The majority of MPs voted against an amendment intended to remove written tests from the process of appointing judges in the UK.
New clause 22 proposed amending section 88 of the Consitutional Reform Act 2005 to add the words: "At no stage during any selection procedure may the [Judicial Appointments] Commission apply any written tests.”
[1]
In the debate
[2] Conservative Shadow Minister for Justice Henry Bellingham argued against the tests
[3] as they have the side effect of making the fact someone has applied for a judicial position public.
Government Minister Michael Wills said there were arguments for and against written tests and the independent Judicial Appointments Commission should determine the selection processes.
[4]
The Committee of the whole house divided: Ayes 150, Noes 329.
Debate in Parliament | Source |
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
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Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained)
from this vote.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | absent |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Gerry Adams | Belfast West | SF | absent |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| George Galloway | Bethnal Green and Bow | Respect | absent |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | absent |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | absent |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | aye |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | absent |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | no |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Lord | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | whilst Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab | no |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab | absent |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | no |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | absent |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | absent |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Howell | Henley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | absent |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | absent |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Independent | absent |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | absent |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | SF | absent |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | SF | absent |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP | absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | absent |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | absent |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | absent |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | absent |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | absent |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | absent |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | whilst Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | aye |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | absent |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab | no |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | absent |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
