Comparison of Divisions: MPs' expenses — No lower limit for declaration — 30 Apr 2009 at 17:00 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
The majority of MPs voted for the motion:[1]
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In respect of any claim for payment made by an hon. Member after 1 July 2009 in relation to any allowance or expenditure for which documentary evidence is required, such evidence shall be required regardless of the sum concerned.
The current limit above with a receipt must be submitted is £25. As recently as June 2008 the proposal to reduce this limit down to zero was rejected by a vote among MPs.[2][3]
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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Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | tellno |
aye |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
aye |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
absent |
Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | absent |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | absent |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | absent |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | absent |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
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 |
Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
aye |
Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | aye |
aye |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
aye |
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 |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | 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 |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby 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 |
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) | tellaye |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | 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 |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | 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 |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | 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 |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | 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 |
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 |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | 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 |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | 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 |
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 |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | aye |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
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 |
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 |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | 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 |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester 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 |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | 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 |
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 |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | aye |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | 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 |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab | aye |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
absent |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
aye |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | absent |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | absent |
aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | absent |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | absent |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | absent |
aye |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | absent |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | absent |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | absent |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | absent |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | absent |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | absent |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | absent |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | absent |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | absent |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | absent |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | absent |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
tellaye |
Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | aye |
aye |
Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
absent |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
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 134 voted the same way, with 201 voting in opposite ways.
There were 92 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 219 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])
=
201
(201 + 134 + 0.2x219)
=
201
378.8
=
0.531
=
53.1 %.