Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading — 18 Nov 2016 at 13:33

The majority of MPs taking part voted to keep the number of MPs at 650, and permit 5% more flexibility in the variation of the number of electors per constituency.

MPs were considering the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill[1]

The Bill provides for[2]:

  • 650 MPs in the House of Commons (which would reverse the reduction to 600 members provided for in Section 11 of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 but which had not taken effect at the time of this vote).
  • Increasing the flexibility permitted in the size of the electorate in most constituencies from 5% to 10% of the average (excepting four island seats).
  • Requiring the calculation of the size of the total electorate to be based on registers of parliamentary electors published in or after 2017.
  • Requiring the Boundary Commissions to complete their reviews of parliamentary boundaries by 1 October 2018 and thereafter to carry out reviews every ten years.

The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That the Bill be now read a Second time.

Support from the majority of MPs meant this bill continued on its path to becoming law.

Debate in Parliament |

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All Votes Cast - sorted by constituency

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Stephen KinnockAberavonLab (minister)aye
Guto BebbAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Gloria De PieroAshfieldLabaye
Angela RaynerAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)aye
Corri WilsonAyr, Carrick and CumnockSNPaye
Eilidh WhitefordBanff and BuchanSNP (front bench)aye
Margaret HodgeBarkingLab (minister)aye
Dan JarvisBarnsley CentralLabaye
John WoodcockBarrow and FurnessLabaye
John MannBassetlawLab (minister)aye
Tracy BrabinBatley and SpenLabaye
Jane EllisonBatterseaCon (front bench)no
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)aye
Alasdair McDonnellBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)aye
Neil CoyleBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLab (minister)aye
Rushanara AliBethnal Green and BowLab (minister)aye
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)no
Frank FieldBirkenheadLab (minister)aye
Gisela StuartBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)aye
Jack DromeyBirmingham, ErdingtonLab (minister)aye
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Hall GreenLabaye
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)aye
Shabana MahmoodBirmingham, LadywoodLab (minister)aye
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLab (minister)aye
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Jess PhillipsBirmingham, YardleyLab (minister)aye
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)aye
Kate HollernBlackburnLab (minister)aye
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)aye
Nick SmithBlaenau GwentLab (minister)aye
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabaye
Yasmin QureshiBolton South EastLab (minister)aye
Phillip LeeBracknellCon (front bench)no
Imran HussainBradford EastLab (minister)aye
Judith CumminsBradford SouthLab (minister)aye
Naseem ShahBradford WestLab (minister)aye
Dawn ButlerBrent CentralLab (minister)aye
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)aye
Ruth CadburyBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)aye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleCon (front bench)no
Caroline LucasBrighton, PavilionGreen (front bench)aye
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye
Karin SmythBristol SouthLab (minister)aye
Thangam DebbonaireBristol WestLab (minister)tellaye
Julie CooperBurnleyLab (minister)aye
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)no
Ivan LewisBury SouthLabaye
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye
Paul MonaghanCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossSNP (front bench)aye
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)aye
Jo StevensCardiff CentralLab (minister)aye
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthLab (minister)aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)aye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Edward ArgarCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
Alex ChalkCheltenhamCon (front bench)no
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLab (minister)aye
Chris MathesonCity of ChesterLabaye
Roberta Blackman-WoodsCity of DurhamLab (minister)aye
Douglas CarswellClactonUKIPno
Susan Elan JonesClwyd SouthLab (minister)aye
Jamie ReedCopelandLabaye
Tom PursgloveCorbyConno
Colleen FletcherCoventry North EastLabaye
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabaye
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLab (minister)aye
Edward TimpsonCrewe and NantwichCon (front bench)no
Steve ReedCroydon NorthLab (minister)aye
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP (front bench)aye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Jon CruddasDagenham and RainhamLabaye
Jenny ChapmanDarlingtonLab (minister)aye
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryCon (front bench)tellno
David HansonDelynLab (minister)aye
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLab (minister)aye
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)aye
Paula SherriffDewsburyLab (minister)aye
