The majority of MPs voted to decriminalise all abortions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland performed with the consent of the pregnant women up to the twenty-forth week of pregnancy.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to abortion in England and Wales, and Northern Ireland;
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to remove criminal liability in respect of abortion performed with the consent of the pregnant woman up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy;
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to repeal sections 59 and 60 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861;
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to create offences of termination of a pregnancy after its twenty-fourth week and non-consensual termination of a pregnancy;
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to amend the law relating to conscientious objection to participation in abortion treatment;
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and for connected purposes.
The provisions of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 referenced criminalise: "Procuring drugs, &c. to cause abortion" and "Concealing the birth of a child".
The text of the Bill had not been published at the time of the vote[2] so MPs were voting on the basis of the motion text.
At the time of the vote the 1967 Abortion Act, as amended[3], permitted abortions in England and Wales if two registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith—
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(a)that the pregnancy has not exceeded its twenty-fourth week and that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated, of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman or any existing children of her family; or
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(b)that the termination is necessary to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman; or
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(c)that the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk to the life of the pregnant woman, greater than if the pregnancy were terminated; or
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(d)that there is a substantial risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
The proposed bill would apply to Northern Ireland where at the time of the vote the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 only permitted abortion to preserve the life of the mother
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ross Thomson | Aberdeen South | Con (front bench) | no |
Leo Docherty | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
Nigel Mills | Amber Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Kirstene Hair | Angus | Con (front bench) | no |
Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
Gloria De Piero | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
Angela Rayner | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bill Grant | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Con (front bench) | no |
Victoria Prentis | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stephanie Peacock | Barnsley East | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Woodcock | Barrow and Furness | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Tracy Brabin | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
Marsha de Cordova | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bob Stewart | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Gavin Robinson | Belfast East | DUP (front bench) | no |
Emma Little-Pengelly | Belfast South | DUP (front bench) | tellno |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Lamont | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Con (front bench) | no |
Rushanara Ali | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
Huw Merriman | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
Preet Kaur Gill | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jack Dromey | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Maynard | Blackpool North and Cleveleys | Con (front bench) | no |
Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
Liz Twist | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
Chris Green | Bolton West | Con | tellno |
Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Phillip Lee | Bracknell | whilst Con | no |
Naseem Shah | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew Percy | Brigg and Goole | Con | no |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
Caroline Lucas | Brighton, Pavilion | Green (front bench) | aye |
Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Darren Jones | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Karin Smyth | Bristol South | Lab | aye |
Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | no |
Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
Anna Soubry | Broxtowe | whilst Con | aye |
Julie Cooper | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
James Frith | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
Craig Whittaker | Calder Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
Rosie Duffield | Canterbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Stevenson | Carlisle | Con (front bench) | no |
Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Con (front bench) | aye |
Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
Tracey Crouch | Chatham and Aylesford | Con (front bench) | aye |
Mary Robinson | Cheadle | Con (front bench) | no |
Greg Hands | Chelsea and Fulham | Con | no |
Alex Chalk | Cheltenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
Michelle Donelan | Chippenham | Con (front bench) | no |
Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Matheson | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Martin Vickers | Cleethorpes | Con (front bench) | no |
David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
Thelma Walker | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Fiona Bruce | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Pursglove | Corby | Con (front bench) | no |
Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
Henry Smith | Crawley | Con (front bench) | no |
Laura Smith | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Steve Reed | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Philp | Croydon South | Con | no |
Jenny Chapman | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Patrick McLoughlin | Derbyshire Dales | Con (front bench) | no |
Paula Sherriff | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
Rupa Huq | Ealing Central and Acton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Grahame Morris | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | no |
Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
Martin Whitfield | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Kate Osamor | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Joan Ryan | Enfield North | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
Maggie Throup | Erewash | Con | no |
Teresa Pearce | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | both |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
Seema Malhotra | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab | aye |
Ian Mearns | Gateshead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Rehman Chishti | Gillingham and Rainham | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Sweeney | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Caroline Dinenage | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
Melanie Onn | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab | aye |
Tulip Siddiq | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Hill | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
William Wragg | Hazel Grove | Con (front bench) | no |
Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | no |
Matthew Offord | Hendon | Con (front bench) | no |
