The majority of MPs voted for members of the House of Commons Backbench Business Committee to be elected by members of political parties rather than, as was the case previously, by the whole House of Commons.
MPs were considering a motion[1] on the arrangements for operation of the Backbench Business Committee, including membership of the committee and the election of chair.
The committee is responsible for allocating certain periods of parliamentary time for "backbench business"; MPs can apply to it if they wish to get see particular motion debated in the House of Commons or in Westminster Hall.
The first paragraph of the motion stated:
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(1) this House endorses the principle that parties should elect members of the Backbench Business Committee each Session and thereafter when a vacancy arises in a secret ballot of all Members of that party by whichever transparent and democratic method they choose.
The amendment rejected in this vote was:
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Amendment (d), leave out paragraph (1).
MP Peter Bone explained the intent of his amendment during the debate saying[2]:
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The Government are proposing that future members of the Committee will be elected by party group. There are two distinct disadvantages to that proposal. The first—I suggest that this is the reason for it—is that it will give the Government, as well as the shadow Government, greater influence in deciding who is elected to the Backbench Business Committee. Through their Whips Offices, they will try to engineer more pliable Members to be elected to the Committee. I believe that this will make the Committee much more divided on party lines. In all the time that the current Committee has met, there has been only one vote, and that did not divide it along party lines. The Government’s proposal will reduce the likelihood that independent parliamentarians will be elected to the Committee.
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Secondly, the authority that members of the Committee hold is greatly enhanced by their being chosen by the whole House. Their mandate comes from Back Benchers of all political persuasions, not by a narrow party group.
The Backbench Business committee was previously elected by the whole house subject to constraints[3] that:
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(i)such a number of candidates shall come from each party represented in the House or those of no party as shall be determined and announced in advance by the Speaker, in such a way as to ensure that the committee including the Chair reflects as closely as possible the composition of the House, and
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(ii)at least two women and two men shall be elected.
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Debate in Parliament | Source |
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.
Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained)
from this vote.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Guto Bebb | Aberconwy | Con (front bench) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Pamela Nash | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | absent |
| 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) | absent |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Dugher | Barnsley East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
| Jane Ellison | Battersea | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con | absent |
| Naomi Long | Belfast East | Alliance (front bench) | absent |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Maskey | Belfast West | SF | absent |
| Simon Hughes | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | absent |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Shabana Mahmood | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | absent |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab | absent |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | absent |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Yasmin Qureshi | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Hilling | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con | no |
| Conor Burns | Bournemouth West | Con | absent |
| Phillip Lee | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Ward | Bradford East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | absent |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Sarah Teather | Brent Central | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mary Macleod | Brentford and Isleworth | Con | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Kirby | Brighton, Kemptown | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | absent |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charlotte Leslie | Bristol North West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Keith Simpson | Broadland | Con | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sajid Javid | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Gordon Birtwistle | Burnley | LDem | no |
| Andrew Griffiths | Burton | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julian Huppert | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Aidan Burley | Cannock Chase | Con | absent |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Jonathan Evans | Cardiff North | Con | absent |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | absent |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | both |
| John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
| Simon Hart | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem | aye |
| Rebecca Harris | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab | aye |
| Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con | no |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con | absent |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Simon Burns | Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Duncan Hames | Chippenham | LDem | no |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Mosley | City of Chester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Carswell | Clacton | Con | aye |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con | absent |
| Susan Elan Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jason McCartney | Colne Valley | Con | aye |
| Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Louise Mensch | Corby | Con | absent |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Timpson | Crewe and Nantwich | Con | no |
| Gavin Barwell | Croydon Central | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | absent |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gregg McClymont | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Heaton-Harris | Daventry | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Williamson | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patrick McLoughlin | Derbyshire Dales | Con (front bench) | no |
| Claire Perry | Devizes | Con | no |
| Simon Reevell | Dewsbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Kelly | Dudley South | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab | absent |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Thomas Docherty | Dunfermline and West Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Angie Bray | Ealing Central and Acton | Con | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael McCann | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Fiona O'Donnell | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sam Gyimah | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Lloyd | Eastbourne | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem | absent |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sheila Gilmore | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab | absent |
| Michael Crockart | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alec Shelbrooke | Elmet and Rothwell | Con | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick de Bois | Enfield North | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jessica Lee | Erewash | Con | no |
| Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dominic Raab | Esher and Walton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | absent |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Damian Collins | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Menzies | Fylde | Con | absent |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anas Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Curran | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Graham | Gloucester | Con | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nicholas Boles | Grantham and Stamford | Con | no |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brandon Lewis | Great Yarmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Morris | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Con (front bench) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Jones | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Amber Rudd | Hastings and Rye | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con | aye |
| John Howell | Henley | Con | no |
| Jesse Norman | Hereford and South Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con | absent |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
| Angela Watkinson | Hornchurch and Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Weatherley | Hove | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Iain McKenzie | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ben Gummer | Ipswich | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kris Hopkins | Keighley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Wright | Kenilworth and Southam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Cathy Jamieson | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | absent |
| Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab | absent |
| George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Ollerenshaw | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Con | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Rachel Reeves | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | absent |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Steve Rotheram | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | absent |
| Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graeme Morrice | Livingston | Lab | absent |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nicky Morgan | Loughborough | Con | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Shuker | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Helen Grant | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | absent |
| Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Hollingbery | Meon Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | absent |
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | SF | absent |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab | absent |
| Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con | no |
| Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | absent |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| David Morris | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | no |
| Edward Balls | Morley and Outwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | absent |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Catherine McKinnell | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | SF | absent |
| Anne Marie Morris | Newton Abbot | Con | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | absent |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Byles | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Wright | Norwich South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con | absent |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab | absent |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jo Johnson | Orpington | Con | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
| Nicola Blackwood | Oxford West and Abingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con | no |
| Angela Smith | Penistone and Stocksbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Moor View | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Oliver Colvile | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | absent |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
| Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | whilst LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con | no |
| Alok Sharma | Reading West | Con | no |
| Ian Swales | Redcar | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Karen Lumley | Redditch | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Zac Goldsmith | Richmond Park | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Danczuk | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Reckless | Rochester and Strood | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tom Greatrex | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hazel Blears | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Adams | Selby and Ainsty | Con | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Mark Spencer | Sherwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julian Smith | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sheryll Murray | South East Cornwall | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Lorraine Fullbrook | South Ribble | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab | absent |
| Gavin Williamson | South Staffordshire | Con | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Buckland | South Swindon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laura Sandys | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Elizabeth Truss | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | absent |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kwasi Kwarteng | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Gilbert | St Austell and Newquay | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South and Whiston | Lab | absent |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Karen Bradley | Staffordshire Moorlands | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen McPartland | Stevenage | Con | absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Wharton | Stockton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tristram Hunt | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Margot James | Stourbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Nadhim Zahawi | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Neil Carmichael | Stroud | Con (front bench) | no |
| Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con | absent |
| Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Christopher Pincher | Tamworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton Deane | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Webb | Thornbury and Yate | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jackie Doyle-Price | Thurrock | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | both |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alun Cairns | Vale of Glamorgan | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Mowat | Warrington South | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris White | Warwick and Leamington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Harrington | Watford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Graham Evans | Weaver Vale | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Tessa Munt | Wells | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth and Dearne | Lab | absent |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gemma Doyle | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Hancock | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Harriett Baldwin | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con | no |
| Steve Brine | Winchester | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Esther McVey | Wirral West | Con | absent |
| Priti Patel | Witham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jonathan Lord | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Uppal | Wolverhampton South West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ben Wallace | Wyre and Preston North | Con | no |
| Mark Garnier | Wyre Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem | absent |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hugh Bayley | York Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