Caroline FlintDon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Rosie WintertonDoncaster CentralLab (minister)aye
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLabaye
Ian AustinDudley NorthLab (minister)aye
Helen HayesDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)aye
Richard ArklessDumfries and GallowaySNP (front bench)aye
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Chris LawDundee WestSNP (front bench)aye
Rupa HuqEaling Central and ActonLab (minister)aye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Virendra SharmaEaling, SouthallLab (minister)aye
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLab (minister)aye
Hugo SwireEast DevonConno
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)aye
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowSNP (front bench)aye
George KerevanEast LothianSNP (front bench)aye
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)aye
Joanna CherryEdinburgh South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Kate OsamorEdmontonLab (minister)aye
Justin MaddersEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)aye
Joan RyanEnfield NorthLab (minister)aye
Teresa PearceErith and ThamesmeadLab (minister)aye
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)aye
Seema MalhotraFeltham and HestonLab (minister)aye
Mark HarperForest of DeanConno
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Maria EagleGarston and HalewoodLabaye
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)aye
Vernon CoakerGedlingLabaye
Natalie McGarryGlasgow Eastwhilst Independentaye
Patrick GradyGlasgow NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNPaye
Peter GrantGlenrothesSNP (front bench)aye
Alex SalmondGordonSNP (front bench)aye
Melanie OnnGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye
Matthew PennycookGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)aye
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLab (minister)aye
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)aye
Holly LynchHalifaxLab (minister)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye
Andrew SlaughterHammersmithLab (minister)aye
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and KilburnLab (minister)aye
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)aye
Iain WrightHartlepoolLab (minister)aye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)aye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLab (minister)aye
Liz McInnesHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)aye
Keir StarmerHolborn and St PancrasLab (minister)aye
Catherine WestHornsey and Wood GreenLab (minister)aye
Bridget PhillipsonHoughton and Sunderland SouthLab (minister)aye
Peter KyleHoveLab (minister)aye
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLabaye
Graham JonesHyndburnLabaye
Wes StreetingIlford NorthLab (minister)aye
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)aye
Ronnie CowanInverclydeSNP (front bench)aye
Drew HendryInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP (front bench)aye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)aye
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)aye
Chris EvansIslwynLab (minister)aye
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)aye
Alan BrownKilmarnock and LoudounSNPaye
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)aye
Diana R. JohnsonKingston upon Hull NorthLabaye
Alan JohnsonKingston upon Hull West and HessleLabaye
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodCon (front bench)no
Roger MullinKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathSNP (front bench)aye
George HowarthKnowsleyLab (minister)aye
Cat SmithLancaster and FleetwoodLab (minister)aye
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)aye
Richard BurgonLeeds EastLab (minister)aye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)aye
Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)aye
Jon AshworthLeicester SouthLab (minister)aye
Liz KendallLeicester WestLabaye
Andy BurnhamLeighLabaye
Heidi AlexanderLewisham EastLab (minister)aye
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)tellaye
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)aye
Martyn DayLinlithgow and East FalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Louise EllmanLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)aye
Steve RotheramLiverpool, WaltonLabaye
Luciana BergerLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)aye
Stephen TwiggLiverpool, West DerbyLab (minister)aye
Hannah BardellLivingstonSNP (front bench)aye
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)aye
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Gavin ShukerLuton SouthLab (minister)aye
Lucy PowellManchester CentralLabaye
Jeff SmithManchester, WithingtonLab (minister)aye
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)aye
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLab (minister)aye
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Tom BlenkinsopMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLab (minister)aye
Mark LancasterMilton Keynes NorthCon (front bench)no
Christina ReesNeathLab (minister)aye
Chi OnwurahNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)aye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne EastLab (minister)aye
Paul FarrellyNewcastle-under-LymeLabaye
Jessica MordenNewport EastLab (minister)aye
Paul FlynnNewport WestLab (minister)aye
