Comparison of Divisions: Climate Change Bill — Third Reading (and other amendments) — 28 Oct 2008 at 21:58 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The overwhelming majority of MPs voted to give the Climate Change Bill its Third Reading, which sends it back to the House of Lords for further deliberation.
Owing to the lack of time, a final raft of amendments were passed without a vote and with little discussion. In particular, these included Amendment 72[1] that allowed for aviation and shipping to considered when advising the carbon emissions budget,[2] and Amendment 3 which would abolish the official avenue for an excuse for not including aviation by deleting the second provision in the following clause
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The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of five years beginning with the passing of this Act --
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make provision by regulations as to the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, emissions from international aviation or international shipping are to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as emissions from sources in the United Kingdom, or
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lay before Parliament a report explaining why regulations making such provision have not been made.[3]
(This needs verification as it does not appear in the Clause 29 section in Hansard.)
Also, the target for cuts was revised from 60% to 80%,[4] which was an issue that had been lost in the House of Lords earlier in the process.[5]
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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MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) differed from their vote on Motion (b).
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b)
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | tellno |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | tellno |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | absent |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | absent |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | aye |
absent |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | aye |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | 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 |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
no |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | aye |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | aye |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | aye |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
tellno |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
tellno |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
absent |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | aye |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
absent |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
aye |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | absent |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | absent |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | absent |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | absent |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | absent |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | absent |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | absent |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | aye |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | absent |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst UKIP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
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 197 voted the same way, with 192 voting in opposite ways.
There were 50 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 206 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])
=
197
(197 + 192 + 0.2x206)
=
197
430.2
=
0.458
=
45.8 %.