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 |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
Heidi Alexander | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
Stuart Andrew | Pudsey | Con | no |
Caroline Ansell | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
Edward Argar | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
Steve Barclay | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
Gavin Barwell | Croydon Central | Con (front bench) | no |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Jake Berry | Rossendale and Darwen | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Bingham | High Peak | Con | no |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | no |
Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | no |
Tom Blenkinsop | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con | no |
James Brokenshire | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | no |
Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | no |
Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | no |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
Maria Caulfield | Lewes | Con (front bench) | no |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP (front bench) | no |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab | no |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | no |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
Geraint Davies | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab | no |
Flick Drummond | Portsmouth South | Con (front bench) | no |
Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | no |
Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | no |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | 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 |
Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | SNP (front bench) | no |
Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | 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 |
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 |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | no |
Chris Green | Bolton West | Con (front bench) | no |
Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | 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 |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
James Heappey | Wells | Con (front bench) | no |
Sylvia Hermon | North Down | Independent (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 |
George Howarth | Knowsley | Lab (minister) | no |
Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | no |
Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab | no |
Robert Jenrick | Newark | Con | no |
Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | no |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | no |
Liz Kendall | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
Seema Kennedy | South Ribble | Con | no |
George Kerevan | East Lothian | SNP (front bench) | no |
Calum Kerr | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | SNP (front bench) | no |
Julian Knight | Solihull | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
Mark Lancaster | Milton Keynes North | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Law | Dundee West | SNP (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 |
Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | no |
Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
Holly Lynch | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
Kit Malthouse | North West Hampshire | Con | no |
John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | 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 |
Tania Mathias | Twickenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Callum McCaig | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | no |
Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | no |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab | no |
Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | 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 |
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 |
Paul Monaghan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | SNP (front bench) | no |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab | no |
Wendy Morton | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
Roger Mullin | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | SNP (front bench) | no |
Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | 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 |
David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
Guy Opperman | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
Ian Paisley Jnr | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | no |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | no |
Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
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 |
Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | no |
Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con | no |
Antoinette Sandbach | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | no |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | no |
Chloe Smith | Norwich North | Con | no |
Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | no |
Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | no |
Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | Con (front bench) | no |
John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | no |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | no |
Iain Stewart | Milton Keynes South | Con (front bench) | no |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | no |
Mel Stride | Central Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | no |
Chuka Umunna | Streatham | Lab (minister) | 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 |
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | no |
Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | no |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | Con (front bench) | no |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con | no |
Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |