Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner — 23 Jan 2018 at 18:33

The majority of MPs voted against appointing Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner.

The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:

  • That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will appoint Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as an Electoral Commissioner with effect from 1 February 2018 for the period ending 31 January 2022.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Heidi AlexanderLewisham EastLabaye
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Stuart AndrewPudseyCon (front bench)aye
Ian AustinDudley Northwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Kemi BadenochSaffron WaldenCon (front bench)no
Henry BellinghamNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Richard BenyonNewburywhilst Conno
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateConno
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Andrew BowieWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineCon (front bench)aye
Ben BradleyMansfieldCon (front bench)no
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)aye
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)aye
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowSNP (front bench)no
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)aye
Jo ChurchillBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)tellaye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsCon (front bench)no
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)aye
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Anneliese DoddsOxford EastLab (minister)no
Michelle DonelanChippenhamCon (front bench)aye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Charlie ElphickeDoverwhilst Independent (front bench)no
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
Vicky FordChelmsfordCon (front bench)no
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)aye
Mike GapesIlford Southwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Nusrat GhaniWealdenCon (front bench)aye
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)aye
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLab (minister)no
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Luke GrahamOchil and South PerthshireCon (front bench)aye
Bill GrantAyr, Carrick and CumnockCon (front bench)aye
Andrew GriffithsBurtonCon (front bench)aye
Robert HalfonHarlowCon (front bench)aye
Stephen HammondWimbledonwhilst Con (front bench)no
David HansonDelynLab (minister)no
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)aye
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
John HealeyWentworth and DearneLab (minister)no
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryCon (front bench)aye
Sylvia HermonNorth DownIndependent (front bench)aye
Wera HobhouseBathLDem (front bench)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Nick HurdRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)aye
Gareth JohnsonDartfordConno
Graham JonesHyndburnLab (minister)no
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)no
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConno
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLab (minister)no
Afzal KhanManchester, GortonLab (minister)no
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)aye
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)no
Emma Little-PengellyBelfast SouthDUP (front bench)aye
Stephen LloydEastbournewhilst LDem (front bench)no
Jonathan LordWokingConno
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)no
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an IarSNP (front bench)no
Anne MainSt AlbansCon (front bench)tellno
Alan MakHavantConaye
Sandy MartinIpswichLab (minister)no
Paul MastertonEast RenfrewshireCon (front bench)aye
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysCon (front bench)aye
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbroughLab (minister)no
Patrick McLoughlinDerbyshire DalesConno
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)no
Amanda MillingCannock ChaseCon (front bench)aye
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
Damien MooreSouthportCon (front bench)no
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)tellaye
Melanie OnnGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)no
Chi OnwurahNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)no
Albert OwenYnys MônLab (minister)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConno
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLabaye
Bridget PhillipsonHoughton and Sunderland SouthLab (minister)aye
Christopher PincherTamworthCon (front bench)aye
Victoria PrentisBanburyCon (front bench)aye
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUP (front bench)aye
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Amber RuddHastings and Ryewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Lloyd Russell-MoyleBrighton, KemptownLab (minister)no
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)aye
Paula SherriffDewsburyLab (minister)no
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)aye
Ruth SmeethStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)no
Cat SmithLancaster and FleetwoodLab (minister)no
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)aye
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Gareth SnellStoke-on-Trent CentralLab (minister)tellno
Nicholas SoamesMid Sussexwhilst Conno
Alex SobelLeeds North WestLab (minister)no
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)no
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)aye
Andrew StephensonPendleCon (front bench)aye
Bob StewartBeckenhamCon (front bench)no
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)no
Paul SweeneyGlasgow North EastLab (minister)no
Hugo SwireEast DevonConno
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)aye
Nick Thomas-SymondsTorfaenLab (minister)no
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonConno
Craig TraceyNorth WarwickshireConaye
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthCon (front bench)aye
Giles WatlingClactonCon (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyCon (front bench)aye
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)no
John WoodcockBarrow and Furnesswhilst Labno
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamCon (front bench)aye

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