Trade Unions — Refund of Pay to Employers for Hours Worked by Trade Union Officials on Union Business — 11 Jan 2012 at 13:48
The majority of MPs voted against requiring trade unions to refund employers in respect of hours trade union officials spent working on behalf of their union while being paid by their employer.
The motion rejected in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that pay for hours worked on behalf of trade unions by trade union officials during hours when they are paid by an employer should be refunded to the employer by the trade union; and for connected purposes.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | Con | aye |
| Dan Byles | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Oliver Colvile | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Evans | Cardiff North | Con | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | aye |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lorraine Fullbrook | South Ribble | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Gummer | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | aye |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | aye |
| Simon Kirby | Brighton, Kemptown | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | aye |
| Karen Lumley | Redditch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | aye |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | aye |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | aye |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laura Sandys | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Elizabeth Truss | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Uppal | Wolverhampton South West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Weatherley | Hove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Wharton | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | no |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hugh Bayley | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Greatrex | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Lab | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tristram Hunt | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | no |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona O'Donnell | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Rotheram | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anas Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Williamson | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tessa Munt | Wells | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | no |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
