Trade Unions — Refund of Pay to Employers for Hours Worked by Trade Union Officials on Union Business — 11 Jan 2012 at 13:48
The majority of MPs voted against requiring trade unions to refund employers in respect of hours trade union officials spent working on behalf of their union while being paid by their employer.
The motion rejected in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that pay for hours worked on behalf of trade unions by trade union officials during hours when they are paid by an employer should be refunded to the employer by the trade union; and for connected purposes.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab | no |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | Con | aye |
| Dan Byles | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Oliver Colvile | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | no |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Evans | Cardiff North | Con | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lorraine Fullbrook | South Ribble | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Greatrex | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ben Gummer | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Lab | no |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tristram Hunt | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | no |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | aye |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | aye |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Simon Kirby | Brighton, Kemptown | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | no |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | no |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | no |
| Karen Lumley | Redditch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | aye |
| Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | aye |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | aye |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Tessa Munt | Wells | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona O'Donnell | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | aye |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Rotheram | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | no |
| Laura Sandys | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anas Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Elizabeth Truss | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Uppal | Wolverhampton South West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Weatherley | Hove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| James Wharton | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris Williamson | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
