Employment Rights Bill — New Clause 10 — Carer’s leave: remuneration — 11 Mar 2025 at 19:36

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Stephen KinnockAberafan MaestegLab (minister)no
Kirsty BlackmanAberdeen NorthSNP (front bench)aye
Stephen FlynnAberdeen SouthSNP (front bench)aye
Seamus LoganAberdeenshire North and Moray EastSNPaye
Kenneth StevensonAirdrie and ShottsLabno
Alex BakerAldershotLab (minister)no
Brian LeishmanAlloa and GrangemouthLabno
Connor RandAltrincham and Sale WestLab (minister)no
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)no
Linsey FarnsworthAmber ValleyLab (minister)no
Dave DooganAngus and Perthshire GlensSNPaye
Stephen GethinsArbroath and Broughty FerrySNP (front bench)aye
Brendan O'HaraArgyll, Bute and South LochaberSNPaye
Sojan JosephAshfordLabno
Angela RaynerAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)no
Sean WoodcockBanburyLab (minister)no
Claire HughesBangor AberconwyLab (minister)no
Nesil CaliskanBarkingLab (minister)no
Stephanie PeacockBarnsley SouthLab (minister)no
Luke MurphyBasingstokeLab (minister)no
Wera HobhouseBathLDem (front bench)aye
Mohammad YasinBedfordLabno
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUP (front bench)aye
Claire HannaBelfast South and Mid DownSDLP (front bench)aye
Daniel FrancisBexleyheath and CrayfordLabno
Calum MillerBicester and WoodstockLDem (front bench)aye
Alison McGovernBirkenheadLab (minister)no
Preet Kaur GillBirmingham EdgbastonLab (minister)no
Paulette HamiltonBirmingham ErdingtonLab (minister)no
Tahir AliBirmingham Hall Green and MoseleyLabno
Liam ByrneBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull NorthLab (minister)no
Laurence TurnerBirmingham NorthfieldLab (minister)no
Ayoub KhanBirmingham Perry BarrIndependentaye
Sam RushworthBishop AucklandLab (minister)no
Adnan HussainBlackburnIndependentaye
Lorraine BeaversBlackpool North and FleetwoodLabno
Chris WebbBlackpool SouthLabno
Nick SmithBlaenau Gwent and RhymneyLab (minister)no
Liz TwistBlaydon and ConsettLabno
Ian LaveryBlyth and AshingtonLabno
Natalie FleetBolsoverLab (minister)no
Yasmin QureshiBolton South and WalkdenLabno
Phil BrickellBolton WestLab (minister)no
Peter DowdBootleLab (minister)no
Tom HayesBournemouth EastLabno
Jessica ToaleBournemouth WestLabno
Peter SwallowBracknellLabno
Imran HussainBradford Eastwhilst Independentno
Naseem ShahBradford WestLabno
David ChadwickBrecon, Radnor and Cwm TaweLDem (front bench)aye
Ruth CadburyBrentford and IsleworthLab (minister)no
Chris ElmoreBridgendLab (minister)no
Chris WardBrighton Kemptown and PeacehavenLabno
Siân BerryBrighton PavilionGreenaye
Carla DenyerBristol CentralGreen (front bench)aye
Damien EganBristol North EastLab (minister)no
Karin SmythBristol SouthLab (minister)no
Juliet CampbellBroxtoweLab (minister)no
Callum AndersonBuckingham and BletchleyLabno
Oliver RyanBurnleyLab (minister)no
Jacob CollierBurton and UttoxeterLab (minister)no
James FrithBury NorthLab (minister)no
Christian WakefordBury SouthLab (minister)no
Peter PrinsleyBury St Edmunds and StowmarketLabno
Ann DaviesCaerfyrddinPC (front bench)aye
Chris EvansCaerphillyLab (minister)no
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Josh Fenton-GlynnCalder ValleyLab (minister)no
Perran MoonCamborne and RedruthLab (minister)no
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLab (minister)no
Josh NewburyCannock ChaseLab (minister)no
Rosie DuffieldCanterburywhilst Independent (front bench)no
Jo StevensCardiff EastLab (minister)no
Anna McMorrinCardiff NorthLab (minister)no
Alex Barros-CurtisCardiff WestLab (minister)no
Julie MinnsCarlisleLab (minister)no
Bobby DeanCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)tellaye
Alan GemmellCentral AyrshireLab (minister)no
Ben LakeCeredigion PreseliPC (front bench)aye
Tom MorrisonCheadleLDem (front bench)aye
Marie GoldmanChelmsfordLDem (front bench)aye
Ben ColemanChelsea and FulhamLab (minister)no
Max WilkinsonCheltenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Sarah GreenChesham and AmershamLDem (front bench)aye
Samantha DixonChester North and NestonLab (minister)no
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLab (minister)no
