Comparison of Divisions: Business of the House — Regional Grand Committees — 12 Nov 2008 at 16:17 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
Motion made, and Question proposed,
That the following new Standing Orders be made, with effect from 1st January 2009 until the end of the current Parliament-
A. Regional grand committees
(1) There shall be general committees, called Regional Grand Committees, for each of the following English regions:
(a) East Midlands
(b) East of England
(c) North East
(d) North West
(e) South East
(f) South West
(g) West Midlands
(h) Yorkshire and the Humber
which in each case shall consist of those Members who represent constituencies within the region and up to five other Members nominated by the Committee of Selection, which shall have power from time to time to discharge the Members so nominated by it and to appoint others in their place.
(2) A motion may be made by a Minister of the Crown providing for-
(a) a Regional Grand Committee to sit on a specified day at a specified place in the region to which it relates or at Westminster;
(b) the time and duration of such a sitting; and
(c) the business as provided in paragraph (4) to be conducted at it.
(3) The question on a motion under paragraph (2) shall be put forthwith and may be decided after the moment of interruption.
(4) The business of the committees may include-
(a) questions tabled in accordance with Standing Order (Regional Grand Committees (questions for oral answer));
(b) statements by a Minister of the Crown, in accordance with paragraph (5) below;
(c) general debates on specified matters.
(5) The chairman may permit a Minister of the Crown, whether or not a Member of the House, to make a statement and to answer questions thereon put by members of the committee; but no question shall be taken after the expiry of a period of 45 minutes from the commencement of such a statement.
(6) If the House has resolved that the business at a sitting of a committee shall be concluded at a certain hour and it has not otherwise been concluded before that time the chairman shall, at that time, adjourn the committee without question put and any business then under consideration shall lapse.
B. Regional Grand Committees (questions for oral answer)
(1) Notices of questions for oral answer in a Regional Grand Committee by the relevant regional minister, on a day specified in an order made under paragraph (2) of Standing Order (Regional grand committees), may be given by members of the committee in the Table Office.
(2) Notices of questions given under this order shall bear an indication that they are for oral answer in a specific Regional Grand Committee.
(3) No more than one notice of a question may be given under this order by any member of the committee for each day specified for the taking of questions.
(4) On any day so specified, questions shall be taken at the time provided for in an order under paragraph (2) of Standing Order (Regional Grand Committees); no question shall be taken later than three quarters of an hour after the commencement of the proceedings thereon; and replies to questions not reached shall be printed with the official report of the committee's debates for that day.
(5) Notices of questions under this order may be given ten sitting days before that on which an answer is desired save where otherwise provided by a memorandum under paragraph (8) of Standing Order No. 22 (Notices of questions, motions and amendments), provided that when it is proposed that the House shall adjourn for a period of fewer than four days, any day during that period (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) shall be counted as a sitting day for the purposes of the calculation made under this paragraph. [Ms. Harman.]
Amendment made : (a), in line 1, after 'made', insert 'and Standing Order No. 117 (Regional Affairs Committee) be suspended' .-<[/i> Sir George Young.]
Amendment proposed: (c), in line 15, leave out from 'region' to the end of line 18 .-[Simon Hughes.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 107, Noes 219.
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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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
absent |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
absent |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | 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 |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | 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 |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | 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 |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | absent |
aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
aye |
| Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
absent |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | no |
absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | no |
absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab | no |
absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
absent |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
absent |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | absent |
no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | absent |
no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | absent |
no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | 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 |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | absent |
no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | absent |
no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | absent |
no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | absent |
no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | absent |
no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellno |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
| 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) | tellaye |
absent |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP | absent |
aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
| 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
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 258 voted the same way, with 12 voting in opposite ways.
There were 71 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 305 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])
=
258
(258 + 12 + 0.2x305)
=
258
331
=
0.779
=
77.9 %.
