Comparison of Divisions: Biometric registration of immigrants — Regulations — 9 Jul 2008 at 19:27 with Division No. 147 on 23 Apr 2008 at 19:40
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MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) differed from their vote on Motion (b).
You can also see just opposite votes
between these two divisions,
or simply all the votes.
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b)
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
absent |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | absent |
aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | absent |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst UKIP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
absent |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | absent |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem | no |
absent |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | absent |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | absent |
aye |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
no |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | absent |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
644 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 240 voted the same way, with 5 voting in opposite ways.
There were 253 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 146 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])
=
240
(240 + 5 + 0.2x146)
=
240
274.2
=
0.875
=
87.5 %.