Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Proportional Representation to Elect MPs — 20 Jan 2020 at 21:46

The majority of MPs voted against introducing a system of proportional representation for the election of members of the House of Commons.

The debate on the content of the government's legislative programme outlined in the Queens' speech is technically, and traditionally, on the subject of a message of thanks which the house is to send the monarch for making the speech.

MPs were considering the following motion:

  • That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, as follows:
  • Most Gracious Sovereign,
  • We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

the amendment rejected in this vote was:

  • at the end of the Question to add:
  • “but
  • respectfully regrets that the Gracious Speech does not set out sufficiently ambitious plans to tackle the climate emergency by reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to zero, such as improving the energy efficiency of houses and offices, bringing forward the date for ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, expanding renewable energy and banning fracking, and setting out the Government’s objectives for COP26 in Glasgow later this year;
  • further regrets that the Gracious Speech does not set out measures to tackle poverty and inequality and to improve social justice, such as scrapping the two-child limit, increasing in-work benefits and guaranteeing continued employment and skills support currently provided through European Social Funding;
  • is concerned that proposals in the Gracious Speech for a Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission are intended to curtail human rights, strengthen the executive and limit the role of the courts, rather than to strengthen the voice of citizens; and
  • urges your Government to introduce a system of proportional representation, to end the democratic outrage of one party securing a majority of seats in this House with only a minority of votes and another party receiving less than 2 per cent of seats despite securing 11.5 per cent of votes

Debate in Parliament |

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All Votes Cast - sorted by constituency

