkGillinghamLab (minister)aye no
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabaye no
David ClellandTyne BridgeLab (minister)aye no
Vernon CoakerGedlingLab (minister)aye no
Ann CoffeyStockportLab (minister)aye no
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)aye no
Yvette CooperPontefract and CastlefordLab (minister)aye no
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)aye no
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)aye no
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (minister)aye no
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye no
Claire Curtis-ThomasCrosbyLab (minister)aye no
Alistair DarlingEdinburgh South WestLab (minister)aye no
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye no
John DenhamSouthampton, ItchenLab (minister)aye no
Parmjit DhandaGloucesterLab (minister)aye no
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLab (minister)aye no
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)aye no
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)aye no
Maria EagleLiverpool, GarstonLab (minister)aye no
Louise EllmanLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)aye no
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)aye no
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLab (minister)aye no
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)aye no
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)aye no
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)aye no
Caroline FlintDon ValleyLab (minister)aye no
Barbara FollettStevenageLab (minister)aye no
Michael FosterWorcesterLab (minister)aye no
Hywel FrancisAberavonLab (minister)aye no
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)aye no
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)aye no
Bruce GeorgeWalsall SouthLabaye no
Linda GilroyPlymouth, SuttonLab (minister)aye no
Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)aye no
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)aye no
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)aye no
Peter HainNeathLab (minister)aye no
Mike HallWeaver ValeLab (minister)aye no
David HansonDelynLab (minister)aye no
Harriet HarmanCamberwell and PeckhamLab (minister)aye no
Tom HarrisGlasgow SouthLab (minister)aye no
John HealeyWentworthLab (minister)aye no
Doug HendersonNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLabaye no
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (minister)aye no
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)aye no
John HeppellNottingham EastLab (minister)aye no
Stephen HesfordWirral WestLab (minister)aye no
Patricia HewittLeicester WestLab (minister)aye no
Keith HillStreathamLab (minister)aye no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)aye no
Margaret HodgeBarkingLab (minister)aye no
Sharon HodgsonGateshead East and Washington WestLab (minister)aye no
Geoff HoonAshfieldLab (minister)aye no
Phil HopeCorbyLab (minister)aye no
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton EastLab (minister)aye no
Kim HowellsPontypriddLab (minister)aye no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)aye no
Beverley HughesStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)aye no
Joan HumbleBlackpool North and FleetwoodLab (minister)aye no
John HuttonBarrow and FurnessLab (minister)aye no
Adam IngramEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab (minister)aye no
Huw Irranca-DaviesOgmoreLab (minister)aye no
Brian JenkinsTamworthLab (minister)aye no
Alan JohnsonKingston upon Hull West and HessleLab (minister)aye no
Diana R. JohnsonKingston upon Hull NorthLab (minister)aye no
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)aye no
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLab (minister)aye no
Tessa JowellDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)aye no
Eric JoyceFalkirkLab (minister)aye no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye no
Sally KeebleNorthampton NorthLab (minister)aye no
Barbara KeeleyWorsleyLab (minister)aye no
Alan KeenFeltham and HestonLab (minister)aye no
Ann KeenBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)aye no
Ruth KellyBolton WestLab (minister)aye no
Fraser KempHoughton and Washington EastLabaye no
Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLabaye no
Piara S KhabraEaling, SouthallLab (minister)aye no
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye no
David KidneyStaffordLab (minister)aye no
Jim KnightSouth DorsetLab (minister)aye no
Ashok KumarMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)aye no
Stephen LadymanSouth ThanetLab (minister)aye no
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)aye no
Bob LaxtonDerby NorthLabaye no
Tom LevittHigh PeakLab (minister)aye no
Ivan LewisBury SouthLab (minister)aye no
Martin LintonBatterseaLab (minister)aye no
Ian LucasWrexhamLabaye no
John MacDougallGlenrothesLab (minister)aye no
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabaye no
Shahid MalikDewsburyLab (minister)aye no
John MannBassetlawLab (minister)aye no
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (minister)aye no
Eric MartlewCarlisleLab (minister)aye no
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye no
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Hall GreenLab (minister)aye no
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye no
Sarah McCarthy-FryPortsmouth NorthLab (minister)aye no
Ian McCartneyMakerfieldLab (minister)aye no
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLab (minister)aye no
Pat McFaddenWolverhampton South EastLab (minister)aye no
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)aye no
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)aye no
Shona McIsaacCleethorpesLab (minister)aye no
Rosemary McKennaCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLab (minister)aye no
Tony McNultyHarrow EastLab (minister)aye no
Gillian MerronLincolnLab (minister)aye no
Alun MichaelCardiff South and PenarthLabaye no
Alan MilburnDarlingtonLabaye no
David MilibandSouth ShieldsLab (minister)aye no
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLab (minister)aye no
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye no
Anne MoffatEast LothianLab (minister)aye no
Laura MoffattCrawleyLab (minister)aye no
Chris MoleIpswichLab (minister)aye no
Madeleine MoonBridgendLab (minister)aye no
Elliot MorleyScunthorpeLabaye no
Kali MountfordColne ValleyLab (minister)aye no
Meg MunnSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)aye no
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)aye no
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)aye no
Dan NorrisWansdykeLab (minister)aye no
Mike O'BrienNorth WarwickshireLab (minister)aye no
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLab (minister)aye no
