Disenfranchisement of All Residents of Scotland In Event of Scottish Referendum In Favour of Independence — 25 Mar 2014 at 12:40
The majority of MPs voted against immediately preventing all residents of Scotland voting in UK general elections in the event of a Scottish referendum deciding in favour of an independent Scotland.
The motion rejected in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.
During the debate leading up to the vote John Stevenson MP explained why he was proposing the Bill[1]:
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If, on 18 September, there is a majority vote for independence, Scotland would not suddenly become an independent country: negotiations would have to take place; treaties would have to be signed; Acts of Parliament would have to be passed; political and practical arrangements would have to be put in to place; and then, probably at some time in 2016, a formal separation would take effect. But what would happen in the 2015 general election?
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For a number of reasons that I wish to discuss today, I believe it would be unacceptable to this House and to the remaining parts of the United Kingdom for Scottish MPs to be returned to this Parliament in 2015 after a yes vote.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pamela Nash | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | no |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con | no |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Duncan Hames | Chippenham | LDem | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Sawford | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab | no |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab | no |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick de Bois | Enfield North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Curran | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graeme Morrice | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | tellaye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tristram Hunt | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab | no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
