Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays — 11 Jul 2012 at 15:49

The majority of MPs voted for the House of Commons to begin its session on Tuesdays at 11.30am and to bring the main business to a close at 7.00pm.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote started:

  • That this House should meet at 11.30 am on Tuesdays, with a moment of interruption at 7.00 pm, and accordingly the changes to Standing Orders set out in the table be made, with effect from Monday 15 October 2012.

The table can be found in the official record.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Alliance1 00100.0%
Con93 (+1 tell) 140 (+1 tell)076.8%
DUP0 1012.5%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab141 66080.5%
LDem25 (+1 tell) 19 (+1 tell)080.7%
PC1 20100.0%
SDLP2 10100.0%
SNP2 3083.3%
Total:267 232078.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Nigel AdamsSelby and AinstyConaye
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)aye
Ian AustinDudley NorthLab (minister)no
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)no
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)aye
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)aye
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)no
Gordon BirtwistleBurnleyLDemno
Tom BlenkinsopMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)aye
Nicholas BolesGrantham and StamfordConaye
Karen BradleyStaffordshire MoorlandsCon (front bench)aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)aye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne EastLab (minister)no
Jeremy BrowneTaunton DeaneLDem (front bench)no
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)no
Aidan BurleyCannock ChaseConaye
Simon BurnsChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateConaye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)no
Douglas CarswellClactonConaye
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)aye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Michael ConnartyLinlithgow and East FalkirkLab (minister)no
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)no
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLabno
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLabno
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)no
Simon DanczukRochdaleLab (minister)no
Geraint DaviesSwansea WestLab (minister)no
John DenhamSouthampton, ItchenLabno
Caroline DinenageGosportCon (front bench)aye
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
Thomas DochertyDunfermline and West FifeLab (minister)no
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLabno
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)aye
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)aye
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)no
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)aye
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)no
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthCon (front bench)aye
Graham EvansWeaver ValeCon (front bench)aye
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordConaye
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no
Don FosterBathLDemno
George FreemanMid NorfolkConaye
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)aye
Lorraine FullbrookSouth RibbleCon (front bench)aye
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)aye
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)aye
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Michael GoveSurrey HeathCon (front bench)aye
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdConaye
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)aye
Tom GreatrexRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)no
Ben GummerIpswichCon (front bench)aye
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)no
Sam GyimahEast SurreyCon (front bench)aye
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)aye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
Stephen HammondWimbledonConaye
Matthew HancockWest SuffolkCon (front bench)aye
Richard HarringtonWatfordCon (front bench)aye
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)aye
John HemmingBirmingham, YardleyLDem (front bench)no
Julie HillingBolton WestLab (minister)no
Mark HobanFarehamCon (front bench)aye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemno
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
George HowarthKnowsleyLab (minister)no
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)tellno
Sajid JavidBromsgroveConaye
Jo JohnsonOrpingtonConaye
Graham JonesHyndburnLab (minister)no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)no
Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLab (minister)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConaye
Simon KirbyBrighton, KemptownCon (front bench)aye
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)aye
Jessica LeeErewashConaye
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)no
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetCon (front bench)aye
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)aye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)aye
Tony LloydManchester CentralLabno
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)no
Mary MacleodBrentford and IsleworthConaye
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)no
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysCon (front bench)aye
Michael McCannEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowLab (minister)no
Alasdair McDonnellBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)no
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no
Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)no
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConaye
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)no
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)no
Patrick MercerNewarkConaye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)no
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)no
Michael MooreBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLDem (front bench)no
Nicky MorganLoughboroughConaye
Anne Marie MorrisNewton AbbotConaye
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleConaye
David MowatWarrington SouthCon (front bench)aye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)no
Pamela NashAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthCon (front bench)aye
Guy OppermanHexhamConaye
George OsborneTattonCon (front bench)aye
Richard OttawayCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)no
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLab (minister)no
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)aye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)no
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)no
Dominic RaabEsher and WaltonCon (front bench)aye
Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)no
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)no
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLabno
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)no
Steve RotheramLiverpool, WaltonLabno
Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLab (minister)no
Amber RuddHastings and RyeCon (front bench)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDemno
Laura SandysSouth ThanetCon (front bench)aye
Alok SharmaReading WestConaye
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)aye
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponConaye
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no
Anna SoubryBroxtoweConaye
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)no
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye
Andrew StephensonPendleConaye
Rory StewartPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)aye
Jack StrawBlackburnLabno
Mel StrideCentral DevonConaye
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)no
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLabno
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)no
Edward TimpsonCrewe and NantwichConaye
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)aye
David TredinnickBosworthCon (front bench)aye
Elizabeth TrussSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLabno
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)aye
Angela WatkinsonHornchurch and UpminsterCon (front bench)aye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no
Dave WattsSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
James WhartonStockton SouthCon (front bench)aye
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)aye
Eilidh WhitefordBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)aye
John WhittingdaleMaldonCon (front bench)aye
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)no
Rob WilsonReading EastConaye
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)no
Sarah WollastonTotnesCon (front bench)aye
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)no
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)tellaye
Tim YeoSouth SuffolkCon (front bench)aye
Nadhim ZahawiStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)aye

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