Comparison of Divisions: Terrorism Bill — Clause 1(2) — Offence of Glorifying Terrorism — 2 Nov 2005 at 15:57 with Division No. 87 on 9 Nov 2005 at 20:00

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Vote (a) : Terrorism Bill — Clause 1(2) — Offence of Glorifying Terrorism - 2 Nov 2005 at 15:57 - Division No. 75

The majority of MPs voted to make glorifying the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism an offense.

Those voting Aye wished to delete subsection (2) of Clause 1 of the Terrorism Bill

Subsection (2) says:

  • ...[S]tatements that are likely to be understood by members of the public as indirectly encouraging... acts of terrorism... include every statement which-
  • (a) glorifies the commission or preparation (whether in the past, in the future or generally) of such acts or offences; and
  • (b) is a statement from which those members of the public could reasonably be expected to infer that what is being glorified is being glorified as conduct that should be emulated in existing circumstances.
  • This provision interprets subsection (1) which asserts that both direct and indirect encouragement of terrorism is an offence.

Vote (b) : Terrorism Bill — Clause 1(2) — Encouragement of Terrorism — "glorifies" - 9 Nov 2005 at 20:00 - Division No. 87

This appears identical to Division 75 on 2005-11-02. A comparison of votes can be seen here.

Those voting Aye wished to delete subsection (2) of Clause 1 of the Terrorism Bill.

Subsection (2) says:

...[S]tatements that are likely to be understood by members of the public as indirectly encouraging... acts of terrorism... include every statement which-
(a) glorifies the commission or preparation (whether in the past, in the future or generally) of such acts or offences; and
(b) is a statement from which those members of the public could reasonably be expected to infer that what is being glorified is being glorified as conduct that should be emulated in existing circumstances.

This is a clarification of subsection (1) which asserts that direct and indirect encouragement of terrorism is an offence.

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All Votes Cast - sorted by name

