Business of the House — Precedence for Government Business — 25 Mar 2019 at 21:47

The majority of MPs voted to suspend the standing order which generally gives precedence to government business, enabling MPs outside the Government to be permitted, on the 27th of March 2019, to propose arrangements for debate in the House of Commons.

MPs were considering the following motion:

The amendment supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • Amendment proposed: (a), At end, add
  • “and, given the need for the House to debate and vote on alternative ways forward, with a view to the Government putting forward a plan for the House to debate and vote on, orders that –
  • (a) Standing Order No. 14(1) (which provides that government business shall have precedence at every sitting save as provided in that order) shall not apply on Wednesday 27 March;
  • (b) precedence on that day shall be given to a motion relating to the Business of the House in connection with matters relating to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union other than any Business of the House motion relating to the consideration by the House of a motion under Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and then to motions relating to that withdrawal and the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the European Union other than any motion moved under Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;
  • (c) if more than one motion related to the Business of the House is tabled, the Speaker shall decide which motion shall have precedence;
  • (d) the Speaker shall interrupt proceedings on any business before the Business of the House motion having precedence at 2.00 pm on Wednesday 27 March and call a Member to move that motion;
  • (e) debate on that motion may continue until 3.00 pm on Wednesday 27 March at which time the Speaker shall put the questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the motion including the questions on amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved;
  • (f) when those proceedings have been concluded, the Speaker shall call a Member to move one of the other motions having precedence;
  • (g) any proceedings interrupted or superseded by this order or an order arising from the Business of the House motion may be resumed or (as the case may be) entered upon and proceeded with after the moment of interruption on Wednesday 27 March.”

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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
Con29 280 (+2 tell)199.4%
DUP0 100100.0%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent17 3095.2%
Lab232 (+2 tell) 8098.8%
LDem11 00100.0%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP34 0097.1%
Total:328 301198.9%

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Guto BebbAberconwywhilst Con (front bench)aye
Richard BenyonNewburywhilst Conaye
Nicholas BolesGrantham and Stamfordwhilst Conaye
Steve BrineWinchesterwhilst Conaye
Alistair BurtNorth East Bedfordshirewhilst Conaye
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffewhilst Con (front bench)aye
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheCon (front bench)aye
Alberto CostaSouth LeicestershireConaye
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)aye
George FreemanMid NorfolkConaye
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)aye
Justine GreeningPutneywhilst Conaye
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Sam GyimahEast Surreywhilst Con (front bench)aye
Richard HarringtonWatfordwhilst Conaye
Jo JohnsonOrpingtonConaye
Phillip LeeBracknellwhilst Conaye
Jeremy LefroyStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Oliver LetwinWest Dorsetwhilst Conaye
Paul MastertonEast RenfrewshireConaye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConaye
Nicky MorganLoughboroughCon (front bench)aye
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)aye
Sarah NewtonTruro and FalmouthConaye
Mark PawseyRugbyCon (front bench)aye
Antoinette SandbachEddisburywhilst Con (front bench)aye
Nicholas SoamesMid Sussexwhilst Conaye
Caroline SpelmanMeridenCon (front bench)aye
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)aye
Ed VaizeyWantagewhilst Con (front bench)both
Lord John [Missing last name for 41744]BassetlawLab (minister)no
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)no
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabno
Rosie CooperWest LancashireLab (minister)no
Caroline FlintDon ValleyLab (minister)no
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)no
Kate HoeyVauxhallLab (minister)no
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)no

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