Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected — 19 May 2008 at 21:45

The majority of MPs voted against limiting the use of sibling tissues[1] to only regenerative tissue.[2]

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con34 108 (+2 tell)075.0%
DUP0 7077.8%
Independent1 2060.0%
Lab222 (+2 tell) 54079.2%
LDem32 22085.7%
PC2 0066.7%
SDLP0 30100.0%
SNP2 3083.3%
UUP0 10100.0%
Total:293 200078.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
John ReidAirdrie and ShottsLabaye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Jacqui LaitBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)aye
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabaye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)aye
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)aye
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)aye
Ruth KellyBolton WestLab (minister)aye
Joe BentonBootleLab (minister)aye
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)no
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)aye
Dawn ButlerBrent SouthLab (minister)aye
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)no
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Stephen DorrellCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)aye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLab (minister)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldCon (front bench)no
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (minister)aye
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabaye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)aye
Greg KnightEast YorkshireCon (front bench)no
Ian StewartEcclesLab (minister)aye
Nigel GriffithsEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)aye
Michael JackFyldeCon (front bench)no
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow CentralLab (minister)aye
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLab (minister)aye
Peter ViggersGosportCon (front bench)no
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye
Douglas CarswellHarwichCon (front bench)no
David WillettsHavantCon (front bench)no
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabaye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Peter AtkinsonHexhamCon (front bench)no
Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)aye
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDemaye
Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)aye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)aye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)aye
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)aye
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLab (minister)aye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye
Alan MealeMansfieldLabaye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLab (minister)aye
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexCon (front bench)no
Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)no
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)no
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLab (minister)aye
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)no
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
Steve WebbNorthavonLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew SmithOxford EastLabaye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)no
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)aye
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)aye
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (minister)aye
Justine GreeningPutneyCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Thomas McAvoyRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
Robert KeySalisburyCon (front bench)no
John GroganSelbyLab (minister)aye
David CurrySkipton and RiponCon (front bench)no
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)aye
Mark ToddSouth DerbyshireLab (minister)aye
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
John MaplesStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)no
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)aye
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)aye
Anthony SteenTotnesCon (front bench)no
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Ed VaizeyWantageCon (front bench)no
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Grant ShappsWelwyn HatfieldCon (front bench)no
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)no
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)aye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)aye
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLab (minister)aye
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (minister)aye
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)aye

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