Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill — New Clause 7 — Equal Rights for People of Northern Ireland — 24 Oct 2018 at 19:01
The majority of MPs voted to require the UK Government to issue guidance to to senior officers of all Northern Ireland departments on the subject of human rights, particularly in the context of abortion law.
MPs were considering the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill[1].
The proposed new clause supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was titled: Equal rights for people of Northern Ireland (No. 2) and stated:
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(1) In the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers to address the matters identified by recent, current and future court proceedings in relation to the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State must issue guidance to senior officers of all Northern Ireland departments which will specify how to exercise their functions in relation to—
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(a) the incompatibility of the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland with the continued enforcement of sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 with the Human Rights Act 1998, and
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(b) the incompatibility of the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland with the continued enforcement of section 13(e) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 where they pertain to the provision and management of public services in Northern Ireland.
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(2) The Secretary of State shall report guidance under this section on a quarterly basis to the House of Commons and set out her plans to address the impact of the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers on human rights obligations within three months of the day on which this Act is passed.”
The new clause which was supported in this vote was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:
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This new clause would increase accountability of the Secretary of State and senior officers of Northern Ireland departments for their role in ensuring human rights compliance in Northern Ireland, in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers, by requiring them to address incompatibilities between legislation applied in Northern Ireland and human rights obligations.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | both |
| Kirstene Hair | Angus | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Grant | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Con (front bench) | no |
| Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Lord John [Missing last name for 41744] | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Emma Little-Pengelly | Belfast South | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Twist | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | no |
| Chris Davies | Brecon and Radnorshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab | aye |
| Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | whilst Con | aye |
| Julie Cooper | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Duffield | Canterbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Will Quince | Colchester | Con | aye |
| Thelma Walker | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Trudy Harrison | Copeland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laura Smith | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Jones | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab | aye |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Martin Whitfield | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Masterton | East Renfrewshire | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | whilst LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab | aye |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Sweeney | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Clark | Gordon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con | aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | no |
| Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hill | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | whilst Con | aye |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth George | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lesley Laird | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jo Platt | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Daby | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Ellie Reeves | 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 |
| Karen Lee | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Afzal Khan | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
| Douglas Ross | Moray | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
| Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Graham | Ochil and South Perthshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Onasanya | Peterborough | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
| Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab | aye |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | both |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Justine Greening | Putney | whilst Con | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ged Killen | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gill Furniss | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | 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) | both |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Conor McGinn | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Kerr | Stirling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Smeeth | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | whilst Lab | aye |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rosena Allin-Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | tellaye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | no |
| Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Heappey | Wells | Con | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | whilst Con | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