All MPs who voted in one or other of the two divisions. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of the first vote.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote (a)Vote (b)
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabaye no
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)aye aye
Nick AingerCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLab (minister)no no
Bob AinsworthCoventry North EastLab (minister)no no
Peter AinsworthEast SurreyCon (front bench)aye aye
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDem (front bench)aye aye
Douglas AlexanderPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab (minister)no no
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabno no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael AncramDevizesCon (front bench)absent aye
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)no no
Janet AndersonRossendale and DarwenLab (minister)no no
James ArbuthnotNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Hilary ArmstrongNorth West DurhamLab (minister)no no
Charlotte AtkinsStaffordshire MoorlandsLab (minister)no no
Peter AtkinsonHexhamCon (front bench)tellaye tellaye
Ian AustinDudley NorthLabno no
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLab (minister)aye absent
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye aye
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLabno no
Vera BairdRedcarLabno no
Norman BakerLewesLDem (front bench)aye aye
Tony BaldryBanburyConaye absent
Edward BallsNormantonLabno no
Gordon BanksOchil and South PerthshireLab (minister)no no
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)aye aye
Celia BarlowHoveLab (minister)no no
John BaronBillericayCon (front bench)aye aye
John BarrettEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)aye aye
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)no no
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)no no
Hugh BayleyCity of YorkLab (minister)no no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)no absent
Anne BeggAberdeen SouthLab (minister)no no
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)absent aye
Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)no no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye aye
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)no no
Joe BentonBootleLab (minister)no no
Richard BenyonNewburyCon (front bench)aye aye
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)aye aye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)aye aye
Roger BerryKingswoodLab (minister)no no
Clive BettsSheffield, AttercliffeLab (minister)no no
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthConabsent aye
Liz BlackmanErewashLab (minister)no no
Roberta Blackman-WoodsCity of DurhamLab (minister)no no
Tony BlairSedgefieldLab (minister)no absent
Hazel BlearsSalfordLab (minister)no no
Bob BlizzardWaveneyLabno no
David BlunkettSheffield, BrightsideLabno absent
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)tellaye tellaye
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye aye
David BorrowSouth RibbleLab (minister)no no
Tim BoswellDaventryCon (front bench)aye aye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)aye absent
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)no no
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)aye aye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDem (front bench)aye aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)no no
James BrokenshireHornchurchConaye aye
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye aye
Gordon BrownKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab (minister)no no
Lyn BrownWest HamLabno no
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLabno no
Russell BrownDumfries and GallowayLab (minister)no no
Des BrowneKilmarnock and LoudounLab (minister)no no
Jeremy BrowneTauntonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Angela BrowningTiverton and HonitonCon (front bench)aye aye
Malcolm BruceGordonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Chris BryantRhonddaLabno no
Karen BuckRegent's Park and Kensington NorthLab (minister)no no
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)aye absent
Colin BurgonElmetLab (minister)absent no
Andy BurnhamLeighLab (minister)no no
Simon BurnsWest ChelmsfordCon (front bench)absent aye
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)aye aye
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye aye
Alistair BurtNorth East BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)aye aye
Dawn ButlerBrent SouthLab (minister)no no
John ButterfillBournemouth WestCon (front bench)aye absent
Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLabno no
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)no no
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye aye
Richard CabornSheffield CentralLab (minister)no no
David CairnsInverclydeLab (minister)no no
David CameronWitneyCon (front bench)aye aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)tellno no
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)aye aye
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLab (minister)no no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye aye
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)aye aye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye aye
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)no no
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLab (minister)tellno no
Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLab (minister)no no
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLab (minister)no absent
David ChaytorBury NorthLab (minister)no no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab (minister)absent no
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)aye aye
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsCon (front bench)aye aye
Katy ClarkNorth Ayrshire and ArranLab (minister)aye aye
Paul ClarkGillinghamLabno no
Charles ClarkeNorwich SouthLab (minister)no no
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye aye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabno no
Nick CleggSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)aye aye
David ClellandTyne BridgeLab (minister)no no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldCon (front bench)aye aye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no no
Vernon CoakerGedlingLab (minister)no no
Ann CoffeyStockportLabno no
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)absent no
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no no
Derek ConwayOld Bexley and Sidcupwhilst Con (front bench)aye aye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no no
Yvette CooperPontefract and CastlefordLab (minister)no no
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye aye
