Electoral Reform (Proportional Representation and Reduction of Voting Age) — 20 Jul 2016 at 13:09
The majority of MPs voted against proportional representation for electing MPs and against reducing the voting age to 16.
The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a bill to amend the Representation of the People Acts to provide for the introduction of proportional representation as a method for electing Members of the House of Commons;
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to reduce the voting age to 16 in all UK elections and referendums; and for connected purposes.
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Phil Boswell | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | SNP | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Deidre Brock | Edinburgh North and Leith | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Brown | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | SNP | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Byron Davies | Gower | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mims Davies | Eastleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Donaldson | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | SNP | aye |
| Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | aye |
| Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Marion Fellows | Motherwell and Wishaw | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Margaret Ferrier | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con | no |
| Richard Fuller | Bedford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Gethins | North East Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Patricia Gibson | North Ayrshire and Arran | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Pat Glass | North West Durham | Lab | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Grady | Glasgow North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Grant | Glenrothes | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Gray | Airdrie and Shotts | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
| Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Huddleston | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | Harwich and North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Johnson | Dartford | Con | no |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Kerevan | East Lothian | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Danny Kinahan | South Antrim | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater and West Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jack Lopresti | Filton and Bradley Stoke | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
| Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Mak | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Callum McCaig | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stewart McDonald | Glasgow South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart McDonald | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Anne McLaughlin | Glasgow North East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John McNally | Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
| Carol Monaghan | Glasgow North West | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Monaghan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem | aye |
| Roger Mullin | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John Nicolson | East Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brendan O'Hara | Argyll and Bute | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Steven Paterson | Stirling | SNP | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | no |
| Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Phillips | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con | no |
| Jeremy Quin | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alex Salmond | Gordon | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
| Henry Smith | Crawley | Con | no |
| Royston Smith | Southampton, Itchen | Con | no |
| Amanda Solloway | Derby North | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP | aye |
| Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
| Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Michelle Thomson | Edinburgh West | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | no |
| Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
| Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con | no |
| Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | aye |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con | no |
| William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
