Reduce Voting Age to 16 — 24 Jan 2013 at 14:11

The majority of MPs voted to reduce the voting age to 16

The approved motion stated:

  • That this House believes that the age of eligibility for voting in all elections and referendums in the United Kingdom should be reduced to 16.

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All Votes Cast - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible MP including those who did not vote in this division.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Pamela NashAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)aye
Gerald HowarthAldershotConno
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConno
Eilidh WhitefordBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye
Michael DugherBarnsley EastLab (minister)aye
John BaronBasildon and BillericayCon (front bench)no
John MannBassetlawLab (minister)aye
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Richard FullerBedfordCon (front bench)no
Simon HughesBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLDem (front bench)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)aye
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)aye
Jack StrawBlackburnLabno
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabaye
Julie HillingBolton WestLabaye
Phillip LeeBracknellCon (front bench)no
David WardBradford EastLDem (front bench)aye
Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLabaye
Brooks NewmarkBraintreeCon (front bench)no
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)tellno
Caroline LucasBrighton, PavilionGreen (front bench)aye
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)no
David NuttallBury NorthCon (front bench)tellno
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye
Julian HuppertCambridgeLDem (front bench)aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)aye
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)no
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConno
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemaye
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)aye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)tellaye
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabaye
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)aye
Steve ReedCroydon NorthLab (minister)aye
David HansonDelynLab (minister)aye
Chris WilliamsonDerby NorthLab (minister)aye
Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab (minister)aye
Charlie ElphickeDoverCon (front bench)no
Tessa JowellDulwich and West NorwoodLabaye
Russell BrownDumfries and GallowayLabaye
Thomas DochertyDunfermline and West FifeLab (minister)aye
Elfyn LlwydDwyfor MeirionnyddPC (front bench)aye
Angie BrayEaling Central and ActonConno
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLab (minister)aye
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)aye
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)aye
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)aye
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheCon (front bench)no
Mark DurkanFoyleSDLP (front bench)aye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Maria EagleGarston and HalewoodLab (minister)aye
William BainGlasgow North EastLab (minister)aye
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)aye
Nick RaynsfordGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)aye
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLab (minister)aye
Andrew SlaughterHammersmithLab (minister)aye
Andrew JonesHarrogate and KnaresboroughCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)aye
Iain WrightHartlepoolLab (minister)aye
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemaye
Andrew BinghamHigh PeakConaye
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenCon (front bench)no
Mike WeatherleyHoveConno
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabno
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConno
Graham JonesHyndburnLab (minister)aye
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)aye
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)aye
George HowarthKnowsleyLab (minister)aye
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)aye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)aye
Rachel ReevesLeeds WestLab (minister)aye
Jon AshworthLeicester SouthLab (minister)aye
Heidi AlexanderLewisham EastLab (minister)aye
Luciana BergerLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Gavin ShukerLuton SouthLab (minister)aye
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexConno
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Tom BlenkinsopMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)aye
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)aye
Yvette CooperNormanton, Pontefract and CastlefordLab (minister)aye
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)tellaye
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)aye
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)aye
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireConno
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)aye
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham SouthLab (minister)aye
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)no
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)aye
Angela SmithPenistone and StocksbridgeLab (minister)aye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Chris BryantRhonddaLab (minister)aye
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Simon DanczukRochdaleLab (minister)aye
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)no
Tom GreatrexRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)aye
Nicholas DakinScunthorpeLab (minister)aye
Phil WilsonSedgefieldLab (minister)aye
Paul BlomfieldSheffield CentralLab (minister)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Stephen PhillipsSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)no
Fiona MactaggartSloughLab (minister)aye
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)aye
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDem (front bench)aye
Ann CoffeyStockportLabaye
Alex CunninghamStockton NorthLab (minister)aye
James WhartonStockton SouthConno
Chuka UmunnaStreathamLab (minister)aye
Kate GreenStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)aye
Julie ElliottSunderland CentralLab (minister)aye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConno
Sadiq KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)aye
Chris RuaneVale of ClwydLabaye
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)aye
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)aye
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLab (minister)aye
Ian LaveryWansbeckLab (minister)aye
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Sunderland WestLab (minister)aye
Peter AldousWaveneyCon (front bench)no
Graham EvansWeaver ValeCon (front bench)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
John HealeyWentworth and DearneLabaye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)aye
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)aye
Karen BuckWestminster NorthLab (minister)aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareCon (front bench)aye
Lisa NandyWiganLabaye
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)no
Alison McGovernWirral SouthLab (minister)aye
Emma ReynoldsWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)aye
Pat McFaddenWolverhampton South EastLab (minister)aye
Robin WalkerWorcesterCon (front bench)no
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)aye
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)aye
Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLabaye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)aye
Hugh BayleyYork CentralLab (minister)aye

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