Patrick CormackSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Jim CousinsNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)aye absent
Geoffrey CoxTorridge and West DevonConaye aye
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)aye aye
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)no no
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)no no
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabno no
Ann CryerKeighleyLab (minister)no no
John CummingsEasingtonLab (minister)no no
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (minister)no no
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)no no
David CurrySkipton and RiponCon (front bench)aye aye
Claire Curtis-ThomasCrosbyLab (minister)no no
Alistair DarlingEdinburgh South WestLab (minister)no no
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)no no
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLab (minister)no no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)aye aye
Philip DaviesShipleyConaye aye
Quentin DaviesGrantham and Stamfordwhilst Con (front bench)aye aye
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenCon (front bench)aye aye
Janet DeanBurtonLab (minister)no no
John DenhamSouthampton, ItchenLab (minister)no no
Jim DevineLivingstonLabno no
Parmjit DhandaGloucesterLab (minister)no tellno
Andrew DismoreHendonLab (minister)no no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)aye aye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)absent no
Frank DobsonHolborn and St PancrasLab (minister)aye absent
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)aye aye
Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP (front bench)aye aye
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLab (minister)no no
Frank DoranAberdeen NorthLab (minister)no no
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodConaye aye
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)no no
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no absent
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)aye aye
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)aye aye
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConaye aye
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)aye aye
Gwyneth DunwoodyCrewe and NantwichLab (minister)aye aye
Mark DurkanFoyleSDLP (front bench)absent aye
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)no no
Maria EagleLiverpool, GarstonLab (minister)no no
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)no no
Louise EllmanLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)no no
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastCon (front bench)absent aye
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)no no
Jeff EnnisBarnsley East and MexboroughLab (minister)no no
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyConaye aye
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael FallonSevenoaksCon (front bench)aye aye
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLab (minister)no no
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye aye
Lynne FeatherstoneHornsey and Wood GreenLDem (front bench)aye aye
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)no no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye aye
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)no no
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no no
Caroline FlintDon ValleyLab (minister)no no
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)no no
Barbara FollettStevenageLabno no
Don FosterBathLDem (front bench)aye aye
Michael FosterWorcesterLabno no
Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLab (minister)no no
Liam FoxWoodspringCon (front bench)aye aye
Hywel FrancisAberavonLab (minister)no no
Mark FrancoisRayleighCon (front bench)aye aye
Christopher FraserSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye aye
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)aye aye
George GallowayBethnal Green and BowRespectabsent aye
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)no absent
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no no
Edward GarnierHarboroughCon (front bench)aye aye
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDem (front bench)aye aye
Bruce GeorgeWalsall SouthLabno no
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLab (minister)aye no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)aye aye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLab (minister)aye aye
Sandra GidleyRomseyLDem (front bench)aye aye
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamCon (front bench)aye aye
Linda GilroyPlymouth, SuttonLab (minister)no no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabno no
Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)no no
Julia GoldsworthyFalmouth and CamborneLDem (front bench)aye aye
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no no
Paul GoodmanWycombeCon (front bench)aye aye
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael GoveSurrey HeathCon (front bench)aye aye
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)aye aye
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)aye aye
John GreenwayRyedaleConaye absent
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)aye aye
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)no no
Nigel GriffithsEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)no no
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)aye no
John GummerSuffolk CoastalConaye aye
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)no no
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Conaye aye
Peter HainNeathLab (minister)no no
Mike HallWeaver ValeLab (minister)no no
Patrick HallBedfordLab (minister)no no
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no no
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)no no
Philip HammondRunnymede and WeybridgeCon (front bench)aye aye
Stephen HammondWimbledonCon (front bench)aye aye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye aye
Greg HandsHammersmith and FulhamConaye aye
David HansonDelynLab (minister)no no
Harriet HarmanCamberwell and PeckhamLab (minister)no no
Mark HarperForest of DeanCon (front bench)aye aye
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Tom HarrisGlasgow SouthLabno no
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLab (minister)no absent
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)aye aye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireCon (front bench)aye aye
John HealeyWentworthLab (minister)no no
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)aye aye
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsCon (front bench)aye aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)aye aye
Doug HendersonNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLabno no
Mark HendrickPrestonLabno no
Charles HendryWealdenCon (front bench)aye aye
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)no no
