The majority of MPs voted not to hold a private session of the House of Commons.
The text of the motion rejected in the vote was:
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That the House sit in private.
The House of Commons' Standing Order No. 163 says:
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If at any sitting of the House... any Member moves 'That the House sit in private' the Speaker... shall forthwith put the question 'That the House sit in private', and such question, though opposed, may be decided after the expiration of the time for opposed business, but such a Motion may be made no more than once in any sitting.
Moving the motion to sit in private is almost always a procedural tactic. By ensuring the defeat of a motion to sit in private at the beginning of the sitting, the mover makes it impossible for any member to move the motion during a subsequent debate.
If such a motion is brought during the debate on a Bill, and fewer than 40 MPs vote in it, then the debate ends immediately regardless of the result (in-line with Standing Order 41). Such an ending of debate occurred on the 14th of March 2003. The points of order following that division show MPs questioning the appropriateness of the tactic.
Moving a motion to sit in private is often done first thing on a Friday morning. Moving the motion ensures it can't be moved later in the day, when MPs might have returned to their constituencies for the weekend and too few members may be present to reach the 40 member threshold leading to the discussion of the business before the house (typically private members' Bills) being brought to an end.
See also What is a motion to sit in private? from the PublicWhip FAQ.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Craig Williams | Montgomeryshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
Bim Afolami | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | no |
Nickie Aiken | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
Fleur Anderson | Putney | Lab (minister) | no |
Lee Anderson | Ashfield | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | no |
Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | no |
Gareth Bacon | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Kemi Badenoch | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | no |
Shaun Bailey | West Bromwich West | Con (front bench) | no |
Duncan Baker | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP (front bench) | no |
Paula Barker | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | no |
Simon Baynes | Clwyd South | Con (front bench) | no |
Apsana Begum | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
Aaron Bell | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Con (front bench) | no |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab | no |
Scott Benton | Blackpool South | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | no |
Saqib Bhatti | Meriden | Con | no |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
Jack Brereton | Stoke-on-Trent South | Con (front bench) | no |
Steve Brine | Winchester | Con (front bench) | no |
Sara Britcliffe | Hyndburn | Con | no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Anthony Browne | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
Felicity Buchan | Kensington | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Con | no |
Alex Burghart | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
Rob Butler | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Ian Byrne | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | no |
Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | no |
Andy Carter | Warrington South | Con (front bench) | no |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
Miriam Cates | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Joanna Cherry | Edinburgh South West | SNP (front bench) | no |
Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
Feryal Clark | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
Brendan Clarke-Smith | Bassetlaw | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Clarkson | Heywood and Middleton | Con (front bench) | no |
James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | whilst Independent | no |
Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Courts | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
Claire Coutinho | East Surrey | Con | no |
Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
Virginia Crosbie | Ynys Môn | Con (front bench) | no |
Judith Cummins | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
James Daly | Bury North | Con (front bench) | no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
Gareth Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | no |
Geraint Davies | Swansea West | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Mims Davies | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | no |
Alex Davies-Jones | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | no |
Dehenna Davison | Bishop Auckland | Con (front bench) | no |
Sarah Dines | Derbyshire Dales | Con (front bench) | no |
Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | no |
Leo Docherty | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
Oliver Dowden | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
Flick Drummond | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
Mark Eastwood | Dewsbury | Con | no |
Ruth Edwards | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
Natalie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
Florence Eshalomi | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
Luke Evans | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | no |
Ben Everitt | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
Laura Farris | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Simon Fell | Barrow and Furness | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Fletcher | Bolsover | Con (front bench) | no |
Nicholas Fletcher | Don Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Vicky Ford | Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | no |
Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
Mary Foy | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Fuller | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
Jo Gideon | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Con (front bench) | no |
Preet Kaur Gill | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con | no |
Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
James Grundy | Leigh | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con | no |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | no |
Emma Hardy | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | no |
Sally-Ann Hart | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | no |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Lab (minister) | no |
Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
Antony Higginbotham | Burnley | Con (front bench) | no |
Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Holden | North West Durham | Con (front bench) | no |
Kate Hollern | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Holmes | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
Rachel Hopkins | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
John Howell | Henley | Con | no |
Paul Howell | Sedgefield | Con (front bench) | no |
Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
Neil Hudson | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | no |
Jane Hunt | Loughborough | Con | no |
Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Hunt | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | no |
Imran Hussain | Bradford East | Lab (minister) | no |
Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
Mark Jenkinson | Workington | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | no |
Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Kim Johnson | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
David Johnston | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Darren Jones | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
Ruth Jones | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
Sarah Jones | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
Alicia Kearns | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
Gillian Keegan | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
Afzal Khan | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Kate Kniveton | Burton | Con | no |
Danny Kruger | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | no |
John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Largan | High Peak | Con (front bench) | no |
Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
Kim Leadbeater | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab | no |
Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | no |
Rebecca Long-Bailey | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
Marco Longhi | Dudley North | Con (front bench) | no |
Julia Lopez | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con | no |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
Holly Lynch | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
Cherilyn Mackrory | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
Rachel Maclean | Redditch | Con (front bench) | no |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Anthony Mangnall | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Julie Marson | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Jerome Mayhew | Broadland | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con | no |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | no |
Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab | no |
Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP (front bench) | no |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | no |
Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | no |
Robin Millar | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | no |
Gagan Mohindra | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Robbie Moore | Keighley | Con (front bench) | no |
Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | no |
Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
Joy Morrissey | Beaconsfield | Con | no |
Jill Mortimer | Hartlepool | Con | no |
Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
Kieran Mullan | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | no |
Holly Mumby-Croft | Scunthorpe | Con | no |
David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | no |
Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
James Murray | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con (front bench) | no |
Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP (front bench) | no |
Charlotte Nichols | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
Lia Nici | Great Grimsby | Con (front bench) | no |
Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con | no |
Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
Neil O'Brien | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Abena Oppong-Asare | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
Kate Osborne | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
Taiwo Owatemi | Coventry North West | Lab (minister) | no |
Sarah Owen | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | no |
Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con (front bench) | no |
Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | no |
Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | no |
Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
Tom Randall | Gedling | Con (front bench) | no |
Christina Rees | Neath | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
Nicola Richards | West Bromwich East | Con (front bench) | no |
Angela Richardson | Guildford | Con (front bench) | no |
Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Lab (minister) | no |
Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab (minister) | no |
Dean Russell | Watford | Con (front bench) | no |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
Gary Sambrook | Birmingham, Northfield | Con (front bench) | no |
Selaine Saxby | North Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | no |
Bob Seely | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Naseem Shah | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
Alok Sharma | Reading West | Con (front bench) | no |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con (front bench) | no |
David Simmonds | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | no |
Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con (front bench) | no |
Greg Smith | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | no |
Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | no |
Ben Spencer | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
Alexander Stafford | Rother Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP (front bench) | no |
Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | no |
James Sunderland | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
Sam Tarry | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP (front bench) | no |
Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
Edward Timpson | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Kelly Tolhurst | Rochester and Strood | Con | no |
Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con | no |
Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab | no |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
Matt Vickers | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | no |
Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
Christian Wakeford | Bury South | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
Jamie Wallis | Bridgend | Con (front bench) | no |
Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con | no |
Suzanne Webb | Stourbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Mick Whitley | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
James Wild | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Beth Winter | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con (front bench) | no |
Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con | no |
Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
Jacob Young | Redcar | Con (front bench) | no |
Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | both |