The majority of MPs voted not to hold a private session of the House of Commons.
The text of the motion rejected in the vote was:
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That the House sit in private.
The House of Commons' Standing Order No. 163 says:
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If at any sitting of the House... any Member moves 'That the House sit in private' the Speaker... shall forthwith put the question 'That the House sit in private', and such question, though opposed, may be decided after the expiration of the time for opposed business, but such a Motion may be made no more than once in any sitting.
Moving the motion to sit in private is almost always a procedural tactic. By ensuring the defeat of a motion to sit in private at the beginning of the sitting, the mover makes it impossible for any member to move the motion during a subsequent debate.
If such a motion is brought during the debate on a Bill, and fewer than 40 MPs vote in it, then the debate ends immediately regardless of the result (following Standing Order 44). Such an ending of debate occurred on the 14th of March 2003. The points of order following that division show MPs questioning the appropriateness of the tactic.
Moving a motion to sit in private is often done first thing on a Friday morning. Moving the motion ensures it can't be moved later in the day, when MPs might have returned to their constituencies for the weekend and too few members may be present to reach the 40 member threshold leading to the discussion of the business before the house (typically private members' Bills) being brought to an end.
See also What is a motion to sit in private? from the PublicWhip FAQ.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con | no |
Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Gavin Barwell | Croydon Central | Con (front bench) | no |
Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con | no |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con | no |
James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | no |
Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | no |
Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con | no |
Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | no |
Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con (front bench) | no |
James Davies | Vale of Clwyd | Con (front bench) | no |
Mims Davies | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Flick Drummond | Portsmouth South | Con (front bench) | no |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
Jane Ellison | Battersea | Con (front bench) | no |
Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con (front bench) | no |
George Eustice | Camborne and Redruth | Con (front bench) | no |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | no |
Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
Liam Fox | North Somerset | Con | no |
Lucy Frazer | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
George Freeman | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con (front bench) | no |
Marcus Fysh | Yeovil | Con | no |
Nusrat Ghani | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Green | Bolton West | Con (front bench) | no |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Halfon | Harlow | Con (front bench) | no |
Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | no |
Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con (front bench) | no |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
James Heappey | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
Damian Hinds | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
Kris Hopkins | Keighley | Con (front bench) | no |
Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | no |
Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | no |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
Seema Kennedy | South Ribble | Con | no |
Julian Knight | Solihull | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con | no |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
Tania Mathias | Twickenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | no |
Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Metcalfe | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Con | no |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con | no |
Sarah Newton | Truro and Falmouth | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Caroline Nokes | Romsey and Southampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
Rebecca Pow | Taunton Deane | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | no |
Will Quince | Colchester | Con (front bench) | no |
Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | no |
Antoinette Sandbach | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | no |
Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | no |
Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | no |
Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con (front bench) | no |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
Craig Tracey | North Warwickshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Anne-Marie Trevelyan | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Con (front bench) | no |
Thomas Tugendhat | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
Robin Walker | Worcester | Con (front bench) | no |
David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Con | no |
Matt Warman | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
Helen Whately | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con | no |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | no |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | Independent (front bench) | no |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab | no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab | no |
Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | no |
Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | Lab | no |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab | no |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | no |
Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
Holly Lynch | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | no |
Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab | no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab | no |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
Conor McGinn | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab | no |
Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | no |
Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Lab | no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | no |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | no |
Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | no |
Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | no |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | no |
Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | no |
Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | no |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | no |
Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP (front bench) | no |
Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | SNP (front bench) | no |
Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | no |
George Kerevan | East Lothian | SNP (front bench) | no |
Calum Kerr | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | SNP (front bench) | no |
Chris Law | Dundee West | SNP (front bench) | no |
Callum McCaig | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | no |
Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | no |
Paul Monaghan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | SNP (front bench) | no |
Roger Mullin | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | SNP (front bench) | no |
Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | no |
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | no |
Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | no |