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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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Kirsty Blackman | Aberdeen North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
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 |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Ronnie Cowan | Inverclyde | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham and Rainham | Lab | aye |
Martyn Day | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Martin Docherty | West Dunbartonshire | SNP | aye |
Stuart Donaldson | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | SNP | aye |
Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | aye |
Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
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 |
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 |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
Drew Hendry | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Ben Howlett | Bath | Con (front bench) | aye |
George Kerevan | East Lothian | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Clive Lewis | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Callum McCaig | Aberdeen South | SNP (front bench) | aye |
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 |
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 |
Gavin Newlands | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | SNP (front bench) | aye |
John Nicolson | East Dunbartonshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Brendan O'Hara | Argyll and Bute | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Kirsten Oswald | East Renfrewshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Steven Paterson | Stirling | SNP | aye |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jonathan Reynolds | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
Margaret Ritchie | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | aye |
Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Alex Salmond | Gordon | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
Tommy Sheppard | Edinburgh East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Chris Stephens | Glasgow South West | SNP | aye |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alison Thewliss | Glasgow Central | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Owen Thompson | Midlothian | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Michelle Thomson | Edinburgh West | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | tellaye |
Eilidh Whiteford | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
Corri Wilson | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | SNP | aye |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con (front bench) | no |
Lucy Allan | Telford | Con (front bench) | no |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | no |
John Baron | Basildon and Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | no |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
Jo Churchill | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
James Cleverly | Braintree | Con (front bench) | no |
Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
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 |
Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
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 |
Tom Elliott | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | no |
Charlie Elphicke | Dover | Con | no |
Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
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 |
Luke Hall | Thornbury and Yate | Con (front bench) | no |
Gordon Henderson | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Con | no |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | no |
Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
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 |
Danny Kinahan | South Antrim | UUP (front bench) | no |
Pauline Latham | Mid Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
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 |
Craig Mackinlay | South Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
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 |
Karl McCartney | Lincoln | Con (front bench) | no |
Amanda Milling | Cannock Chase | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
David Nuttall | Bury North | Con (front bench) | no |
John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | no |
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 |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Scully | Sutton and Cheam | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con | no |
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 |
Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | no |
Julian Sturdy | York Outer | Con (front bench) | no |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con | no |
Justin Tomlinson | North Swindon | Con | no |
Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
John Whittingdale | Maldon | Con | no |
Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
Mike Wood | Dudley South | Con | no |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |