Comparison of Divisions: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Human-animal hybrid licenses — 19 May 2008 at 18:30 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The majority of MPs voted to make it possible to grant licenses for the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.
The clause under discussion would insert the words:[2]
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No person shall
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mix human gametes with animal gametes,
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bring about the creation of a human admixed embryo, or
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keep or use a human admixed embryo,
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except in pursuance of a licence.
into the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.[3]
The vote in Parliament was to over deleting the phrase, "except in pursuance of a license".
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 vote on Motion (b).
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b)
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | tellaye |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
absent |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
aye |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem | no |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | no |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem | no |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | no |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | no |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | no |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | 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 |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | no |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
absent |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | both |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | both |
aye |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | absent |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | absent |
aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con | absent |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
aye |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (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 |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | absent |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | absent |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellno |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
645 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 264 voted the same way, with 152 voting in opposite ways.
There were 39 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 190 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])
=
264
(264 + 152 + 0.2x190)
=
264
454
=
0.581
=
58.1 %.