Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 — 17 Jun 2020 at 19:30

The majority of MPs voted to continue to permit abortions in Northern Ireland where they are carried out in circumstances set out in regulations.

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

The regulations, which revoke and replace almost identical previous regulations, state[1][2]:

  • * A registered medical professional may terminate a pregnancy where a registered medical professional is of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the pregnancy has not exceeded its 12th week.
  • * A registered medical professional may terminate a pregnancy where two registered medical professionals are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that— (a)the pregnancy has not exceeded its 24th week; and (b)the continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk of injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman which is greater than if the pregnancy were terminated.
  • * A registered medical professional may terminate a [any] pregnancy in cases of immediate necessity, risk to life or grave permanent injury to physical or mental health of pregnant woman or severe fetal impairment or fatal fetal abnormality.
  • * Notification of termination to Chief Medical Officer is required.

The regulations also amend the law so that no woman or girl can be prosecuted with respect to ending her own pregnancy and to remove the risk of criminal prosecution from those acting in-line with the regulations.

The regulations replace substantively identical Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 which did not continue in-force as they were not approved by resolution of each House of Parliament within the required period. The disruption to Parliamentary procedure caused by the covid-19 pandemic may have prevented the consideration of the previous regulations[1].

If the regulations were not approved abortion in Northern Ireland would have remained criminalised both via Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 if the child was capable of being born alive and more generally via sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 with exceptions relating to the woman's health made via case law.[1]

