Comparison of Divisions: Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat — 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49 with Division No. 82 on 27 Mar 2007 at 23:36

Vote (a) : Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat - 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49 - Division No. 104

The majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion:^[1]

This House
regrets the Government's recent statement^[2] outlining the eligibility criteria for Gurkhas to reside in the United Kingdom;
recognises the contribution the Gurkhas have made to the safety and freedom of the United Kingdom for the past 200 years;
notes that more Gurkhas have laid down their lives for the United Kingdom than are estimated to want to live here;
believes that Gurkhas who retired before 1997 should be treated fairly and in the same way as those who have retired since;
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;
further believes that people who are prepared to fight and die for the United Kingdom should be entitled to live in the country; and
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]

This House
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;
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;
further notes that under these rules around 6,000 Gurkhas and family members have been welcomed to the UK;
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;
further notes that on 24 April the Government published new and more generous guidelines for the settlement applications of Gurkhas who retired before 1997;
supports this revised guidance, which will make around 10,000 Gurkhas and family members eligible to settle in the UK;
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;
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
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]

[1] Christopher Huhne MP, House of Commons, 29 April 2009
[2] Phil Woollas MP, Written Ministerial Statement, 29 April 2009
[3] Phil Woolas MP, House of Commons, 29 April 2009
[4] Home Secretary Jacqui Smith blamed for humiliating Gurkhas defeat in the Commons, Daily Mail, 30 April 2009
[5] Phil Woolas MP, House of Commons, 29 April 2009

Vote (b) : Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 27 Mar 2007 at 23:36 - Division No. 82

The Aye voters passed a range of budgetary measures:

"5. Inheritance tax (rates and bands for 2010-11)

That provision may be made for substituting the Table in Schedule 1 to the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 in relation to chargeable transfers made on or after 6th April 2010.

6. Rates of duty on alcoholic liquor

(1) The Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 36(lAA)(a) (standard rate of duty on beer), for "£13.26" substitute "£13.71".

(3) In section 62(1 A) (rates of duty on cider)-

(a) in paragraph (a) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of sparkling cider of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent), for "£166.70" substitute "£172.33",

(b) in paragraph (b) (rate of duty per hectolitre in the case of cider of a strength exceeding 7.5 per cent which is not sparkling cider), for "£38.43" substitute "£39.73", and

(c) in paragraph (c) (rate of duty per hectolitre in any other case), for "£25.61" substitute "£26.48".

(4) For Part 1 of the Table in Schedule 1 substitute-" (N.B. This increases the duty on different types and strengths of wine)

"(5) The amendments made by this Resolution come into force on 26th March 2007.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

7. Rates of tobacco products duty

(1) For the Table in Schedule 1 to the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there is substituted-

(2) The amendment made by this Resolution comes into force at 6p.m. on 21st March 2007.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

8. Rates of gaming duty

That provision may be made for and in connection with replacing the Table in section 11(2) of the Finance Act 1997.

9. Remote gaming duty

That provision may be made for a duty on remote gaming.

10. Amusement machine licence duty

(1) In section 23(3) of the Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981, in the definition of "Category C", in paragraph (ii)(b), for "£25" there is substituted "£35".

(2) The amendment made by this Resolution comes into force on 22nd March 2007.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

11. Fuel duty rates and rebates

That provision may be made amending rates of duty and rebate in the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979.

12. Rates of vehicle excise duty

(1) Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (annual rates of duty) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 (general)-

(a) in sub-paragraph (2) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule otherwise than with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for "£175" substitute "£180", and

(b) in sub-paragraph (2A) (vehicle not covered elsewhere in Schedule with engine cylinder capacity not exceeding l,549cc), for "£110" substitute "£115".

(3) Paragraph IB (graduated rates for light passenger vehicles) is amended as follows.

(4) For the words from "Table A" to "date," substitute "the following table".

(5) For ", or is liable to the standard rate or the premium" substitute "or is liable to the standard".

(6) For Tables A and B substitute-

The table has effect in relation to vehicles first registered before 23rd March 2006 as if-

(a) in column (3), in the last row, "190" were substituted for "285", and

(b) in column (4), in the last row, "205" were substituted for "300"."

(7) For paragraphs ID and IE substitute-

"The standard rate

ID A vehicle is liable to the standard rate of duty if it does not qualify for the reduced rate of duty."

(8) In paragraph U (light goods vehicles)

(a) in sub-paragraph (a) (vehicle which is not lower-emission van), for "£170" substitute "£175", and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b) (lower-emission van), for "£110" substitute "£115".

