Comparison of Divisions: Point of Order — Opposition Day — Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) — 24 Apr 2007 at 18:48 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The ayes lost the vote for the statement
That this House acknowledges the UK's exceptional history of medical training which has produced some of the best medical professionals in the world; supports medical training designed to improve patient care which is well implemented, flexible and applied in a way which ensures the necessary level of clinical experience; believes that these objectives have been undermined by poor planning, inadequate consultation and lamentable implementation; notes with particular concern the flawed electronic application process (MTAS) which has breached legitimate expectations that selection for entry to programmes must be open, fair and effective; regrets the lack of ministerial leadership for MTAS and the failure of the Government's review to deliver strategic solutions; accepts that training posts are competitive but believes that insufficient allowance has been made for the number of trainees coming through the Foundation years in addition to the Senior House Officer (SHO) route; calls on the Government to create additional training posts to allow transition for SHOs into specialty training in 2007, 2008 and 2009; deeply regrets the distress and loss of goodwill among junior doctors in training; and further calls on the Review Group led by Sir John Tooke to listen to the medical profession in reviewing the structure of Modernising Medical Careers to ensure that the original principles, including flexibility, are sustained and command the confidence of the medical profession.
The noes won a more congratulatory statement about MMC
"That this House recognises the international reputation for excellence of medical training in the UK; acknowledges the need to modernise medical careers to ensure all doctors are properly trained to nationally recognised standards, including a fairer and more transparent process for applying for specialist training; notes that Modernising Medical Careers (MMC) will deliver training to a consistently high standard which, combined with the expansion of the number of doctors, will provide high quality safe care by appropriate skilled medical staff; notes the wide consultation that took place on MMC and the strong support for the need to improve doctors' training amongst doctors' representatives including the medical royal colleges and the British Medical Association; welcomes the external review that is already being conducted into how MMC has worked to date and the changes made as a result; and supports the longer term review recently announced to ensure MMC works well in the future."
The House having divided: Ayes 213, Noes 284.
The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:[1]
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This House
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regrets the Government's recent statement[2] outlining the eligibility criteria for Gurkhas to reside in the United Kingdom;
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recognises the contribution the Gurkhas have made to the safety and freedom of the United Kingdom for the past 200 years;
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notes that more Gurkhas have laid down their lives for the United Kingdom than are estimated to want to live here;
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believes that Gurkhas who retired before 1997 should be treated fairly and in the same way as those who have retired since;
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is concerned that the Government's new guidelines will permit only a small minority of Gurkhas and their families to settle whilst preventing the vast majority;
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further believes that people who are prepared to fight and die for the United Kingdom should be entitled to live in the country; and
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calls upon the Government to withdraw its new guidelines immediately and bring forward revised proposals that extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas.
As a consequence, the alternative Government motion, which read:[3]
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This House
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recognises that this Government is the only one since the Second World War to allow Gurkhas and their families settlement rights to the United Kingdom;
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notes that in 2004 the Government permitted settlement rights to Gurkhas discharged since 1997, following the transfer of the Brigade HQ from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom;
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further notes that under these rules around 6,000 Gurkhas and family members have been welcomed to the UK;
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acknowledges that the court judgement of September 2008 determined that the 1997 cut-off date was fair and rational, while seeking clarification of the criteria for settlement rights for those who retired before 1997;
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further notes that on 24 April the Government published new and more generous guidelines for the settlement applications of Gurkhas who retired before 1997;
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supports this revised guidance, which will make around 10,000 Gurkhas and family members eligible to settle in the UK;
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further notes that the Government undertakes actively to inform those who may be eligible in Nepal of these changes and to review the impact of the new guidance within 12 months;
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further notes that the contribution Gurkhas have made is already recognised by pensions paid to around 25,000 Gurkhas or their widows in Nepal that allow for a good standard of living there; and
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further notes that in the year 2000 Gurkha pensions were doubled and that, earlier in April 2009, in addition to an inflationary uplift of 14 per cent., those over 80 years old received a 20 per cent. increase in their pension.
... was never voted upon.
Although this extremely rare Government defeat in an opposition day motion is not binding (has no legal force)[4] a Government minister made a statement later in the day to bring "forward the date for the determination of the outstanding applications to the end of May."[5]
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All MPs who voted in one or other of the two divisions.
Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of the first vote.
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Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
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Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
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John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
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John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
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Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
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Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | aye |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | aye |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | aye |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | aye |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | aye |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con | aye |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | 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 |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | 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 |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | absent |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | absent |
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 | no |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | no |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | no |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab | no |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
both |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
absent |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | no |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | no |
absent |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | absent |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
aye |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | absent |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | absent |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab | absent |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab | absent |
no |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | aye |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | aye |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem | aye |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 392 voted the same way, with 22 voting in opposite ways.
There were 50 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 182 who voted in only one of them.
We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of
'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put).
In this case, they line up the same way.
An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance.
The calculation runs as follows:
ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
392
(392 + 22 + 0.2x182)
=
392
450.4
=
0.870
=
87.0 %.