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Robin MillarAberconwyCon (front bench)no
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye
Hywel WilliamsArfonPC (front bench)aye
Andrew GriffithArundel and South DownsCon (front bench)no
Lee AndersonAshfieldwhilst Conaye
Damian GreenAshfordCon (front bench)no
Rob ButlerAylesburyCon (front bench)no
Margaret HodgeBarkingLabaye
Dan JarvisBarnsley CentralLabaye
Simon FellBarrow and FurnessCon (front bench)no
John BaronBasildon and BillericayConaye
Maria MillerBasingstokeCon (front bench)aye
Brendan Clarke-SmithBassetlawCon (front bench)no
Tracy BrabinBatley and SpenLab (minister)aye
Mohammad YasinBedfordLab (minister)aye
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUP (front bench)no
Claire HannaBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)aye
Anne-Marie TrevelyanBerwick-upon-TweedCon (front bench)aye
Rushanara AliBethnal Green and BowLab (minister)aye
Huw MerrimanBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)aye
Mick WhitleyBirkenheadLab (minister)aye
Preet Kaur GillBirmingham, EdgbastonLab (minister)aye
Jack DromeyBirmingham, ErdingtonLab (minister)aye
Tahir AliBirmingham, Hall GreenLab (minister)aye
Shabana MahmoodBirmingham, LadywoodLab (minister)aye
Gary SambrookBirmingham, NorthfieldCon (front bench)no
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Jess PhillipsBirmingham, YardleyLab (minister)aye
Dehenna DavisonBishop AucklandCon (front bench)aye
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLab (minister)aye
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysConno
Scott BentonBlackpool Southwhilst Con (front bench)no
Liz TwistBlaydonLab (minister)aye
Ian LevyBlyth ValleyCon (front bench)no
Mark FletcherBolsoverCon (front bench)aye
Mark LoganBolton North EastCon (front bench)no
Yasmin QureshiBolton South EastLab (minister)aye
Chris GreenBolton WestConno
Matt WarmanBoston and SkegnessCon (front bench)aye
James SunderlandBracknellCon (front bench)no
Naseem ShahBradford WestLab (minister)aye
Fay JonesBrecon and RadnorshireConaye
Dawn ButlerBrent CentralLab (minister)aye
Ruth CadburyBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)aye
Alex BurghartBrentwood and OngarConaye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetCon (front bench)aye
Lloyd Russell-MoyleBrighton, KemptownLab (minister)aye
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLab (minister)aye
Jerome MayhewBroadlandCon (front bench)no
Bob NeillBromley and ChislehurstCon (front bench)no
Greg SmithBuckinghamCon (front bench)no
Antony HigginbothamBurnleyCon (front bench)aye
Kate KnivetonBurtonConno
James DalyBury NorthCon (front bench)aye
Christian WakefordBury Southwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Jo ChurchillBury St EdmundsCon (front bench)aye
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyConno
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)aye
Rosie DuffieldCanterburyLab (minister)aye
Jo StevensCardiff CentralLab (minister)aye
Anna McMorrinCardiff NorthLab (minister)aye
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthLab (minister)aye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)aye
John StevensonCarlisleCon (front bench)no
Simon HartCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireCon (front bench)aye
Elliot ColburnCarshalton and WallingtonCon (front bench)aye
Daniel PoulterCentral Suffolk and North Ipswichwhilst Con (front bench)aye
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConaye
Mary RobinsonCheadleCon (front bench)no
Vicky FordChelmsfordCon (front bench)aye
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLab (minister)aye
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Michelle DonelanChippenhamCon (front bench)no
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
Nickie AikenCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)aye
Chris MathesonCity of ChesterLab (minister)aye
Martin VickersCleethorpesCon (front bench)no
Simon BaynesClwyd SouthCon (front bench)aye
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Jason McCartneyColne ValleyConaye
Fiona BruceCongletonCon (front bench)no
Trudy HarrisonCopelandConaye
Tom PursgloveCorbyCon (front bench)no
Colleen FletcherCoventry North EastLab (minister)aye
Zarah SultanaCoventry SouthLab (minister)aye
Henry SmithCrawleyCon (front bench)no
Kieran MullanCrewe and NantwichCon (front bench)no
Sarah JonesCroydon CentralLab (minister)aye
Chris PhilpCroydon SouthCon (front bench)aye
Beth WinterCynon ValleyLab (minister)aye
Peter GibsonDarlingtonCon (front bench)aye
Rob RobertsDelynwhilst Con (front bench)no
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLab (minister)aye
Sarah DinesDerbyshire DalesCon (front bench)aye
Danny KrugerDevizesConno
Mark EastwoodDewsburyCon (front bench)aye
Nicholas FletcherDon ValleyCon (front bench)no
Natalie ElphickeDoverConno
Marco LonghiDudley NorthCon (front bench)no
Mike WoodDudley SouthConno
Helen HayesDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)aye
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)aye
Chris LawDundee WestSNP (front bench)aye
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPC (front bench)aye
James MurrayEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Virendra SharmaEaling, SouthallLab (minister)aye
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLab (minister)aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Simon JuppEast DevonCon (front bench)aye
Lisa CameronEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagowwhilst SNP (front bench)no
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)no
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamCon (front bench)aye
Paul HolmesEastleighCon (front bench)aye
Tommy SheppardEdinburgh EastSNP (front bench)aye
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)aye
Christine JardineEdinburgh WestLDem (front bench)aye
Justin MaddersEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye
Clive EffordElthamLab (minister)aye
Feryal ClarkEnfield NorthLab (minister)aye
Bambos CharalambousEnfield, Southgatewhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellConno
Maggie ThroupErewashCon (front bench)no
Ben BradshawExeterLab (minister)aye
Seema MalhotraFeltham and HestonLab (minister)aye
Mike FreerFinchley and Golders GreenCon (front bench)aye