Bill OlnerNuneatonLab (minister)aye no
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)aye no
Nick PalmerBroxtoweLab (minister)aye no
Ian PearsonDudley SouthLab (minister)aye no
James PlaskittWarwick and LeamingtonLab (minister)aye no
Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)aye no
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLab (minister)aye no
John PrescottKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)aye no
Dawn PrimaroloBristol SouthLab (minister)aye no
James PurnellStalybridge and HydeLab (minister)aye no
Bill RammellHarlowLab (minister)aye no
Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLabaye no
Jamie ReedCopelandLab (minister)aye no
John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)aye no
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLab (minister)aye no
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabaye no
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLab (minister)aye no
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)aye no
Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab (minister)aye no
Joan RyanEnfield NorthLab (minister)aye no
Martin SalterReading WestLab (minister)aye no
Alison SeabeckPlymouth, DevonportLab (minister)aye no
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLab (minister)tellaye tellno
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLab (minister)aye no
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabaye no
Siôn SimonBirmingham, ErdingtonLabaye no
Andrew SlaughterEaling, Acton and Shepherd's BushLab (minister)aye no
Angela SmithBasildonLab (minister)aye no
Angela SmithSheffield, HillsboroughLab (minister)aye no
Jacqui SmithRedditchLab (minister)aye no
John SmithVale of GlamorganLab (minister)aye no
Anne SnelgroveSouth SwindonLab (minister)aye no
Helen SouthworthWarrington SouthLab (minister)aye no
John SpellarWarleyLabaye no
Phyllis StarkeyMilton Keynes South WestLab (minister)aye no
Jack StrawBlackburnLab (minister)aye no
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)aye no
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLab (minister)aye no
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye no
Dari TaylorStockton SouthLab (minister)aye no
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)aye no
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)aye no
Paddy TippingSherwoodLab (minister)aye no
Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)aye no
Neil TurnerWiganLab (minister)aye no
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye no
Kitty UssherBurnleyLab (minister)aye no
Keith VazLeicester EastLabaye no
Lynda WalthoStourbridgeLab (minister)aye no
Claire WardWatfordLab (minister)tellaye tellno
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)aye no
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)aye no
Malcolm WicksCroydon NorthLab (minister)aye no
Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLab (minister)aye no
Michael WillsNorth SwindonLabaye no
Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab (minister)aye no
Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab (minister)aye no
Phil WoolasOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)aye no
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)aye no
Iain WrightHartlepoolLab (minister)aye no
Tony WrightCannock ChaseLab (minister)aye no
Derek WyattSittingbourne and SheppeyLab (minister)aye no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)aye absent
Andrew LoveEdmontonLab (minister)aye absent
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabno aye
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLab (minister)no aye
Anne BeggAberdeen SouthLab (minister)no aye
Joe BentonBootleLab (minister)no aye
Roger BerryKingswoodLab (minister)no aye
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)no aye
Colin BurgonElmetLabno aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLab (minister)no aye
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)no aye
David ChaytorBury NorthLab (minister)no aye
Katy ClarkNorth Ayrshire and ArranLab (minister)no aye
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)no aye
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no aye
Frank CookStockton NorthLab (minister)no aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno aye
Jim CousinsNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)no aye
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabno aye
Ann CryerKeighleyLab (minister)no aye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLab (minister)no aye
Jim DevineLivingstonLab (minister)no aye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)no aye
Frank DobsonHolborn and St PancrasLab (minister)no aye
Frank DoranAberdeen NorthLab (minister)no aye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no aye
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabno aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabno aye
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)no aye
Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLab (minister)no aye
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLab (minister)no aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabno aye
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabno aye
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)no aye
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)no aye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no aye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)no aye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLab (minister)no aye
David HeyesAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)no aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabno aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no aye
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabno aye
Siân JamesSwansea EastLab (minister)no aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)no aye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabno aye
Mark LazarowiczEdinburgh North and LeithLab (minister)no aye
David LepperBrighton, PavilionLab (minister)no aye
Tony LloydManchester CentralLab (minister)no aye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)no aye
David MarshallGlasgow EastLab (minister)no aye
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabno aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno aye
Ann McKechinGlasgow NorthLab (minister)no aye
Michael MeacherOldham West and RoytonLabno aye
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)no aye
Julie MorganCardiff NorthLab (minister)no aye
Chris MullinSunderland SouthLab (minister)no aye
Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLab (minister)no aye
Sandra OsborneAyr, Carrick and CumnockLab (minister)no aye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no aye
