Comparison of Divisions: Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] — 22 Oct 2008 at 17:45 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
Question accordingly negatived.
It being after Six o'clock, Mr. Speaker then proceeded to put the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour, pursuant to Order [this day].
Amendment proposed: No. 41, page 3, line 26 , at end insert-
'(5A) Regulations made under subsection (5) may not provide for an egg or embryo whose nuclear genetic material has been altered by genetic modification, or whose nucleus has been replaced by the nucleus of a somatic cell, to be a permitted egg or a permitted embryo.
(5B) In this section, "genetic modification" includes the alteration of the nuclear genetic material of an egg or embryo by-
(a) recombinant nucleic acid techniques which change the DNA sequence of nuclear chromosomes of the egg or one or more cells of the embryo, or
(b) the introduction into the egg or into one or more cells of the embryo of a stably-maintained artificial chromosome, virus or plasmid.'.- [Mr. Drew.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 206, Noes 298.
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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All MPs who voted in one or other of the two divisions.
Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of the first vote.
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Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
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Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
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Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
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David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | aye |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
absent |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
absent |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP | aye |
absent |
Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
absent |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | aye |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | no |
absent |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | 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 |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | 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 |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | 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 | 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 |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | 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 |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | no |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | no |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | no |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | no |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | no |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellno |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | 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 | no |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | absent |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | absent |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | absent |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | absent |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | absent |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | no |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | no |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
absent |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | aye |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst UKIP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
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 315 voted the same way, with 110 voting in opposite ways.
There were 48 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 172 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])
=
315
(315 + 110 + 0.2x172)
=
315
459.4
=
0.686
=
68.6 %.