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Robin MillarAberconwyConno
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Stephen FlynnAberdeen SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Neil GrayAirdrie and ShottsSNP (front bench)aye
Leo DochertyAldershotCon (front bench)no
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)no
Dave DooganAngusSNP (front bench)aye
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Brendan O'HaraArgyll and ButeSNP (front bench)aye
Andrew GriffithArundel and South DownsConno
Lee AndersonAshfieldConno
Damian GreenAshfordConno
Rob ButlerAylesburyConno
Allan DoransAyr, Carrick and CumnockSNP (front bench)aye
Victoria PrentisBanburyConno
David DuguidBanff and BuchanConno
Simon FellBarrow and FurnessConno
John BaronBasildon and BillericayConno
Maria MillerBasingstokeConno
Brendan Clarke-SmithBassetlawConno
Wera HobhouseBathLDem (front bench)aye
Joy MorrisseyBeaconsfieldConno
Bob StewartBeckenhamConno
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUP (front bench)no
Anne-Marie TrevelyanBerwick-upon-TweedCon (front bench)no
John LamontBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkConno
Huw MerrimanBexhill and BattleConno
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordConno
Gary SambrookBirmingham, NorthfieldConno
Dehenna DavisonBishop AucklandConno
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysCon (front bench)no
Scott BentonBlackpool Southwhilst Conno
Ian LevyBlyth ValleyConno
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)no
Mark FletcherBolsoverConno
Mark LoganBolton North EastConno
Chris GreenBolton WestConno
Matt WarmanBoston and SkegnessCon (front bench)no
Luke EvansBosworthConno
Tobias EllwoodBournemouth EastConno
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestCon (front bench)no
James SunderlandBracknellConno
James CleverlyBraintreeCon (front bench)no
Fay JonesBrecon and RadnorshireConno
Alex BurghartBrentwood and OngarConno
Jamie WallisBridgendConno
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetConno
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConno
Caroline LucasBrighton, PavilionGreenaye
Jerome MayhewBroadlandConno
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
Darren HenryBroxtoweConno
Greg SmithBuckinghamConno
Antony HigginbothamBurnleyConno
Kate KnivetonBurtonConno
James DalyBury NorthConno
Christian WakefordBury Southwhilst Conno
Jo ChurchillBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)no
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyConno
Amanda MillingCannock ChaseCon (front bench)no
John StevensonCarlisleConno
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and Dinefwrwhilst PC (front bench)aye
Simon HartCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Elliot ColburnCarshalton and WallingtonConno
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointCon (front bench)no
Philippa WhitfordCentral AyrshireSNP (front bench)aye
Mel StrideCentral DevonConno
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North IpswichConno
Ben LakeCeredigionPCaye
Edward ArgarCharnwoodCon (front bench)no
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConno
Mary RobinsonCheadleConno
Vicky FordChelmsfordConno
Greg HandsChelsea and FulhamConno
Alex ChalkCheltenhamConno
Gillian KeeganChichesterConno
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Michelle DonelanChippenhamCon (front bench)tellno
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Nickie AikenCities of London and WestminsterConno
Giles WatlingClactonConno
Martin VickersCleethorpesConno
Simon BaynesClwyd SouthConno
David JonesClwyd WestConno
Steven BonnarCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillSNP (front bench)aye
Will QuinceColchesterCon (front bench)no
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConno
Fiona BruceCongletonConno
Trudy HarrisonCopelandConno
Tom PursgloveCorbyCon (front bench)no
Henry SmithCrawleyConno
Kieran MullanCrewe and NantwichConno
Chris PhilpCroydon SouthCon (front bench)no
Stuart McDonaldCumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastSNP (front bench)aye
Peter GibsonDarlingtonConno
Gareth JohnsonDartfordConno
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryCon (front bench)no
Rob RobertsDelynwhilst Conno
Amanda SollowayDerby NorthConno
Sarah DinesDerbyshire DalesConno
Danny KrugerDevizesConno
Mark EastwoodDewsburyConno
Nicholas FletcherDon ValleyConno
Natalie ElphickeDoverConno
Marco LonghiDudley NorthConno
Mike WoodDudley SouthConno
Alister JackDumfries and GallowayCon (front bench)no
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConno
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Chris LawDundee WestSNP (front bench)aye
Douglas ChapmanDunfermline and West FifeSNP (front bench)aye
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPC (front bench)aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Simon JuppEast DevonConno
Amy CallaghanEast DunbartonshireSNP (front bench)aye
Damian HindsEast HampshireConno
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagowwhilst SNP (front bench)aye
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)no
Kenny MacAskillEast Lothianwhilst SNP (front bench)aye
Kirsten OswaldEast RenfrewshireSNP (front bench)aye
Claire CoutinhoEast SurreyConno
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamConno
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Caroline AnsellEastbourneConno
Paul HolmesEastleighConno
Edward TimpsonEddisburyConno
Tommy SheppardEdinburgh EastSNP (front bench)aye
Deidre BrockEdinburgh North and LeithSNP (front bench)aye
Joanna CherryEdinburgh South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Christine JardineEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)tellaye
Alec ShelbrookeElmet and RothwellConno
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellConno
