Comparison of Divisions: Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust — 18 May 2009 at 21:48 with Division No. 104 on 29 Apr 2009 at 15:49
(Swap the two divisions around).
I beg to move,
That this House calls for an independent inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into the failings of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from "House" to the end of the Question and add:
"notes the independent report by the Healthcare Commission which identified severe failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the follow-up reports by the National Clinical Director for Emergency Care and the National Clinical Director for Primary Care which state that Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department is now safe but that further improvements must be made at the Trust and lessons learnt by the whole NHS; further notes that the hospital has offered independent reviews of clinical records to all concerned; agrees that at the present time it would not be appropriate to establish an independent public inquiry; further agrees that management and staff at the hospital must remain focused on delivering high quality patient care; and further agrees that an independent public inquiry could add undue delay to implementing the recommendations of the above reports and therefore to the hospital delivering high quality and safe services for the local community ."
The House having divided: Ayes 217, Noes 260.
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.
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Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
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John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
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Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
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John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
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Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
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James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
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David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
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Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
aye |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | 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 |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
aye |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
aye |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | 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 |
Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
aye |
William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | 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 |
Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
aye |
Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | 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 |
Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
aye |
Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
aye |
Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
aye |
Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
aye |
Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | 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 |
Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
absent |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
aye |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | absent |
aye |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | 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 |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | 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 |
Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
aye |
Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | aye |
absent |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
aye |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
no |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
both |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
aye |
Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | no |
aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
aye |
Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
aye |
Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
aye |
Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | no |
aye |
Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | no |
no |
Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
no |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | no |
no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
no |
Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
no |
Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
no |
John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
no |
Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | no |
no |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
no |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | no |
no |
Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
no |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | no |
no |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
no |
Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | no |
no |
Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | no |
no |
Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | tellno |
no |
Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
no |
Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
no |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | no |
no |
Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | no |
no |
Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
no |
Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
no |
Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
no |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
no |
Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | no |
no |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
no |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | no |
no |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
no |
Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
no |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
tellno |
Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
tellno |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | no |
no |
Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
no |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
absent |
Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
absent |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
absent |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
absent |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
absent |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
absent |
Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
absent |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
absent |
Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
absent |
Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
absent |
Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
absent |
Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
absent |
David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | no |
absent |
Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
absent |
John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
absent |
Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
absent |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
absent |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
aye |
Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | 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 |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | absent |
no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | absent |
no |
Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
no |
Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | absent |
no |
John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | absent |
no |
Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | absent |
no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
no |
Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | absent |
no |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | absent |
no |
Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | 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 |
Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | 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 |
Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | 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 |
John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
David Howarth | Cambridge | 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 |
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 |
Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
aye |
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 |
John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 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 |
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 |
Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | aye |
absent |
Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
absent |
Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
tellaye |
Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
aye |
The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation
based on a comparison of their votes.
There were
646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions,
and 379 voted the same way, with 23 voting in opposite ways.
There were 52 MPs who didn't vote in either division,
and 192 who voted in only one of them.
We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of
'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put).
In this case, they line up the same way.
An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance.
The calculation runs as follows:
ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
379
(379 + 23 + 0.2x192)
=
379
440.4
=
0.861
=
86.1 %.