Liz McInnes | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ruth George | High Peak | Lab (minister) | aye |
Keir Starmer | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
Graham Jones | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sandy Martin | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Grogan | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | no |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Emma Hardy | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Skidmore | Kingswood | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lesley Laird | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | no |
Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jo Platt | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
Janet Daby | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
Vicky Foxcroft | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Karen Lee | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Luciana Berger | Liverpool, Wavertree | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Stephen Twigg | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Hannah Bardell | Livingston | SNP (front bench) | aye |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
Victoria Atkins | Louth and Horncastle | Con (front bench) | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
Gavin Shuker | Luton South | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
David Rutley | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
Yvonne Fovargue | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lucy Powell | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Afzal Khan | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeff Smith | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gerald Jones | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
Michael Tomlinson | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
Simon Clarke | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Con (front bench) | no |
Danielle Rowley | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | no |
Glyn Davies | Montgomeryshire | Con | no |
Andrea Jenkyns | Morley and Outwood | Con (front bench) | no |
Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | no |
Christina Rees | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
Chi Onwurah | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Scott Mann | North Cornwall | Con | no |
Simon Hoare | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ranil Jayawardena | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con | no |
Jacob Rees-Mogg | North East Somerset | Con (front bench) | no |
Bill Wiggin | North Herefordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
Andrew Bridgen | North West Leicestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Michael Ellis | Northampton North | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Lewer | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Leslie | Nottingham East | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lilian Greenwood | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Marcus Jones | Nuneaton | Con (front bench) | no |
Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
Jim McMahon | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jo Johnson | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew Stephenson | Pendle | Con (front bench) | no |
Rory Stewart | Penrith and The Border | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Fiona Onasanya | Peterborough | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
Owen Smith | Pontypridd | Lab | aye |
Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab | aye |
Penny Mordaunt | Portsmouth North | Con (front bench) | aye |
Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Justine Greening | Putney | whilst Con | aye |
Mark Francois | Rayleigh and Wickford | Con (front bench) | no |
Matt Rodda | Reading East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Anna Turley | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | aye |
Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mark Pawsey | Rugby | Con (front bench) | no |
Ged Killen | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Glen | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | no |
Nicholas Dakin | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | no |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jared O'Mara | Sheffield, Hallam | whilst Independent | aye |
Louise Haigh | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Philip Davies | Shipley | Con (front bench) | no |
Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | no |
Dr Caroline Johnson | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con (front bench) | no |
Tan Dhesi | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
Julian Knight | Solihull | Con (front bench) | no |
David Warburton | Somerton and Frome | Con (front bench) | no |
Paul Girvan | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
Heidi Allen | South Cambridgeshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
Heather Wheeler | South Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Richard Drax | South Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con | no |
Alberto Costa | South Leicestershire | Con | no |
Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrea Leadsom | South Northamptonshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Seema Kennedy | South Ribble | Con | no |
James Cartlidge | South Suffolk | Con | no |
Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Andrew Murrison | South West Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
Damien Moore | Southport | Con (front bench) | no |
Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
Steve Double | St Austell and Newquay | Con (front bench) | no |
Derek Thomas | St Ives | Con (front bench) | no |
Jeremy Lefroy | Stafford | Con (front bench) | no |
Stephen Kerr | Stirling | Con (front bench) | no |
Ann Coffey | Stockport | whilst Lab | aye |
Alex Cunningham | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
Paul Williams | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gareth Snell | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ruth Smeeth | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | no |
Chuka Umunna | Streatham | whilst Lab | aye |
Kate Green | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Therese Coffey | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Carolyn Harris | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | The Cotswolds | Con (front bench) | no |
Kevin Hollinrake | Thirsk and Malton | Con (front bench) | no |
Neil Parish | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
Kevin Foster | Torbay | Con (front bench) | no |
Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
Sarah Wollaston | Totnes | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
Eddie Hughes | Walsall North | Con (front bench) | no |
Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
Faisal Rashid | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sharon Hodgson | Washington and Sunderland West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Aldous | Waveney | Con | no |
Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | no |
Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | whilst Con | no |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab | aye |
Steve Brine | Winchester | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
Alison McGovern | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
Emma Reynolds | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Eleanor Smith | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
Sue Hayman | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Steven Baker | Wycombe | Con | no |
Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
Marcus Fysh | Yeovil | Con (front bench) | no |
Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | no |