Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected — 19 May 2008 at 18:30

The majority of MPs voted against adding a restriction to the granting of licenses[1] that would prevent it from authorising the creation of an embryo using human gametes and animal gametes, or one human pronucleus and one animal pronucleus.[2]

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con29 115 (+2 tell)076.0%
DUP0 6066.7%
Independent1 3080.0%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab222 (+2 tell) 66082.6%
LDem29 26087.3%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP2 3083.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:286 223080.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLabaye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)aye
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)aye
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLabaye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)aye
Ruth KellyBolton WestLab (minister)aye
Joe BentonBootleLab (minister)aye
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)no
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLab (minister)aye
Marsha SinghBradford WestLab (minister)aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)aye
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveCon (front bench)no
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)no
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)aye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLab (minister)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (minister)aye
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabaye
David HansonDelynLab (minister)aye
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)aye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
John CummingsEasingtonLab (minister)aye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye
Michael MatesEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)aye
Ian StewartEcclesLab (minister)aye
John BarrettEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)aye
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow CentralLab (minister)aye
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)no
Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLab (minister)aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemaye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabaye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Peter AtkinsonHexhamCon (front bench)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)aye
Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)aye
Des BrowneKilmarnock and LoudounLab (minister)aye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)aye
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)aye
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)aye
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
Norman BakerLewesLDem (front bench)aye
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLab (minister)aye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Andy ReedLoughboroughLab (minister)aye
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye
Alan MealeMansfieldLabaye
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)no
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)no
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLab (minister)aye
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)no
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)no
Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLabaye
Mike O'BrienNorth WarwickshireLab (minister)aye
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Huw Irranca-DaviesOgmoreLab (minister)aye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)no
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Sandra GidleyRomseyLDem (front bench)aye
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)no
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)aye
David CurrySkipton and RiponCon (front bench)no
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)aye
Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
David BorrowSouth RibbleLab (minister)aye
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
David KidneyStaffordLab (minister)aye
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)aye
Dari TaylorStockton SouthLab (minister)aye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)no
Richard Younger-RossTeignbridgeLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)aye
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)aye
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Chris RuaneVale of ClwydLab (minister)aye
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)aye
Denis MurphyWansbeckLab (minister)aye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldCon (front bench)no
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)aye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)no
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLab (minister)aye
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)aye

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