Cannabis (Legalisation and Regulation) — 11 Dec 2018 at 13:46

The majority of MPs voted not to legalise the possession and consumption of cannabis.

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

  • That leave be given to bring in a Bill to legalise the possession and consumption of cannabis;
  • to provide for the regulation of the production, distribution and sale of cannabis;
  • and for connected purposes.

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All Votes Cast - sorted by constituency

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible MP including those who did not vote in this division.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Ross ThomsonAberdeen SouthCon (front bench)no
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyCon (front bench)no
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Nick HerbertArundel and South DownsConaye
Wera HobhouseBathLDem (front bench)aye
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldwhilst Con (front bench)no
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUP (front bench)no
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)no
Neil CoyleBermondsey and Old SouthwarkLab (minister)no
Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Hall GreenLabaye
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)aye
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabaye
Chris DaviesBrecon and RadnorshireCon (front bench)no
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)no
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConaye
Caroline LucasBrighton, PavilionGreen (front bench)aye
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)tellaye
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and DinefwrPC (front bench)aye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)tellaye
Philippa WhitfordCentral AyrshireSNP (front bench)aye
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichCon (front bench)aye
Ben LakeCeredigionPC (front bench)aye
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConno
Mary RobinsonCheadleCon (front bench)no
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Will QuinceColchesterConno
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP (front bench)aye
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Chris WilliamsonDerby Northwhilst Labaye
Charlie ElphickeDoverwhilst Independent (front bench)no
Chris LawDundee WestSNP (front bench)aye
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPC (front bench)aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowSNP (front bench)aye
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)no
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Tommy SheppardEdinburgh EastSNP (front bench)aye
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)both
Joanna CherryEdinburgh South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Christine JardineEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)aye
John McNallyFalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Mark HarperForest of DeanConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
David LindenGlasgow EastSNP (front bench)no
Patrick GradyGlasgow NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Stewart McDonaldGlasgow SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Peter GrantGlenrothesSNP (front bench)aye
Richard GrahamGloucesterCon (front bench)no
Tonia AntoniazziGowerLab (minister)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadContellno
Matthew OffordHendonCon (front bench)no
Mike GapesIlford Southwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Ronnie CowanInverclydeSNP (front bench)aye
Drew HendryInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP (front bench)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Alan BrownKilmarnock and LoudounSNP (front bench)aye
Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP (front bench)no
Angela CrawleyLanark and Hamilton EastSNP (front bench)aye
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye
Martyn DayLinlithgow and East FalkirkSNP (front bench)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton Northwhilst Independent (front bench)aye
Gavin ShukerLuton Southwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleCon (front bench)no
Nicholas SoamesMid Sussexwhilst Conno
Andrea JenkynsMorley and OutwoodCon (front bench)aye
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Scott MannNorth CornwallConaye
Stephen GethinsNorth East FifeSNP (front bench)aye
Ranil JayawardenaNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)no
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew BridgenNorth West LeicestershireCon (front bench)no
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Chris LeslieNottingham Eastwhilst Lab (front bench)no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye
Mhairi BlackPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Zac GoldsmithRichmond ParkCon (front bench)aye
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConaye
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)tellno
Royston SmithSouthampton, ItchenCon (front bench)no
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayCon (front bench)no
Conor McGinnSt Helens NorthLab (minister)both
Derek ThomasSt IvesCon (front bench)no
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)no
Chuka UmunnaStreathamwhilst Labno
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)no
Martin DochertyWest DunbartonshireSNP (front bench)aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye

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