Comparison of Divisions: Iraq War Inquiry — Declines to make a proposal — 25 Mar 2009 at 15:51 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The majority of MPs voted against holding a further inquiry into the Iraq war at this time but to agree a time will come when an inquiry is appropriate.
The majority of MPs voted for the motion, which read:[1]
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This House
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notes the Resolutions of this House of 31 October 2006,[2] 11 June 2007[3] and 25 March 2008[4] on an Iraq inquiry;
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recognises the heroic efforts of the British armed forces in Iraq who have a continuing role which this House should be careful not to undermine;
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further recognises that a time will come when an inquiry is appropriate, but
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declines to make a proposal for a further inquiry at this time, whilst important operations are underway in Iraq to support the people and government of Iraq.
(The Prime Minister's Spokesman had insisted that he thought it was okay to make an announcement on when troops would return, but continue to stonewall the announcement of an inquiry whilst the Armed Forces were still operational in Iraq.)[5]
This replaced a motion that was rejected in the previous vote.
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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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote (a) | Vote (b) |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | no |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
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 |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
absent |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
absent |
David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | no |
aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
aye |
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 |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | aye |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | 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 (minister) | 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 Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | aye |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | aye |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
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 |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | 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 | aye |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | 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 |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | 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 |
Bruce George | Walsall South | 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 |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | aye |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | aye |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | 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 |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | aye |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | 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 |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | aye |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | 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 |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | 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 | aye |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | 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 |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | aye |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | 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 |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | 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 (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 |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | 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 |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | aye |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | 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 |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | 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 |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | 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 | aye |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
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 |
Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
absent |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
absent |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | 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 |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab | aye |
absent |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | 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 |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
absent |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
absent |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
absent |
Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
absent |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 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 |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | both |
both |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | absent |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | absent |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | absent |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | 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 |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | 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 |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | no |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
aye |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | no |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
aye |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
absent |
Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (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
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 19 voted the same way, with 448 voting in opposite ways.
There were 30 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 149 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])
=
448
(448 + 19 + 0.2x149)
=
448
496.8
=
0.902
=
90.2 %.