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 |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick de Bois | Enfield North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | tellaye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Margaret Curran | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Duncan Hames | Chippenham | LDem | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | 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 |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab | no |
| Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graeme Morrice | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pamela Nash | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andy Sawford | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
