MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected — 3 Jul 2008 at 15:05

Greg Hands MP, Hammersmith and Fulham voted with the majority (No).

The majority of MPs voted against capping their annual salary to 2.3% by inserting the extra words[1] into the motion for debate:[2]

  • from 1st April 2008 and from 1st April of each subsequent year a Member's salary should be increased by the percentage increase in the 3 month average Public Sector Average Earnings Index for January of that year relative to the figure for January of the previous year...
  • provided that, without prejudice to the calculations based on the agreed formula, from 1st April 2008 the annual salary is increased by no more than 2.3 per cent. and that the balance of any increase due at 1st April 2008 should be payable from 1st April 2009 in addition to any increase payable at that date.

This motion for debate (effectively) amended in the next vote before it was passed.[3]

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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
Con36 48 (+1 tell)044.3%
Independent1 1040.0%
Lab142 (+2 tell) 84 (+1 tell)065.4%
LDem16 19055.6%
SNP0 2033.3%
UKIP0 01100.0%
Total:195 154157.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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
Julian BrazierCanterburyConno
Alistair BurtNorth East BedfordshireConno
David CameronWitneyConno
Philip DunneLudlowConno
Michael FallonSevenoaksConno
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterConno
Liam FoxWoodspringConno
Mark FrancoisRayleighConno
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamConno
Michael GoveSurrey HeathConno
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellConno
Damian GreenAshfordConno
Justine GreeningPutneyConno
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldConno
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Conno
Philip HammondRunnymede and WeybridgeConno
Greg HandsHammersmith and FulhamConno
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringConno
Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheConno
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireConno
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetConno
David LidingtonAylesburyConno
Francis MaudeHorshamConno
Theresa MayMaidenheadConno
Patrick McLoughlinWest DerbyshireConno
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConno
George OsborneTattonConno
John RandallUxbridgeConno
Malcolm RifkindKensington and ChelseaConno
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireConno
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestConno
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireConno
David WillettsHavantConno
Rob WilsonReading EastConno
George YoungNorth West HampshireConno
Nick AingerCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabaye
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabaye
Janet AndersonRossendale and DarwenLabaye
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLabaye
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLabaye
Hugh BayleyCity of YorkLabaye
Clive BettsSheffield, AttercliffeLabaye
David BorrowSouth RibbleLabaye
Colin BurgonElmetLabaye
Stephen ByersNorth TynesideLabaye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLabaye
David ChaytorBury NorthLabaye
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabaye
David ClellandTyne BridgeLabaye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLabaye
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLabaye
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLabaye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
Ann CryerKeighleyLabaye
John CummingsEasingtonLabaye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLabaye
Quentin DaviesGrantham and Stamfordwhilst Labaye
Frank DobsonHolborn and St PancrasLabaye
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLabaye
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabaye
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLabaye
Frank FieldBirkenheadLabaye
Mike GapesIlford SouthLabaye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabaye
Linda GilroyPlymouth, SuttonLabaye
Nigel GriffithsEdinburgh SouthLabaye
Mike HallWeaver ValeLabaye
David HamiltonMidlothianLabaye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabaye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabaye
Jimmy HoodLanark and Hamilton EastLabaye
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton EastLabaye
Joan HumbleBlackpool North and FleetwoodLabaye
Brian IddonBolton South EastLabaye
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLabaye
Adam IngramEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLabaye
Brian JenkinsTamworthLabaye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLabaye
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLabaye
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLabaye
Alan KeenFeltham and HestonLabaye
Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Bob LaxtonDerby NorthLabaye
Tom LevittHigh PeakLabaye
Andrew LoveEdmontonLabaye
Denis MacShaneRotherhamLabaye
Fiona MactaggartSloughLabaye
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabaye
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLabaye
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabaye
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLabaye
Jim McGovernDundee WestLabaye
Rosemary McKennaCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLabaye
Alan MealeMansfieldLabaye
Alun MichaelCardiff South and PenarthLabaye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLabaye
Anne MoffatEast LothianLabaye
Elliot MorleyScunthorpeLabaye
George MudieLeeds EastLabaye
Denis MurphyWansbeckLabaye
Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLabaye
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLabaye
Sandra OsborneAyr, Carrick and CumnockLabaye
Gordon PrenticePendleLabaye
Gwyn ProsserDoverLabaye
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLabaye
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLabaye
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLabaye
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabtellaye
John SpellarWarleyLabaye
Gavin StrangEdinburgh EastLabaye
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLabaye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabaye
Don TouhigIslwynLabaye
Desmond TurnerBrighton, KemptownLabaye
Keith VazLeicester EastLabaye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLabaye
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDemno
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDemno
Nick CleggSheffield, HallamLDemno
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDemno
Julia GoldsworthyFalmouth and CamborneLDemno
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDemno
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDemno
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemno
David HowarthCambridgeLDemno
Christopher HuhneEastleighLDemno
Mark HunterCheadleLDemno
Susan KramerRichmond ParkLDemno
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDemno
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemno
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDemno
Steve WebbNorthavonLDemno

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