Maggie ThroupErewashCon (front bench)no
Suella BravermanFarehamConno
Helen WhatelyFaversham and Mid KentCon (front bench)no
Jack LoprestiFilton and Bradley StokeConno
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)no
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheConno
Mark HarperForest of DeanConno
Mark MenziesFyldeConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Tom RandallGedlingConno
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConno
Alison ThewlissGlasgow CentralSNP (front bench)aye
David LindenGlasgow EastSNP (front bench)aye
Patrick GradyGlasgow NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Anne McLaughlinGlasgow North EastSNP (front bench)aye
Carol MonaghanGlasgow North WestSNP (front bench)aye
Stewart McDonaldGlasgow SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Chris StephensGlasgow South WestSNP (front bench)aye
Peter GrantGlenrothesSNP (front bench)aye
Richard GrahamGloucesterConno
Richard ThomsonGordonSNP (front bench)aye
Caroline DinenageGosportCon (front bench)no
Gareth DaviesGrantham and StamfordConno
Adam HollowayGraveshamConno
Lia NiciGreat GrimsbyConno
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)no
Angela RichardsonGuildfordConno
James MorrisHalesowen and Rowley RegisCon (front bench)no
David DavisHaltemprice and HowdenConno
Neil O'BrienHarboroughConno
Robert HalfonHarlowConno
Andrew JonesHarrogate and KnaresboroughConno
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastConno
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)no
Sally-Ann HartHastings and RyeConno
Alan MakHavantConno
William WraggHazel GroveConno
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConno
Matthew OffordHendonConno
John HowellHenleyConno
Julie MarsonHertford and StortfordConno
Oliver DowdenHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Guy OppermanHexhamCon (front bench)no
Chris ClarksonHeywood and MiddletonConno
Robert LarganHigh PeakConno
Bim AfolamiHitchin and HarpendenConno
Julia LopezHornchurch and UpminsterConno
Jeremy QuinHorshamCon (front bench)no
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConno
Sara BritcliffeHyndburnConno
Ronnie CowanInverclydeSNP (front bench)aye
Drew HendryInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeySNP (front bench)aye
Tom HuntIpswichConno
Bob SeelyIsle of WightConno
Robbie MooreKeighleyConno
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamConno
Felicity BuchanKensingtonConno
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Alan BrownKilmarnock and LoudounSNP (front bench)aye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodCon (front bench)no
Neale HanveyKirkcaldy and Cowdenbeathwhilst Independentaye
Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP (front bench)no
Angela CrawleyLanark and Hamilton EastSNP (front bench)aye
James GrundyLeighConno
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Michael FabricantLichfieldConno
Karl McCartneyLincolnConno
Hannah BardellLivingstonSNP (front bench)aye
Jane HuntLoughboroughConno
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)no
Philip DunneLudlowCon (front bench)no
David RutleyMacclesfieldCon (front bench)no
Theresa MayMaidenheadConno
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdConno
John WhittingdaleMaldonConno
Ben BradleyMansfieldConno
Flick DrummondMeon ValleyConno
Nadine DorriesMid BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireConno
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleConno
George FreemanMid NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Mims DaviesMid SussexCon (front bench)no
Nigel HuddlestonMid WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Owen ThompsonMidlothianSNP (front bench)aye
Ben EverittMilton Keynes NorthConno
Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthCon (front bench)tellno
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)no
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)no
Craig WilliamsMontgomeryshireConno
Douglas RossMorayCon (front bench)no
Marion FellowsMotherwell and WishawSNP (front bench)aye
Angus MacNeilNa h-Eileanan an Iarwhilst SNP (front bench)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest Eastwhilst Conno
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert JenrickNewarkCon (front bench)no
Laura FarrisNewburyConno
Aaron BellNewcastle-under-LymeConno
Anne Marie MorrisNewton AbbotConno
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Patricia GibsonNorth Ayrshire and ArranSNP (front bench)aye
Scott MannNorth CornwallConno
Selaine SaxbyNorth DevonConno
Simon HoareNorth DorsetConno
Richard FullerNorth East BedfordshireConno
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Lee RowleyNorth East DerbyshireConno
Wendy ChamberlainNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)tellaye
Ranil JayawardenaNorth East HampshireConno
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConno
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Duncan BakerNorth NorfolkConno
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireConno
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Craig TraceyNorth WarwickshireConno
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireConno
Richard HoldenNorth West DurhamConno
Kit MalthouseNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
Andrew BridgenNorth West Leicestershirewhilst Conno
James WildNorth West NorfolkConno
James GrayNorth WiltshireCon (front bench)no
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthConno
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthCon (front bench)no
John NicolsonOchil and South PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Gareth BaconOrpingtonConno
Gavin NewlandsPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Mhairi BlackPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Miriam CatesPenistone and StocksbridgeConno
