Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015 — 3 Feb 2015 at 15:28

Dame Cheryl Gillan MP, Chesham and Amersham voted against allowing mitochondrial donation in humans, a process which aims enable an individual to be born without inheriting mitochondrial disease from their mother.

The majority of MPs voted to allow mitochondrial donation in humans with the aim of enabling an individual to be born without inheriting mitochondrial disease from their mother.

The process of mitochondrial donation takes place in conjunction with the fertilisation of an egg by sperm outside of the body. A structure containing nuclear DNA from one egg cell or zygote is transferred to another. The result is an embryo containing DNA derived from three different individuals.

Under the regulations, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, the process would be regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

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

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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%
Con171 (+2 tell) 81 (+2 tell)084.5%
DUP0 5062.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent1 10100.0%
Lab155 31072.1%
LDem46 5091.1%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 2066.7%
SNP4 20100.0%
UKIP1 10100.0%
Total:382 128079.9%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenConno
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)tellno
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)no
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestCon (front bench)no
Simon BurnsChelmsfordConno
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Oliver ColvilePlymouth, Sutton and DevonportCon (front bench)no
Glyn DaviesMontgomeryshireCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Nick de BoisEnfield NorthCon (front bench)no
Jackie Doyle-PriceThurrockConno
Richard DraxSouth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverCon (front bench)no
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyCon (front bench)no
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordCon (front bench)no
Richard FullerBedfordCon (front bench)no
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamCon (front bench)no
John GlenSalisburyConno
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)no
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)no
Mark HobanFarehamConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)tellno
Adam HollowayGraveshamCon (front bench)no
Gerald HowarthAldershotConno
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)no
David JonesClwyd WestConno
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConno
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)no
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Jack LoprestiFilton and Bradley StokeCon (front bench)no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)no
Karl McCartneyLincolnCon (front bench)no
Anne McIntoshThirsk and MaltonCon (front bench)no
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConno
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)no
Eric OllerenshawLancaster and FleetwoodConno
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)no
John RandallUxbridge and South RuislipCon (front bench)no
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
David RuffleyBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)no
David RutleyMacclesfieldConno
Lee ScottIlford NorthCon (front bench)no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsConno
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)no
Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthCon (front bench)no
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)no
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessCon (front bench)no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)no
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)no
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthCon (front bench)no
James WhartonStockton SouthConno
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)no
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)no
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)no
Gordon BanksOchil and South PerthshireLab (minister)no
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLab (minister)no
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)no
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)no
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLabno
Gemma DoyleWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)no
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no
Pat GlassNorth West DurhamLab (minister)no
Tom GreatrexRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)no
David HansonDelynLab (minister)no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Susan Elan JonesClwyd SouthLab (minister)no
Mike KaneWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)no
Shabana MahmoodBirmingham, LadywoodLab (minister)no
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)no
Michael McCannEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab (minister)no
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)no
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)no
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)no
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)no
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab (minister)no
Gavin ShukerLuton SouthLab (minister)no
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)no
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)no
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)no
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)no
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)no
Sarah TeatherBrent CentralLDem (front bench)no
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)no
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)no
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)no

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