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