Yvette CooperNormanton, Pontefract and CastlefordLab (minister)aye
Patricia GibsonNorth Ayrshire and ArranSNP (front bench)aye
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLabaye
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLab (minister)aye
Pat GlassNorth West DurhamLab (minister)aye
Clive LewisNorwich SouthLab (minister)aye
Chris LeslieNottingham EastLab (minister)aye
Graham AllenNottingham NorthLabaye
Tasmina Ahmed-SheikhOchil and South PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Chris ElmoreOgmoreLab (minister)aye
James BrokenshireOld Bexley and SidcupCon (front bench)no
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)aye
Jim McMahonOldham West and RoytonLab (minister)aye
Andrew SmithOxford EastLab (minister)aye
Gavin NewlandsPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Mhairi BlackPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Andrew StephensonPendleConno
Angela SmithPenistone and StocksbridgeLab (minister)aye
Rory StewartPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)no
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Owen SmithPontypriddLabaye
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and LimehouseLab (minister)aye
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (minister)aye
Rob WilsonReading EastCon (front bench)no
Alok SharmaReading WestCon (front bench)no
Anna TurleyRedcarLab (minister)aye
Chris BryantRhonddaLab (minister)aye
Simon DanczukRochdaleLabaye
Kelly TolhurstRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Ian BlackfordRoss, Skye and LochaberSNP (front bench)aye
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)aye
Sarah ChampionRotherhamLab (minister)aye
Margaret FerrierRutherglen and Hamilton WestSNP (front bench)aye
Rebecca Long-BaileySalford and EcclesLab (minister)aye
Nicholas DakinScunthorpeLab (minister)aye
Phil WilsonSedgefieldLab (minister)aye
Bill EstersonSefton CentralLab (minister)aye
Paul BlomfieldSheffield CentralLab (minister)aye
Clive BettsSheffield South EastLab (minister)aye
Gill FurnissSheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLab (minister)aye
Nick CleggSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)aye
Louise HaighSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)aye
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)tellno
Fiona MactaggartSloughLabaye
Margaret RitchieSouth DownSDLP (front bench)aye
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallConno
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)no
Emma Lewell-BuckSouth ShieldsLab (minister)aye
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Kwasi KwartengSpelthorneCon (front bench)no
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayCon (front bench)aye
Conor McGinnSt Helens NorthLabaye
Marie RimmerSt Helens South and WhistonLab (minister)aye
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLab (minister)aye
Steven PatersonStirlingSNPaye
Alex CunninghamStockton NorthLab (minister)aye
Tristram HuntStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Ruth SmeethStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)aye
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)aye
Chuka UmunnaStreathamLab (minister)aye
Kate GreenStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)aye
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Julie ElliottSunderland CentralLabaye
Carolyn HarrisSwansea EastLab (minister)aye
Geraint DaviesSwansea WestLab (minister)aye
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)no
Rosena Allin-KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)aye
Sarah NewtonTruro and FalmouthCon (front bench)no
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)aye
Alun CairnsVale of GlamorganCon (front bench)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)aye
Angela EagleWallaseyLabaye
David WinnickWalsall NorthLab (minister)aye
Valerie VazWalsall SouthLab (minister)aye
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLab (minister)aye
Ian LaveryWansbeckLab (minister)aye
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)aye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Sunderland WestLab (minister)aye
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)aye
John HealeyWentworth and DearneLab (minister)aye
Stuart DonaldsonWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineSNPaye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)aye
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)aye
Oliver LetwinWest DorsetConno
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)aye
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)aye
Karen BuckWestminster NorthLab (minister)aye
Lisa NandyWiganLabaye
Alison McGovernWirral SouthLab (minister)aye
Margaret GreenwoodWirral WestLab (minister)aye
Emma ReynoldsWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)aye
Pat McFaddenWolverhampton South EastLab (minister)aye
Rob MarrisWolverhampton South WestLab (minister)aye
Robin WalkerWorcesterCon (front bench)no
Sue HaymanWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLab (minister)aye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLabaye
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)no
Mike KaneWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)aye
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)aye
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLab (minister)aye

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