John HeppellNottingham EastLab (minister)no no
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsCon (front bench)aye aye
Sylvia HermonNorth DownUUP (front bench)no no
Stephen HesfordWirral WestLabno no
Patricia HewittLeicester WestLab (minister)no absent
David HeyesAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)no no
Keith HillStreathamLabno no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)no no
Mark HobanFarehamConaye absent
Margaret HodgeBarkingLab (minister)no no
Sharon HodgsonGateshead East and Washington WestLab (minister)no no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabaye aye
Douglas HoggSleaford and North HykehamConaye absent
Philip HolloboneKetteringConaye aye
Adam HollowayGraveshamConaye aye
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDem (front bench)aye aye
Jimmy HoodLanark and Hamilton EastLab (minister)no no
Geoff HoonAshfieldLab (minister)no no
Phil HopeCorbyLab (minister)no no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye absent
John HoramOrpingtonCon (front bench)aye aye
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDem (front bench)aye aye
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye aye
Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheCon (front bench)aye aye
David HowarthCambridgeLDem (front bench)aye aye
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton EastLab (minister)no no
Gerald HowarthAldershotCon (front bench)aye aye
Kim HowellsPontypriddLab (minister)no no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)no no
Beverley HughesStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)no no
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye aye
Christopher HuhneEastleighLDem (front bench)aye aye
Joan HumbleBlackpool North and FleetwoodLab (minister)no no
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyCon (front bench)aye aye
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)aye aye
Nick HurdRuislip - NorthwoodCon (front bench)aye aye
John HuttonBarrow and FurnessLab (minister)no no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)no no
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLab (minister)no no
Adam IngramEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab (minister)no absent
Huw Irranca-DaviesOgmoreLabno no
Michael JackFyldeCon (front bench)aye aye
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabaye no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)aye aye
Siân JamesSwansea EastLab (minister)no no
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)absent aye
Brian JenkinsTamworthLab (minister)no no
Alan JohnsonKingston upon Hull West and HessleLab (minister)no no
Boris JohnsonHenleyConaye aye
Diana R. JohnsonKingston upon Hull NorthLab (minister)no no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)aye aye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)no no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)no no
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye aye
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLab (minister)no no
Tessa JowellDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)no no
Eric JoyceFalkirkLabno no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)no no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamCon (front bench)aye absent
Sally KeebleNorthampton NorthLab (minister)no absent
Barbara KeeleyWorsleyLabno no
Alan KeenFeltham and HestonLab (minister)no no
Ann KeenBrentford and IsleworthLababsent no
Paul KeetchHerefordLDem (front bench)aye aye
Ruth KellyBolton WestLab (minister)no no
Fraser KempHoughton and Washington EastLabno no
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and LochaberLDem (front bench)aye aye
Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)no no
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Piara S KhabraEaling, SouthallLab (minister)no no
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)no no
David KidneyStaffordLab (minister)no no
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabaye absent
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveCon (front bench)aye aye
Greg KnightEast YorkshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Jim KnightSouth DorsetLab (minister)no no
Susan KramerRichmond ParkLDem (front bench)aye aye
Ashok KumarMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabno no
Stephen LadymanSouth ThanetLab (minister)no no
Eleanor LaingEpping ForestCon (front bench)aye aye
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamCon (front bench)aye aye
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye aye
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)no no
Mark LancasterNorth East Milton KeynesCon (front bench)aye aye
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Peter LawBlaenau GwentIndependentaye aye
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)aye aye
Bob LaxtonDerby NorthLabno no
Mark LazarowiczEdinburgh North and LeithLabno no
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye aye
David LepperBrighton, PavilionLab (minister)no no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)aye aye
Tom LevittHigh PeakLabno no
Ivan LewisBury SouthLab (minister)no no
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)aye aye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwaterCon (front bench)aye aye
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConaye aye
Martin LintonBatterseaLabno no
Tony LloydManchester CentralLababsent no
Elfyn LlwydMeirionnydd Nant ConwyPC (front bench)aye aye
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)aye aye
Andrew LoveEdmontonLab (minister)aye no
Ian LucasWrexhamLabno no
Peter LuffMid WorcestershireCon (front bench)aye aye
John MacDougallGlenrothesLab (minister)no no
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)aye aye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)no no
David MacleanPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)aye aye
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)aye aye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabno no
Fiona MactaggartSloughLab (minister)no no
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabno no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)aye aye
Shahid MalikDewsburyLab (minister)no no
Humfrey MalinsWokingCon (front bench)aye aye
Judy MallaberAmber ValleyLab (minister)no no
John MannBassetlawLabno no
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)aye aye
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (minister)no absent
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)no no
David MarshallGlasgow EastLab (minister)no no
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabaye aye
Eric MartlewCarlisleLab (minister)no no
Michael MatesEast HampshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Francis MaudeHorshamCon (front bench)aye aye
Theresa MayMaidenheadCon (front bench)aye aye
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)no no
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Hall GreenLab (minister)no no
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabno no
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)no no
Sarah McCarthy-FryPortsmouth NorthLab (minister)no no
William McCreaSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)aye aye
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLabno no
Alasdair McDonnellBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)absent aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye aye
Pat McFaddenWolverhampton South EastLabno no
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)no absent
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no no
Eddie McGradySouth DownSDLPabsent aye
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)no no
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)aye aye
Shona McIsaacCleethorpesLabno no
Ann McKechinGlasgow NorthLab (minister)no no
Rosemary McKennaCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLab (minister)no no
Patrick McLoughlinWest DerbyshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Tony McNultyHarrow EastLab (minister)no no
Alan MealeMansfieldLababsent no
Patrick MercerNewarkCon (front bench)aye aye
Gillian MerronLincolnLab (minister)no no
Alun MichaelCardiff South and PenarthLab (minister)no no
Alan MilburnDarlingtonLabno no
David MilibandSouth ShieldsLab (minister)no no
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLabno no
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)no no
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye aye
Anne MiltonGuildfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldCon (front bench)aye aye
Anne MoffatEast LothianLab (minister)no no
Laura MoffattCrawleyLabno no
Chris MoleIpswichLabno no
Madeleine MoonBridgendLab (minister)no no
Michael MooreBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLDem (front bench)aye aye
Margaret MoranLuton SouthLab (minister)no no
Jessica MordenNewport EastLabno no
Julie MorganCardiff NorthLab (minister)no no
Elliot MorleyScunthorpeLab (minister)no no
Malcolm MossNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Kali MountfordColne ValleyLabno no
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)aye no
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye aye
Chris MullinSunderland SouthLababsent no
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)aye aye
Meg MunnSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)no no
Denis MurphyWansbeckLabno no
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)no no
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)no no
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLab (minister)no no
Brooks NewmarkBraintreeCon (front bench)aye aye
Dan NorrisWansdykeLab (minister)no no
Mike O'BrienNorth WarwickshireLab (minister)no no
Stephen O'BrienEddisburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLab (minister)no no
Mark OatenWinchesterLDem (front bench)aye absent
Bill OlnerNuneatonLab (minister)no no
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDem (front bench)aye aye
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)aye aye
Sandra OsborneAyr, Carrick and CumnockLab (minister)no no
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLabno no
James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Ian PaisleyNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)aye aye
Nick PalmerBroxtoweLabno no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Ian PearsonDudley SouthLab (minister)no absent
Andrew PellingCroydon Centralwhilst Conaye aye
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)aye aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)aye aye
Eric PicklesBrentwood and OngarCon (front bench)aye aye
James PlaskittWarwick and LeamingtonLab (minister)no no
Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)no no
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no no
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLab (minister)no no
Gordon PrenticePendleLab (minister)aye absent
John PrescottKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)no no
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye aye
Dawn PrimaroloBristol SouthLab (minister)no no
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)aye aye
Gwyn ProsserDoverLab (minister)no no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye aye
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)no no
James PurnellStalybridge and HydeLab (minister)no no
Bill RammellHarlowLab (minister)no no
John RandallUxbridgeCon (front bench)aye aye
Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLabno no
John RedwoodWokinghamConaye aye
Andy ReedLoughboroughLabno no
Jamie ReedCopelandLab (minister)no no
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye aye
John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)no no
Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaCon (front bench)aye aye
Linda RiordanHalifaxLabaye absent
Andrew RobathanBlabyCon (front bench)aye aye
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)aye aye
Hugh RobertsonFaversham and Mid KentCon (front bench)aye aye
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLabno no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)aye aye
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabno no
Iris RobinsonStrangfordDUPaye aye
Peter RobinsonBelfast EastDUPaye aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye aye
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLab (minister)no no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)aye aye
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)no no
Chris RuaneVale of ClwydLabno no
Joan RuddockLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)no no
David RuffleyBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)absent aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye aye
Christine RussellCity of ChesterLab (minister)no absent
Joan RyanEnfield NorthLab (minister)no no
Alex SalmondBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye aye
Martin SalterReading WestLabno no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDemaye aye
Lee ScottIlford NorthCon (front bench)aye aye
Alison SeabeckPlymouth, DevonportLab (minister)no no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye absent
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldCon (front bench)aye aye
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLabno no
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLab (minister)no absent
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)aye aye
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabno no
Clare ShortBirmingham, Ladywoodwhilst Labaye aye
Mark SimmondsBoston and SkegnessCon (front bench)aye aye
Siôn SimonBirmingham, ErdingtonLabno no
