National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway — 25 Jun 2018 at 21:51

The majority of MPs voted in favour of a third runway at Heathrow airport.

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

The document itself sets out its role:

  • The Airports NPS provides the primary basis for decision making on development consent applications for a Northwest Runway at Heathrow Airport, and will be an important and relevant consideration in respect of applications for new runway capacity and other airport infrastructure in London and the South East of England.

The document concludes in paragraph 3.75:

  • the Government considers that the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme delivers the greatest strategic and economic benefits, and is therefore the most effective and appropriate way of meeting the needs case

The approved document sets out planning policy considerations for the proposed development, covering subjects including waste management, impact on Immigration Removal Centres, security, air quality, noise, carbon emissions and many more.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con286 (+2 tell) 8093.7%
DUP9 0090.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 1033.3%
Lab119 94 (+2 tell)083.3%
LDem0 11091.7%
PC0 40100.0%
Total:415 119088.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Adam AfriyieWindsorConno
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)no
Justine GreeningPutneywhilst Conno
Greg HandsChelsea and FulhamConno
Matthew OffordHendonCon (front bench)no
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLab (minister)no
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLabno
Rosena Allin-KhanTootingLab (minister)no
Mike AmesburyWeaver ValeLab (minister)no
Ian AustinDudley Northwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)no
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)no
Paul BlomfieldSheffield CentralLab (minister)no
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)no
Karen BuckWestminster NorthLab (minister)no
Richard BurgonLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Dawn ButlerBrent CentralLab (minister)no
Liam ByrneBirmingham, Hodge HillLab (minister)no
Ruth CadburyBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)no
Dan CardenLiverpool, WaltonLab (minister)no
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Julie CooperBurnleyLab (minister)no
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLab (minister)no
Jon CruddasDagenham and RainhamLabno
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)no
Jim CunninghamCoventry SouthLabno
Janet DabyLewisham EastLabno
Geraint DaviesSwansea WestLab (minister)no
Marsha de CordovaBatterseaLab (minister)no
Thangam DebbonaireBristol WestLab (minister)no
Emma Dent CoadKensingtonLabno
Anneliese DoddsOxford EastLab (minister)no
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthLab (minister)no
Peter DowdBootleLab (minister)no
David DrewStroudLab (minister)no
Rosie DuffieldCanterburyLab (minister)no
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)no
Chris EvansIslwynLab (minister)no
James FrithBury NorthLab (minister)no
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no
Ruth GeorgeHigh PeakLab (minister)tellno
Preet Kaur GillBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Hall GreenLabno
Helen GoodmanBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham SouthLab (minister)no
Margaret GreenwoodWirral WestLab (minister)no
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)no
John GroganKeighleyLab (minister)no
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)no
Emma HardyKingston upon Hull West and HessleLab (minister)no
Helen HayesDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)no
Sue HaymanWorkingtonLab (minister)no
Kate HollernBlackburnLab (minister)tellno
Rupa HuqEaling Central and ActonLab (minister)no
Imran HussainBradford EastLab (minister)no
Darren JonesBristol North WestLab (minister)no
Sarah JonesCroydon CentralLab (minister)no
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLab (minister)no
Ged KillenRutherglen and Hamilton WestLab (minister)no
Lesley LairdKirkcaldy and CowdenbeathLab (minister)no
Karen LeeLincolnLab (minister)no
Clive LewisNorwich SouthLab (minister)no
Tony LloydRochdaleLab (minister)no
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)no
Sandy MartinIpswichLab (minister)no
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLab (minister)no
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbroughLab (minister)no
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)no
Ian MearnsGatesheadLab (minister)no
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLabno
Stephen MorganPortsmouth SouthLab (minister)no
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLab (minister)no
Lisa NandyWiganLabno
Fiona OnasanyaPeterboroughwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Kate OsamorEdmontonLab (minister)no
Teresa PearceErith and ThamesmeadLabno
Matthew PennycookGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)no
Laura PidcockNorth West DurhamLab (minister)no
Yasmin QureshiBolton South EastLab (minister)no
Steve ReedCroydon NorthLab (minister)no
Ellie ReevesLewisham West and PengeLab (minister)no
Emma ReynoldsWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)no
Marie RimmerSt Helens South and WhistonLab (minister)no
Matt RoddaReading EastLab (minister)no
Danielle RowleyMidlothianLab (minister)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLabno
Andrew SlaughterHammersmithLabno
Alex SobelLeeds North WestLab (minister)no
Keir StarmerHolborn and St PancrasLab (minister)no
Paul SweeneyGlasgow North EastLab (minister)no
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)no
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)no
Valerie VazWalsall SouthLab (minister)no
Thelma WalkerColne ValleyLab (minister)no
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)no
Catherine WestHornsey and Wood GreenLab (minister)no
Matt WesternWarwick and LeamingtonLab (minister)no
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)no
Chris WilliamsonDerby Northwhilst Labno
Mohammad YasinBedfordLabno
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)no

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