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheConaye
Mark HarperForest of DeanConno
Colum EastwoodFoyleSDLPaye
Mark MenziesFyldeCon (front bench)no
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Maria EagleGarston and HalewoodLab (minister)aye
Tom RandallGedlingCon (front bench)no
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConno
Richard GrahamGloucesterCon (front bench)aye
Caroline DinenageGosportCon (front bench)aye
Tonia AntoniazziGowerLab (minister)aye
Lia NiciGreat GrimsbyCon (front bench)aye
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthCon (front bench)aye
Angela RichardsonGuildfordConaye
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke Newingtonwhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Holly LynchHalifaxLab (minister)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)aye
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and KilburnLab (minister)aye
Neil O'BrienHarboroughConno
Robert HalfonHarlowCon (front bench)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)no
Mike HillHartlepoolLab (minister)aye
Bernard JenkinHarwich and North EssexCon (front bench)aye
Sally-Ann HartHastings and RyeCon (front bench)no
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConaye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLabaye
Matthew OffordHendonCon (front bench)no
John HowellHenleyCon (front bench)aye
Julie MarsonHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)aye
Guy OppermanHexhamCon (front bench)aye
Chris ClarksonHeywood and MiddletonCon (front bench)aye
Robert LarganHigh PeakCon (front bench)aye
Keir StarmerHolborn and St PancrasLab (minister)aye
Peter KyleHoveLab (minister)aye
Barry SheermanHuddersfieldLab (minister)aye
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConaye
Sara BritcliffeHyndburnCon (front bench)aye
Wes StreetingIlford NorthLab (minister)aye
Sam TarryIlford SouthLab (minister)aye
Tom HuntIpswichCon (front bench)no
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLab (minister)aye
Kate OsborneJarrowLab (minister)aye
Robbie MooreKeighleyCon (front bench)aye
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamConaye
Felicity BuchanKensingtonCon (front bench)aye
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLab (minister)aye
Emma HardyKingston upon Hull West and HessleLab (minister)aye
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodConaye
George HowarthKnowsleyLab (minister)aye
Jeffrey M. DonaldsonLagan ValleyDUP (front bench)no
Cat SmithLancaster and FleetwoodLab (minister)aye
Richard BurgonLeeds EastLab (minister)aye
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLab (minister)aye
Alex SobelLeeds North WestLab (minister)aye
Claudia WebbeLeicester Eastwhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Jon AshworthLeicester SouthLab (minister)aye
James GrundyLeighConno
Maria CaulfieldLewesCon (front bench)no
Ellie ReevesLewisham West and PengeLab (minister)aye
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)aye
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)aye
Karl McCartneyLincolnCon (front bench)aye
Kim JohnsonLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)aye
Dan CardenLiverpool, WaltonLab (minister)aye
Paula BarkerLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)aye
Ian ByrneLiverpool, West DerbyLab (minister)aye
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)aye
Jane HuntLoughboroughConaye
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)aye
Sarah OwenLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Rachel HopkinsLuton SouthLab (minister)aye
Helen GrantMaidstone and The WealdConaye
Yvonne FovargueMakerfieldLabaye
Lucy PowellManchester CentralLab (minister)aye
Afzal KhanManchester, GortonLab (minister)aye
Jeff SmithManchester, WithingtonLab (minister)aye
Flick DrummondMeon ValleyCon (front bench)no
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLab (minister)aye
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleCon (front bench)no
George FreemanMid NorfolkConaye
Mims DaviesMid SussexCon (front bench)aye
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbroughLab (minister)aye
Ben EverittMilton Keynes NorthCon (front bench)aye
Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthCon (front bench)no
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyConno
David DaviesMonmouthCon (front bench)no
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleConno
Andrea JenkynsMorley and OutwoodCon (front bench)no
Christina ReesNeathwhilst Labaye
Julian LewisNew Forest Eastwhilst Conno
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)no
Robert JenrickNewarkCon (front bench)aye
Chi OnwurahNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLab (minister)aye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne Eastwhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Aaron BellNewcastle-under-LymeCon (front bench)aye
Jessica MordenNewport EastLab (minister)aye
Ruth JonesNewport WestLab (minister)aye
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Scott MannNorth CornwallConno
Selaine SaxbyNorth DevonCon (front bench)aye
Stephen FarryNorth DownAlliance (front bench)aye
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)aye
Richard FullerNorth East BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Lee RowleyNorth East DerbyshireConno
Wendy ChamberlainNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Ranil JayawardenaNorth East HampshireCon (front bench)no
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetCon (front bench)no
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireCon (front bench)no
Duncan BakerNorth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireConno
Liam FoxNorth SomersetConno
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Kit MalthouseNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)aye
Andrew BridgenNorth West Leicestershirewhilst Conno
James WildNorth West NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthConno
Clive LewisNorwich SouthLabaye
Alex NorrisNottingham NorthLab (minister)aye
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham SouthLab (minister)aye
Marcus JonesNuneatonCon (front bench)no
Chris ElmoreOgmoreLab (minister)aye
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)aye
Jim McMahonOldham West and RoytonLab (minister)aye
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Gareth BaconOrpingtonCon (front bench)no
Andrew StephensonPendleCon (front bench)aye
Neil HudsonPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)no
Paul BristowPeterboroughCon (front bench)aye
Luke PollardPlymouth, Sutton and DevonportLab (minister)aye
Alex Davies-JonesPontypriddLab (minister)aye
Apsana BegumPoplar and LimehouseLab (minister)aye
Stephen MorganPortsmouth SouthLab (minister)aye
Stephen CrabbPreseli PembrokeshireCon (front bench)no
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (minister)aye
Stuart AndrewPudseyCon (front bench)aye
Fleur AndersonPutneyLab (minister)aye
Mark FrancoisRayleigh and WickfordCon (front bench)no
Jacob YoungRedcarConno
Rachel MacleanRedditchCon (front bench)aye
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Chris BryantRhonddaLab (minister)aye
Sarah OlneyRichmond ParkLDem (front bench)aye
Tony LloydRochdaleLabaye
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)aye
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Caroline NokesRomsey and Southampton NorthCon (front bench)aye
Alexander StaffordRother ValleyCon (front bench)no
David SimmondsRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)no
Ben SpencerRunnymede and WeybridgeCon (front bench)aye
Ruth EdwardsRushcliffeCon (front bench)aye
Alicia KearnsRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)aye
Rebecca Long-BaileySalford and EcclesLab (minister)aye
John GlenSalisburyCon (front bench)no
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Holly Mumby-CroftScunthorpeConno
Bill EstersonSefton CentralLab (minister)aye
Laura TrottSevenoaksCon (front bench)aye
Clive BettsSheffield South EastLab (minister)aye
Gill FurnissSheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLab (minister)aye
Olivia BlakeSheffield, HallamLab (minister)aye
Louise HaighSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)aye
Mark SpencerSherwoodCon (front bench)aye
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamCon (front bench)no
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyConno
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponConaye
Dr Caroline JohnsonSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)no
Paul GirvanSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockConno
Anthony BrowneSouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireConno
Lucy FrazerSouth East CambridgeshireCon (front bench)aye
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallCon (front bench)no
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConno
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireConno
Katherine FletcherSouth RibbleCon (front bench)aye
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)no
Gagan MohindraSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)aye
Conor McGinnSt Helens Northwhilst Lab (front bench)aye
Marie RimmerSt Helens South and WhistonLab (minister)no
Derek ThomasSt IvesCon (front bench)no
Theo ClarkeStaffordCon (front bench)aye
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLab (minister)aye
Navendu MishraStockportLab (minister)aye
Alex CunninghamStockton NorthLab (minister)aye
Matt VickersStockton SouthCon (front bench)no
Jo GideonStoke-on-Trent CentralConaye
Jonathan GullisStoke-on-Trent NorthCon (front bench)aye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)no
Suzanne WebbStourbridgeCon (front bench)aye
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUP (front bench)no
Bell Ribeiro-AddyStreathamLab (minister)aye
Kate GreenStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)aye
Siobhan BaillieStroudCon (front bench)aye
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalCon (front bench)no
Julie ElliottSunderland CentralLab (minister)aye
Andrew MitchellSutton ColdfieldConaye
Carolyn HarrisSwansea EastLabaye
Rebecca PowTaunton DeaneCon (front bench)aye
Lucy AllanTelfordConaye
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsCon (front bench)no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Luke HallThornbury and YateCon (front bench)aye
Rosena Allin-KhanTootingLab (minister)aye
Kevin FosterTorbayCon (front bench)no
Nick Thomas-SymondsTorfaenLab (minister)aye
Geoffrey CoxTorridge and West DevonConno
Anthony MangnallTotnesCon (front bench)aye
Cherilyn MackroryTruro and FalmouthConno
Munira WilsonTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)aye
Carla LockhartUpper BannDUPno
James DaviesVale of ClwydCon (front bench)no
Imran Ahmad KhanWakefieldConno
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)aye
Eddie HughesWalsall NorthCon (front bench)no
Valerie VazWalsall SouthLab (minister)aye
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLabaye
Ian LaveryWansbeckLabaye
David JohnstonWantageCon (front bench)aye
Charlotte NicholsWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Andy CarterWarrington SouthCon (front bench)no
Matt WesternWarwick and LeamingtonLab (minister)aye
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Sunderland WestLab (minister)aye
Peter AldousWaveneyConaye
Nusrat GhaniWealdenCon (front bench)aye
Mike AmesburyWeaver ValeLab (minister)aye
Peter BoneWellingboroughwhilst Con (front bench)no
Andrew BowieWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineCon (front bench)aye
Nicola RichardsWest Bromwich EastCon (front bench)aye
Shaun BaileyWest Bromwich WestCon (front bench)no
Chris LoderWest DorsetCon (front bench)no
Lyn BrownWest HamLab (minister)aye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareConaye
Steve BrineWinchesterCon (front bench)no
Adam AfriyieWindsorConaye
Margaret GreenwoodWirral WestLab (minister)aye
Robert CourtsWitneyCon (front bench)no
Jonathan LordWokingConno
John RedwoodWokinghamConno
Stuart AndersonWolverhampton South WestCon (front bench)no
Robin WalkerWorcesterCon (front bench)aye
Mark JenkinsonWorkingtonCon (front bench)no
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLab (minister)aye
Sarah AthertonWrexhamCon (front bench)aye
Steven BakerWycombeCon (front bench)no
Mark GarnierWyre ForestCon (front bench)aye
Mike KaneWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)no
Marcus FyshYeovilCon (front bench)no
Virginia CrosbieYnys MônCon (front bench)no
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLab (minister)no
Julian SturdyYork OuterCon (front bench)aye

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