Gordon PrenticePendleLab (minister)no aye
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)no aye
Linda RiordanHalifaxLab (minister)no aye
Joan RuddockLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)no aye
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow CentralLab (minister)no aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabno aye
Marsha SinghBradford WestLab (minister)no aye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no aye
Andrew SmithOxford EastLabno aye
Peter SoulsbyLeicester SouthLab (minister)no aye
Ian StewartEcclesLabno aye
Gavin StrangEdinburgh EastLabno aye
Graham StringerManchester, BlackleyLab (minister)no aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)tellno tellaye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabno aye
Paul TruswellPudseyLabno aye
Desmond TurnerBrighton, KemptownLab (minister)no aye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabno aye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)no aye
Robert WareingLiverpool, West Derbywhilst Labno aye
Betty WilliamsConwyLabno aye
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)no aye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabno aye
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLab (minister)no aye
Dawn ButlerBrent SouthLab (minister)no no
Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLab (minister)no no
Nigel GriffithsEdinburgh SouthLabno no
Patrick HallBedfordLab (minister)no no
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no no
Gwyn ProsserDoverLab (minister)no absent
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)no absent
Jeff EnnisBarnsley East and MexboroughLab (minister)both aye
Karen BuckRegent's Park and Kensington NorthLab (minister)absent aye
Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLababsent aye
John CummingsEasingtonLab (minister)absent aye
Janet DeanBurtonLab (minister)absent aye
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)absent aye
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLababsent aye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)absent aye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)absent aye
Denis MurphyWansbeckLab (minister)absent aye
Chris RuaneVale of ClwydLab (minister)absent aye
Fiona MactaggartSloughLab (minister)absent no
Judy MallaberAmber ValleyLab (minister)absent no
Mark ToddSouth DerbyshireLab (minister)absent no
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)absent no
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDem (front bench)no aye
Norman BakerLewesLDemno aye
John BarrettEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)no aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no aye
Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDem (front bench)no aye
Jeremy BrowneTauntonLDem (front bench)no aye
Malcolm BruceGordonLDem (front bench)no aye
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)no aye
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)no aye
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)no aye
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)no aye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)no aye
Nick CleggSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)no aye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)no aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)no aye
Lynne FeatherstoneHornsey and Wood GreenLDem (front bench)no aye
Don FosterBathLDem (front bench)no aye
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDemno aye
Julia GoldsworthyFalmouth and CamborneLDem (front bench)no aye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)no aye
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)no aye
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)no aye
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)no aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)no aye
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDem (front bench)no aye
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDem (front bench)no aye
David HowarthCambridgeLDem (front bench)no aye
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)no aye
Christopher HuhneEastleighLDem (front bench)no aye
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)no aye
Paul KeetchHerefordLDem (front bench)no aye
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and LochaberLDemno aye
Susan KramerRichmond ParkLDem (front bench)no aye
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)no aye
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)no aye
Michael MooreBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLDem (front bench)no aye
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)no aye
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDem (front bench)no aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)no aye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)no aye
Willie RennieDunfermline and West FifeLDem (front bench)no aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)tellno tellaye
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)no aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no aye
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)no aye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)no aye
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDemno aye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)no aye
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)no aye
Steve WebbNorthavonLDemno aye
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)no aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)no aye
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestLDem (front bench)no aye
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)no aye
Jennifer WillottCardiff CentralLDem (front bench)no aye
Richard Younger-RossTeignbridgeLDem (front bench)no aye
Elfyn LlwydMeirionnydd Nant ConwyPC (front bench)no aye
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)no aye
Hywel WilliamsCaernarfonPC (front bench)no aye
George GallowayBethnal Green and BowRespectno aye
Eddie McGradySouth DownSDLPno aye
Mark DurkanFoyleSDLP (front bench)no absent
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)no aye
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)no aye
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)no aye
Alex SalmondBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)no aye
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)no aye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)no aye
Sylvia HermonNorth DownUUP (front bench)no aye

Division Similarity Ratio

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 %.


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