Recognition of the State of Palestine Alongside the State of Israel — 13 Oct 2014 at 21:56
The majority of MPs voted in favour of recognising the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.
The motion approved by the majority of MPs was:
- That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution.
The the latter words: "as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution" were introduced[1] as an amendment during the debate and accepted unopposed[2].
Following the vote Jeremy Corbyn raised a point of order to state[3]:
"If I may, I will briefly explain why I and my hon. Friend Mike Wood were tellers for a position that we do not actually hold. It was to ensure that democracy could take place and that Members could record their vote, because those who were opposed to the motion declined to put up tellers. We have thus ensured democracy here tonight."
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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 39 (+1 tell) | 6 | 0 | 15.2% |
| DUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 62.5% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 192 (+1 tell) | 0 (+2 tell) | 0 | 75.6% |
| LDem | 28 | 1 | 0 | 51.8% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 274 | 12 | 0 | 45.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | tellno |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Freer | Finchley and Golders Green | Con | no |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |