Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill — First Reading — Decriminalisation of Abortion — 13 Mar 2017 at 15:49
The majority of MPs voted to decriminalise abortion and for new regulation on the termination of pregnancies by medical practitioners.
MPs were considering the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill[1].
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the termination of pregnancies by medical practitioners and to repeal certain criminal offences relating to such terminations; and for connected purposes.
The Bill had not been published at the time of the vote.
The intent of the "Bill" can be inferred from a contribution to the debate from Diana R. Johnson MP, who moved the motion to bring the Bill in. The following is an excerpt from Johnson's speech:[2]:
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Due to the accessibility of medication now available online, women are more than ever before at risk of breaking the law, and a few prosecutions have already happened. I wonder if any of us truly believe that those women, in such difficult circumstances, really should be seen as criminals. Let me be clear that decriminalisation will not mean deregulation.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Naseem Shah | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Cooper | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con | no |
| Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con | no |
| Steve Reed | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | no |
| Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Osamor | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Suella Fernandes | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | no |
| Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Byron Davies | Gower | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Holly Lynch | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tulip Siddiq | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab | aye |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con | aye |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Victoria Borwick | Kensington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab | aye |
| Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Rotheram | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lucy Powell | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
| Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | Independent (front bench) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab | aye |
| Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Mackintosh | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Flick Drummond | Portsmouth South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con | no |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Olney | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gill Furniss | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Louise Haigh | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
| Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Julian Knight | Solihull | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Con (front bench) | no |
| Danny Kinahan | South Antrim | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Seema Kennedy | South Ribble | Con | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Smeeth | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | aye |
| Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rosena Allin-Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| James Davies | Vale of Clwyd | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marcus Fysh | Yeovil | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
