Comparison of Divisions: Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 27 Mar 2007 at 23:36 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The Aye voters passed a range of budgetary measures:
"5. Inheritance tax (rates and bands for 2010-11)
That provision may be made for substituting the Table in Schedule 1 to the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 in relation to chargeable transfers made on or after 6th April 2010.
6. Rates of duty on alcoholic liquor
(1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 36(lAA)(a) (standard rate of duty on beer), for "£13.26" substitute "£13.71".
(3) In section 62(1 A) (rates of duty on cider)-
(a) in paragraph (a) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of sparkling cider of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent), for "£166.70" substitute "£172.33",
(b) in paragraph (b) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of cider of a strength exceeding 7.5 per cent which is not sparkling cider), for "£38.43" substitute "£39.73", and
(c) in paragraph (c) (rate of duty per hectolitre in any other case), for "£25.61" substitute "£26.48".
(4) For Part 1 of the Table in Schedule 1 substitute-" (N.B. This increases the duty on different types and strengths of wine)
"(5) The amendments made by this Resolution come into force on 26th March 2007.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
7. Rates of tobacco products duty
(1) For the Table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there is substituted-
(2) The amendment made by this Resolution comes into force at 6p.m. on 21st March 2007.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
8. Rates of gaming duty
That provision may be made for and in connection with replacing the Table in section 11(2) of the Finance Act 1997.
9. Remote gaming duty
That provision may be made for a duty on remote gaming.
10. Amusement machine licence duty
(1) In section 23(3) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981, in the definition of "Category C", in paragraph (ii)(b), for "£25" there is substituted "£35".
(2) The amendment made by this Resolution comes into force on 22nd March 2007.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
11. Fuel duty rates and rebates
That provision may be made amending rates of duty and rebate in the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979.
12. Rates of vehicle excise duty
(1) Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (annual rates of duty) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 (general)-
(a) in sub-paragraph (2) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule otherwise than with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for "£175" substitute "£180", and
(b) in sub-paragraph (2A) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for "£110" substitute "£115".
(3) Paragraph IB (graduated rates for light passenger vehicles) is amended as follows.
(4) For the words from "Table A" to "date," substitute "the following table".
(5) For ", or is liable to the standard rate or the premium" substitute "or is liable to the standard".
(6) For Tables A and B substitute-
The table has effect in relation to vehicles first registered before 23rd March 2006 as if-
(a) in column (3), in the last row, "190" were substituted for "285", and
(b) in column (4), in the last row, "205" were substituted for "300"."
(7) For paragraphs ID and IE substitute-
"The standard rate
ID A vehicle is liable to the standard rate of duty if it does not qualify for the reduced rate of duty."
(8) In paragraph U (light goods vehicles)
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) (vehicle which is not lower-emission van), for "£170" substitute "£175", and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) (lower-emission van), for "£110" substitute "£115".
(9) In paragraph 2(1) (motorcycles)-
(a) in paragraph (b) (motorbicycle and engine's cylinder capacity more than 150cc but not more than 400cc), for "£31" substitute "£32",
(b) in paragraph (c) (motorbicycle and engine's cylinder capacity more than 400cc but not more than 600cc), for "£46" substitute "£47", and
(c) in paragraph (d) (any other case), for "£62" substitute "£64".
(10) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to licences taken out on or after 22nd March 2007.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.
13. Rates of air passenger duty
(1) Section 30 of the Finance Act 1994 (rates of air passenger duty) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3A) (destinations in EEA States and qualifying territories etc)-
(a) in paragraph (a) (standard class travel), for kt£5" substitute "£10", and
(b) in paragraph (b) (any other case), for "£10" substitute "£20".
(3) In subsection (4) (other destinations)-
(a) in paragraph (a) (standard class travel), for "£20" substitute "£40", and
(b) in paragraph (b) (any other case), for "£40" substitute "£80".
(4) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to any carriage of a passenger on an aircraft which begins on or after 1st February 2007.
(5) But if the amount of duty due from any operator in the accounting period ending before 21 st March 2007 increased as a result of those amendments, the operator is to pay the amount of that increase as if it became due in the first accounting period ending after that day.
(6) Expressions which are used in paragraph (5) and in the Air Passenger Duty Regulations 1994 have the same meaning in that paragraph as in those regulations.
And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968."
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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MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) differed from their inverted vote on Motion (b).
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
absent |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | both |
aye |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| 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 |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | 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 |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | absent |
aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
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| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
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| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | absent |
aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | absent |
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| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | 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 |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | 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 |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | absent |
aye |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | 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 |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | 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 |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | absent |
aye |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | 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 |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | absent |
aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
absent |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
absent |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | absent |
no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | absent |
no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | absent |
aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
| John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 29 voted the same way, with 273 voting in opposite ways.
There were 56 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 288 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])
=
273
(273 + 29 + 0.2x288)
=
273
359.6
=
0.759
=
75.9 %.
