Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected — 19 May 2008 at 21:45

The majority of MPs voted against limiting the use of sibling tissues[1] to only regenerative tissue.[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
Con34 108 (+2 tell)075.0%
DUP0 7077.8%
Ind1 2060.0%
Lab222 (+2 tell) 54079.2%
LDem32 22085.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP2 3083.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:293 200078.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDem (front bench)aye
Peter AtkinsonHexhamConno
John BattleLeeds WestLabaye
Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Joe BentonBootleLabaye
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Conno
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyConno
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)aye
Dawn ButlerBrent SouthLabaye
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)aye
Douglas CarswellHarwichConno
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLabaye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabaye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldCon (front bench)no
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (PPS)aye
David CrausbyBolton North EastLabaye
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabaye
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (PPS)aye
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
David CurrySkipton and RiponConno
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodConno
David DrewStroudLabaye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDemaye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)aye
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)aye
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)no
Nigel GriffithsEdinburgh SouthLabaye
John GroganSelbyLabaye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLabaye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDemaye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabaye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDemaye
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (PPS)aye
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)aye
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLabaye
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)aye
Michael JackFyldeConno
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexConno
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (PPS)aye
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLabaye
Ruth KellyBolton WestLab (minister)aye
Robert KeySalisburyConno
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabaye
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonConno
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (PPS)aye
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLabaye
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Alan MealeMansfieldLabaye
George MudieLeeds EastLabaye
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)aye
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)aye
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)no
Albert OwenYnys MônLabaye
Greg PopeHyndburnLabaye
Stephen PoundEaling NorthLab (PPS)aye
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLab (minister)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLabaye
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)no
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLab (PPS)aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow CentralLabaye
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldCon (front bench)no
Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Andrew SmithOxford EastLabaye
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabaye
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexConno
Anthony SteenTotnesConno
Ian StewartEcclesLabaye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabaye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)aye
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDemaye
Mark ToddSouth DerbyshireLabaye
Don TouhigIslwynLabaye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabaye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye
Andrew TyrieChichesterConno
Edward VaizeyWantageCon (front bench)no
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Peter ViggersGosportConno
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)aye
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
David WillettsHavantCon (front bench)no
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)no
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
George YoungNorth West HampshireConno

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