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) |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
absent |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
no |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem | no |
absent |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
aye |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | absent |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | absent |
aye |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | absent |
aye |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | absent |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
absent |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | aye |
absent |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
aye |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | absent |
no |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
absent |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
no |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst UKIP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | absent |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
absent |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
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 %.