(9) In paragraph 2(1) (motorcycles)-

(a) in paragraph (b) (motorbicycle and engine's cylinder capacity more than 150cc but not more than 400cc), for "£31" substitute "£32",

(b) in paragraph (c) (motorbicycle and engine's cylinder capacity more than 400cc but not more than 600cc), for "£46" substitute "£47", and

(c) in paragraph (d) (any other case), for "£62" substitute "£64".

(10) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to licences taken out on or after 22nd March 2007.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.

13. Rates of air passenger duty

(1) Section 30 of the Finance Act 1994 (rates of air passenger duty) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3A) (destinations in EEA States and qualifying territories etc)-

(a) in paragraph (a) (standard class travel), for kt£5" substitute "£10", and

(b) in paragraph (b) (any other case), for "£10" substitute "£20".

(3) In subsection (4) (other destinations)-

(a) in paragraph (a) (standard class travel), for "£20" substitute "£40", and

(b) in paragraph (b) (any other case), for "£40" substitute "£80".

(4) The amendments made by this Resolution have effect in relation to any carriage of a passenger on an aircraft which begins on or after 1st February 2007.

(5) But if the amount of duty due from any operator in the accounting period ending before 21 st March 2007 increased as a result of those amendments, the operator is to pay the amount of that increase as if it became due in the first accounting period ending after that day.

(6) Expressions which are used in paragraph (5) and in the Air Passenger Duty Regulations 1994 have the same meaning in that paragraph as in those regulations.

And it is declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968."

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Difference in Votes - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote on Motion (a) differed from their inverted vote on Motion (b). You can also see just opposite votes between these two divisions, or simply all the votes.

