Equal Pay (Transparency) Bill — 16 Dec 2014 at 14:29
The majority of MPs voted to require those employing more than 250 employees to publish information showing any differences in the pay of male and female employees.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to make Regulations under Section 78 of the Equality Act 2010 to require employers of more than 250 employees to publish information relating to the pay of employees for the purpose of showing whether there are differences in the pay of male and female employees; and for connected purposes.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | aye |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Balls | Morley and Outwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Carmichael | Stroud | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | aye |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Greatrex | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Duncan Hames | Chippenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | whilst Independent | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tristram Hunt | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Huppert | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charlotte Leslie | Bristol North West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael McCann | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graeme Morrice | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona O'Donnell | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Ollerenshaw | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Con | aye |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Reed | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Rotheram | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Anas Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Sawford | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | LDem | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Mike Thornton | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Ward | Bradford East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Williamson | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | aye |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | both |
