Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays — 11 Jul 2012 at 15:49

The majority of MPs voted for the House of Commons to begin its session on Tuesdays at 11.30am and to bring the main business to a close at 7.00pm.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote started:

  • That this House should meet at 11.30 am on Tuesdays, with a moment of interruption at 7.00 pm, and accordingly the changes to Standing Orders set out in the table be made, with effect from Monday 15 October 2012.

The table can be found in the official record.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con93 (+1 tell) 140 (+1 tell)076.8%
DUP0 1012.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab141 66080.5%
LDem25 (+1 tell) 19 (+1 tell)080.7%
PC1 20100.0%
SDLP2 10100.0%
SNP2 3083.3%
Total:267 232078.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Pamela NashAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)no
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)no
Eilidh WhitefordBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)aye
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye
Don FosterBathLDemno
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)aye
Alasdair McDonnellBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)no
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no
Michael MooreBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLDem (front bench)no
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)aye
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordConaye
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)no
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)no
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Jack StrawBlackburnLabno
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)no
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysCon (front bench)aye
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)aye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
Julie HillingBolton WestLab (minister)no
David TredinnickBosworthCon (front bench)aye
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLabno
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)no
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no
Mary MacleodBrentford and IsleworthConaye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)aye
Simon KirbyBrighton, KemptownCon (front bench)aye
Sajid JavidBromsgroveConaye
Anna SoubryBroxtoweConaye
Gordon BirtwistleBurnleyLDemno
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)no
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)aye
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthCon (front bench)aye
Aidan BurleyCannock ChaseConaye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)no
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)aye
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLabno
Mel StrideCentral DevonConaye
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)aye
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)tellno
Simon BurnsChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemno
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLab (minister)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)aye
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
Douglas CarswellClactonConaye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLabno
Edward TimpsonCrewe and NantwichConaye
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)no
Ian AustinDudley NorthLab (minister)no
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no
Thomas DochertyDunfermline and West FifeLab (minister)no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Michael McCannEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab (minister)no
Sam GyimahEast SurreyCon (front bench)aye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)no
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)no
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateConaye
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)aye
Jessica LeeErewashConaye
Dominic RaabEsher and WaltonCon (front bench)aye
Mark HobanFarehamCon (front bench)aye
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)aye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)no
Caroline DinenageGosportCon (front bench)aye
Nicholas BolesGrantham and StamfordConaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)no
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)aye
Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)no
Derek TwiggHaltonLabno
Amber RuddHastings and RyeCon (front bench)aye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)aye
Guy OppermanHexhamConaye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
Angela WatkinsonHornchurch and UpminsterCon (front bench)aye
Graham JonesHyndburnLab (minister)no
Ben GummerIpswichCon (front bench)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)no
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)tellaye
George HowarthKnowsleyLab (minister)no
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)no
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)no
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLabno
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no
Steve RotheramLiverpool, WaltonLabno
Nicky MorganLoughboroughConaye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdConaye
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)aye
Tony LloydManchester CentralLabno
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)no
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)no
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye
George FreemanMid NorfolkConaye
Tom BlenkinsopMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)no
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleConaye
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)no
Patrick MercerNewarkConaye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne EastLab (minister)no
Anne Marie MorrisNewton AbbotConaye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)no
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)no
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)aye
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)aye
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)aye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)no
Jo JohnsonOrpingtonConaye
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab (minister)no
Andrew StephensonPendleConaye
Rory StewartPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)aye
Rob WilsonReading EastConaye
Alok SharmaReading WestConaye
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)aye
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)aye
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Simon DanczukRochdaleLab (minister)no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)aye
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthCon (front bench)aye
Tom GreatrexRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)no
Nigel AdamsSelby and AinstyConaye
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConaye
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponConaye
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)aye
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)aye
Lorraine FullbrookSouth RibbleCon (front bench)aye
Tim YeoSouth SuffolkCon (front bench)aye
Laura SandysSouth ThanetCon (front bench)aye
Elizabeth TrussSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
John DenhamSouthampton, ItchenLabno
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)no
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Karen BradleyStaffordshire MoorlandsCon (front bench)aye
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLabno
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConaye
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)no
James WhartonStockton SouthCon (front bench)aye
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no
Nadhim ZahawiStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)aye
Michael GoveSurrey HeathCon (front bench)aye
Geraint DaviesSwansea WestLab (minister)no
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)aye
Jeremy BrowneTaunton DeaneLDem (front bench)no
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDemno
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)no
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)no
David MowatWarrington SouthCon (front bench)aye
Richard HarringtonWatfordCon (front bench)aye
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)aye
Graham EvansWeaver ValeCon (front bench)aye
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)aye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no
Matthew HancockWest SuffolkCon (front bench)aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)no
Stephen HammondWimbledonConaye
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)aye
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)no

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