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Name	Constituency	Party	Vote (a)	Vote (b)
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con (front bench)	aye	both
Adam Afriyie	Windsor	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Bacon	South Norfolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con	aye	absent
Gregory Barker	Bexhill and Battle	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Baron	Billericay	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Henry Bellingham	North West Norfolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Benyon	Newbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Bercow	Buckingham	whilst Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
James Brokenshire	Hornchurch	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Burrowes	Enfield, Southgate	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Alistair Burt	North East Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Cameron	Witney	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Douglas Carswell	Harwich	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Greg Clark	Tunbridge Wells	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Geoffrey Cox	Torridge and West Devon	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Stephen Crabb	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Davies	Monmouth	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Jonathan Djanogly	Huntingdon	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nadine Dorries	Mid Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
James Duddridge	Rochford and Southend East	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Philip Dunne	Ludlow	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Tobias Ellwood	Bournemouth East	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Evennett	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Francois	Rayleigh	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Christopher Fraser	South West Norfolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Gauke	South West Hertfordshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Paul Goodman	Wycombe	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Robert Goodwill	Scarborough and Whitby	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Gove	Surrey Heath	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Chris Grayling	Epsom and Ewell	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Damian Green	Ashford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Justine Greening	Putney	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	aye	absent
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Stephen Hammond	Wimbledon	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Greg Hands	Hammersmith and Fulham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Harper	Forest of Dean	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Charles Hendry	Wealden	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nick Herbert	Arundel and South Downs	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Hoban	Fareham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Adam Holloway	Gravesham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con	aye	absent
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Howell	Henley	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Jeremy Hunt	South West Surrey	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nick Hurd	Ruislip - Northwood	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Stewart Jackson	Peterborough	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Jones	Clwyd West	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Daniel Kawczynski	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	aye	absent
Mark Lancaster	North East Milton Keynes	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Anne Main	St Albans	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Patrick Mercer	Newark	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Maria Miller	Basingstoke	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Anne Milton	Guildford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Murrison	Westbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Bob Neill	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Brooks Newmark	Braintree	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Stephen O'Brien	Eddisbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
George Osborne	Tatton	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mike Penning	Hemel Hempstead	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Penrose	Weston-Super-Mare	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Prisk	Hertford and Stortford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Pritchard	The Wrekin	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	aye	absent
Malcolm Rifkind	Kensington and Chelsea	Con	aye	absent
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Hugh Robertson	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Rosindell	Romford	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Lee Scott	Ilford North	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Selous	South West Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Grant Shapps	Welwyn Hatfield	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Simmonds	Boston and Skegness	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Graham Stuart	Beverley and Holderness	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Hugo Swire	East Devon	Con	aye	absent
Robert Syms	Poole	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	aye	absent
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	aye	absent
Edward Timpson	Crewe and Nantwich	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	aye	absent
Andrew Turner	Isle of Wight	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Ed Vaizey	Wantage	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Shailesh Vara	North West Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Theresa Villiers	Chipping Barnet	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Charles Walker	Broxbourne	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Ben Wallace	Lancaster and Wyre	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Angela Watkinson	Upminster	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Bill Wiggin	Leominster	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
David Willetts	Havant	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Rob Wilson	Reading East	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Jeremy Wright	Rugby and Kenilworth	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con (front bench)	aye	absent
Brian Binley	Northampton South	Con (front bench)	absent	no
Derek Conway	Old Bexley and Sidcup	whilst Con (front bench)	absent	no
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	whilst Con (front bench)	absent	no
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	absent	no
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con (front bench)	absent	no
Nigel Dodds	Belfast North	DUP (front bench)	aye	absent
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP	absent	no
David Simpson	Upper Bann	DUP (front bench)	absent	no
Dai Davies	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	aye	aye
Richard Taylor	Wyre Forest	Independent (front bench)	aye	aye
Andrew Pelling	Croydon Central	whilst Independent (front bench)	aye	absent
Bob Spink	Castle Point	whilst Independent (front bench)	aye	absent
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	whilst Independent	aye	absent
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	aye	aye
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	aye	aye
Paul Farrelly	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	aye	aye
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab	aye	aye
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	aye	aye
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	aye	aye
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	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
Linda Riordan	Halifax	Lab (minister)	aye	aye
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	aye	aye
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab	aye	aye
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	aye	aye
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	aye	aye
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab (minister)	aye	absent
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab (minister)	aye	absent
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab	no	absent
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Tony Cunningham	Workington	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	whilst Lab (front bench)	no	absent
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab (minister)	no	absent
David Drew	Stroud	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Natascha Engel	North East Derbyshire	Lab	no	absent
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Hywel Francis	Aberavon	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	no	absent
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab	no	absent
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab	no	absent
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Jessica Morden	Newport East	Lab (minister)	no	absent
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Albert Owen	Ynys Môn	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Lindsay Roy	Glenrothes	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Virendra Sharma	Ealing, Southall	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	no	absent
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Mark Tami	Alyn and Deeside	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Emily Thornberry	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab (minister)	no	absent
Phil Wilson	Sedgefield	Lab (minister)	no	absent
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab (minister)	no	absent
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab (minister)	both	aye
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Adrian Bailey	West Bromwich West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	absent	aye
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab	absent	aye
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab	absent	aye
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	absent	aye
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Katy Clark	North Ayrshire and Arran	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Jon Cruddas	Dagenham	Lab	absent	aye
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	absent	aye
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	absent	aye
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	absent	aye
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	absent	aye
Meg Hillier	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab	absent	aye
Jimmy Hood	Lanark and Hamilton East	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	absent	aye
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab	absent	aye
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	absent	aye
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab	absent	aye
Khalid Mahmood	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab	absent	aye
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
John Mann	Bassetlaw	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
David Marshall	Glasgow East	Lab	absent	aye
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	absent	aye
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab	absent	aye
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab	absent	aye
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab	absent	aye
David Miliband	South Shields	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Ed Miliband	Doncaster North	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Anne Moffat	East Lothian	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	absent	aye
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Jamie Reed	Copeland	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
John Reid	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab	absent	aye
John Robertson	Glasgow North West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Anne Snelgrove	South Swindon	Lab	absent	aye
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	absent	aye
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	whilst Lab	absent	aye
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	absent	aye
Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab (minister)	absent	aye
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Annette Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Hunter	Cheadle	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
John Pugh	Southport	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Mark Williams	Ceredigion	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Richard Younger-Ross	Teignbridge	LDem (front bench)	aye	absent
Alistair Carmichael	Orkney and Shetland	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Sandra Gidley	Romsey	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Paul Rowen	Rochdale	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Jo Swinson	East Dunbartonshire	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Roger Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem (front bench)	absent	no
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC (front bench)	aye	absent
Adam Price	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	PC (front bench)	aye	absent
Hywel Williams	Caernarfon	PC (front bench)	aye	absent
Alasdair McDonnell	Belfast South	SDLP (front bench)	aye	absent
John Mason	Glasgow East	SNP (front bench)	aye	absent
Michael Weir	Angus	SNP (front bench)	aye	absent
Stewart Hosie	Dundee East	SNP (front bench)	absent	no
Angus MacNeil	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	SNP (front bench)	absent	no
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP (front bench)	absent	no

Division Similarity Ratio

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 29 voted the same way, with 273 voting in opposite ways. There were 53 MPs who didn't vote in either division, and 291 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])

273

(273 + 29 + 0.2x291)

273

360.2

= 0.758 = 75.8 %.

Comparison of Divisions: Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat — 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49 with Division No. 82 on 27 Mar 2007 at 23:36

Vote (a) : Gurkha Settlement Rights — Government defeat - 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49 - Division No. 104

Vote (b) : Royal Assent — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation - 27 Mar 2007 at 23:36 - Division No. 82

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Division Similarity Ratio

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