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye aye
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)aye aye
Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon (front bench)aye aye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no no
Andrew SlaughterEaling, Acton and Shepherd's BushLab (minister)no no
Andrew SmithOxford EastLabno no
Angela SmithBasildonLab (minister)no no
Angela SmithSheffield, HillsboroughLab (minister)no no
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabno no
Jacqui SmithRedditchLab (minister)no no
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)aye aye
Anne SnelgroveSouth SwindonLab (minister)no no
Peter SoulsbyLeicester SouthLab (minister)no no
Helen SouthworthWarrington SouthLab (minister)absent no
John SpellarWarleyLabno no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye aye
Michael SpicerWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)aye aye
Bob SpinkCastle Pointwhilst Con (front bench)aye aye
Richard SpringWest SuffolkCon (front bench)aye aye
John StanleyTonbridge and MallingCon (front bench)aye aye
Phyllis StarkeyMilton Keynes South WestLab (minister)no no
Anthony SteenTotnesCon (front bench)aye aye
Ian StewartEcclesLabno no
Howard StoateDartfordLab (minister)absent no
Gavin StrangEdinburgh EastLabno absent
Jack StrawBlackburnLab (minister)no absent
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)aye aye
Graham StringerManchester, BlackleyLab (minister)no no
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)no no
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessConaye aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye aye
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLab (minister)no no
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)aye aye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye aye
Hugo SwireEast DevonCon (front bench)aye aye
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)aye aye
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLabno no
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConaye aye
Dari TaylorStockton SouthLab (minister)no no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)no no
Ian TaylorEsher and WaltonConaye aye
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDemaye aye
Richard TaylorWyre ForestIndependent (front bench)aye aye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)aye aye
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)no no
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)no no
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye aye
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)no no
Paddy TippingSherwoodLabno no
Mark ToddSouth DerbyshireLab (minister)no no
Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)no no
David TredinnickBosworthConaye aye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLab (minister)aye no
Paul TruswellPudseyLabno no
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)aye aye
Desmond TurnerBrighton, KemptownLab (minister)no absent
Neil TurnerWiganLabno no
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)no no
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)aye aye
Kitty UssherBurnleyLab (minister)no no
Ed VaizeyWantageConabsent aye
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Keith VazLeicester EastLabno no
Peter ViggersGosportCon (front bench)aye aye
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)aye aye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLababsent no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)aye aye
Ben WallaceLancaster and WyreCon (front bench)aye aye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)no no
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConaye aye
Lynda WalthoStourbridgeLab (minister)no no
Claire WardWatfordLab (minister)no tellno
Robert WareingLiverpool, West Derbywhilst Labaye aye
Nigel WatersonEastbourneCon (front bench)aye aye
Angela WatkinsonUpminsterCon (front bench)absent aye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no no
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no no
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)aye aye
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye aye
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)no no
John WhittingdaleMaldon and East ChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye aye
Malcolm WicksCroydon NorthLab (minister)no no
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)aye aye
David WillettsHavantCon (front bench)aye aye
Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLab (minister)no no
Betty WilliamsConwyLab (minister)no no
Hywel WilliamsCaernarfonPC (front bench)aye aye
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye aye
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestLDem (front bench)aye aye
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye aye
Jennifer WillottCardiff CentralLDem (front bench)aye aye
Michael WillsNorth SwindonLabno no
David WilshireSpelthorneCon (front bench)aye aye
Rob WilsonReading EastCon (front bench)aye aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)aye aye
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)no no
Ann WintertonCongletonCon (front bench)absent aye
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldCon (front bench)absent aye
Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab (minister)no no
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye aye
Shaun WoodwardSt Helens SouthLab (minister)no no
Phil WoolasOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)no no
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLab (minister)no no
David WrightTelfordLabno no
Iain WrightHartlepoolLabno no
Jeremy WrightRugby and KenilworthConaye aye
Tony WrightCannock ChaseLab (minister)no no
Derek WyattSittingbourne and SheppeyLab (minister)no no
Tim YeoSouth SuffolkConaye aye
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye aye
Richard Younger-RossTeignbridgeLDem (front bench)aye aye

Division Similarity Ratio

The measure of similarity between these two divisions is a calculation based on a comparison of their votes.

There were 646 MPs who could have voted in both of these divisions, and 556 voted the same way, with 7 voting in opposite ways. There were 22 MPs who didn't vote in either division, and 61 who voted in only one of them.

We invert the vote on the second division if it makes the distance closer (since the meaning of 'Aye' and 'No' are often interchangeable depending on how the question was put). In this case, they line up the same way. An 's vote in in only one of the divisions contributes a factor of 0.2 to the distance. The calculation runs as follows:

ratio =
[same-votes]
([same-votes] + [differing-votes] + 0.2x[abstain-in-one])
=
556
(556 + 7 + 0.2x61)
=
556
575.2
= 0.967 = 96.7 %.


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