Comparison of Divisions: Deferred Divisions — Representation of the people — 11 Mar 2009 at 19:51 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
That the draft Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Amendment) Order 2009, which was laid before this House on 29 January, be approved.
The House divided: Ayes 402, Noes 58.
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 inverted vote on Motion (b).
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
aye |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
aye |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
absent |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
aye |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
absent |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | aye |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
no |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
aye |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | absent |
no |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | absent |
no |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
no |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
aye |
Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | absent |
no |
John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
aye |
James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | absent |
no |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | absent |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | absent |
no |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | aye |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
absent |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
absent |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | absent |
no |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | absent |
no |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
aye |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
aye |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
no |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | absent |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
aye |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
absent |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | absent |
no |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
tellno |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
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 147 voted the same way, with 240 voting in opposite ways.
There were 58 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 201 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 on opposite sides.
An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance.
The calculation runs as follows:
ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
240
(240 + 147 + 0.2x201)
=
240
427.2
=
0.562
=
56.2 %.