Neil HudsonPenrith and The BorderConno
Pete WishartPerth and North PerthshireSNP (front bench)aye
Paul BristowPeterboroughConno
Johnny MercerPlymouth, Moor ViewCon (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleConno
Penny MordauntPortsmouth NorthConno
Stuart AndrewPudseyCon (front bench)no
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordConno
Jacob YoungRedcarConno
Rachel MacleanRedditchConno
Crispin BluntReigateConno
Rishi SunakRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)no
Sarah OlneyRichmond ParkLDem (front bench)aye
Kelly TolhurstRochester and StroodCon (front bench)no
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthCon (front bench)no
Ian BlackfordRoss, Skye and LochaberSNP (front bench)aye
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenCon (front bench)no
Alexander StaffordRother ValleyConno
Mark PawseyRugbyConno
David SimmondsRuislip, Northwood and PinnerConno
Ben SpencerRunnymede and WeybridgeConno
Ruth EdwardsRushcliffeConno
Margaret FerrierRutherglen and Hamilton Westwhilst SNP (front bench)aye
Alicia KearnsRutland and MeltonConno
Kemi BadenochSaffron WaldenCon (front bench)no
John GlenSalisburyCon (front bench)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyConno
Holly Mumby-CroftScunthorpeConno
Paul HowellSedgefieldConno
Nigel AdamsSelby and AinstyCon (front bench)no
Laura TrottSevenoaksConno
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)no
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConno
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyConno
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponCon (front bench)no
Dr Caroline JohnsonSleaford and North HykehamConno
Julian KnightSolihullwhilst Con (front bench)no
David WarburtonSomerton and FromeConno
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockConno
Anthony BrowneSouth CambridgeshireConno
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Richard DraxSouth DorsetConno
Lucy FrazerSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallConno
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
Alberto CostaSouth LeicestershireConno
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireCon (front bench)no
Katherine FletcherSouth RibbleConno
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)no
James CartlidgeSouth SuffolkConno
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonCon (front bench)no
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetConno
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Gagan MohindraSouth West HertfordshireConno
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyConno
Royston SmithSouthampton, ItchenConno
Sir David AmessSouthend WestCon (front bench)no
Damien MooreSouthportConno
Kwasi KwartengSpelthorneCon (front bench)no
Daisy CooperSt AlbansLDem (front bench)aye
Steve DoubleSt Austell and NewquayConno
Derek ThomasSt IvesConno
Theo ClarkeStaffordConno
Karen BradleyStaffordshire MoorlandsCon (front bench)no
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConno
Alyn SmithStirlingSNP (front bench)aye
Matt VickersStockton SouthConno
Jo GideonStoke-on-Trent CentralConno
Jonathan GullisStoke-on-Trent NorthConno
Jack BreretonStoke-on-Trent SouthCon (front bench)no
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Suzanne WebbStourbridgeConno
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)no
Nadhim ZahawiStratford-on-AvonCon (front bench)no
Siobhan BaillieStroudConno
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Paul ScullySutton and CheamConno
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConno
Christopher PincherTamworthwhilst Con (front bench)no
Esther McVeyTattonCon (front bench)no
Rebecca PowTaunton DeaneCon (front bench)no
Lucy AllanTelfordConno
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsConno
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Kevin HollinrakeThirsk and MaltonConno
Luke HallThornbury and YateCon (front bench)no
Jackie Doyle-PriceThurrockConno
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonConno
Thomas TugendhatTonbridge and MallingConno
Kevin FosterTorbayCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey CoxTorridge and West DevonCon (front bench)no
Anthony MangnallTotnesConno
Cherilyn MackroryTruro and FalmouthConno
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsConno
Munira WilsonTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Carla LockhartUpper BannDUPno
Boris JohnsonUxbridge and South RuislipCon (front bench)no
James DaviesVale of ClwydConno
Alun CairnsVale of GlamorganConno
Imran Ahmad KhanWakefieldConno
Eddie HughesWalsall NorthConno
David JohnstonWantageConno
Andy CarterWarrington SouthConno
Dean RussellWatfordConno
Peter AldousWaveneyConno
Peter BoneWellingboroughwhilst Con (front bench)no
James HeappeyWellsCon (front bench)no
Andrew BowieWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineConno
Nicola RichardsWest Bromwich EastConno
Shaun BaileyWest Bromwich WestConno
Chris LoderWest DorsetConno
Martin DochertyWest DunbartonshireSNP (front bench)aye
Harriett BaldwinWest WorcestershireConno
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareConno
Stephen HammondWimbledonConno
Steve BrineWinchesterConno
Priti PatelWithamCon (front bench)no
Robert CourtsWitneyConno
Jonathan LordWokingConno
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Jane StevensonWolverhampton North EastConno
Stuart AndersonWolverhampton South WestConno
Mark JenkinsonWorkingtonConno
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Sarah AthertonWrexhamConno
Steven BakerWycombeConno
Ben WallaceWyre and Preston NorthCon (front bench)no
Mark GarnierWyre ForestConno
Marcus FyshYeovilConno
Virginia CrosbieYnys MônConno
Julian SturdyYork OuterConno

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