Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 — Retention of Communications Data by Communications Providers — 17 Mar 2009 at 21:42
The majority of MPs voted to require public communications providers retain certain categories of communications data, which they generate or process, for a minimum period of 12 months.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
The regulation sought to transpose European Union Directive 2006/24/EC into UK law.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | aye |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | no |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