Jessica Brown-FullerChichesterLDem (front bench)aye
Sarah GibsonChippenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Mary FoyCity of DurhamLab (minister)no
Bell Ribeiro-AddyClapham and Brixton HillLab (minister)no
Becky GittinsClwyd EastLabno
Gill GermanClwyd NorthLab (minister)no
Frank McNallyCoatbridge and BellshillLab (minister)no
Pam CoxColchesterLab (minister)no
Paul DaviesColne ValleyLabno
Sarah RussellCongletonLab (minister)no
Lee BarronCorby and East NorthamptonshireLabno
Mary CreaghCoventry EastLab (minister)no
Taiwo OwatemiCoventry North WestLab (minister)tellno
Zarah SultanaCoventry Southwhilst Independentaye
Melanie WardCowdenbeath and KirkcaldyLabno
Emma FoodyCramlington and KillingworthLabno
Peter LambCrawleyLab (minister)no
Connor NaismithCrewe and NantwichLab (minister)no
Natasha IronsCroydon EastLab (minister)no
Sarah JonesCroydon WestLab (minister)no
Katrina MurrayCumbernauld and KirkintillochLab (minister)no
Margaret MullaneDagenham and RainhamLab (minister)no
Lola McEvoyDarlingtonLab (minister)no
Jim DicksonDartfordLabno
Catherine AtkinsonDerby NorthLab (minister)no
Baggy ShankerDerby SouthLab (minister)no
John WhitbyDerbyshire DalesLab (minister)no
Iqbal MohamedDewsbury and BatleyIndependentaye
Olly GloverDidcot and WantageLDem (front bench)aye
Sally JamesonDoncaster CentralLabno
Lee PitcherDoncaster East and the Isle of AxholmeLab (minister)no
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLab (minister)no
Chris CoghlanDorking and HorleyLDem (front bench)aye
Mike TappDover and DealLab (minister)no
Sonia KumarDudleyLab (minister)no
Helen HayesDulwich and West NorwoodLab (minister)no
Chris LawDundee CentralSNP (front bench)aye
Graeme DownieDunfermline and DollarLab (minister)no
Alex MayerDunstable and Leighton BuzzardLab (minister)no
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPCaye
Rupa HuqEaling Central and ActonLab (minister)no
Deirdre CostiganEaling SouthallLab (minister)no
Yuan YangEarley and WoodleyLab (minister)no
Grahame MorrisEasingtonLabno
Stephen TimmsEast HamLab (minister)no
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUPaye
Blair McDougallEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)no
Polly BillingtonEast ThanetLab (minister)no
Tom RutlandEast Worthing and ShorehamLab (minister)no
Josh BabarindeEastbourneLDem (front bench)aye
Liz JarvisEastleighLDem (front bench)aye
Chris MurrayEdinburgh East and MusselburghLab (minister)no
Tracy GilbertEdinburgh North and LeithLab (minister)no
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLab (minister)no
Scott ArthurEdinburgh South WestLab (minister)no
Justin MaddersEllesmere Port and BromboroughLab (minister)no
Adam ThompsonErewashLab (minister)no
Abena Oppong-AsareErith and ThamesmeadLab (minister)no
Monica HardingEsher and WaltonLDem (front bench)aye
Steve RaceExeterLab (minister)no
Euan StainbankFalkirkLabno
Claire HazelgroveFilton and Bradley StokeLab (minister)no
Sarah SackmanFinchley and Golders GreenLab (minister)no
Tony VaughanFolkestone and HytheLab (minister)no
Matt BishopForest of DeanLab (minister)no
Colum EastwoodFoyleSDLPaye
Anna SabineFrome and East SomersetLDem (front bench)aye
Mark FergusonGateshead Central and WhickhamLab (minister)no
Michael PayneGedlingLab (minister)no
John GradyGlasgow EastLab (minister)no
Martin RhodesGlasgow NorthLab (minister)no
Gordon McKeeGlasgow SouthLab (minister)no
Zubir AhmedGlasgow South WestLabno
Sarah DykeGlastonbury and SomertonLDem (front bench)aye
Richard BakerGlenrothes and Mid FifeLab (minister)no
Alex McIntyreGloucesterLab (minister)no
Andrew GwynneGorton and DentonLab (minister)no
Lauren SullivanGraveshamLab (minister)no
Melanie OnnGreat Grimsby and CleethorpesLab (minister)no
Matthew PennycookGreenwich and WoolwichLab (minister)no
Zöe FranklinGuildfordLDem (front bench)aye
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabno
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLab (minister)no
Alex BallingerHalesowenLab (minister)no
Kate DeardenHalifaxLab (minister)no
Imogen WalkerHamilton and Clyde ValleyLabno
Andrew SlaughterHammersmith and ChiswickLab (minister)no
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and HighgateLab (minister)no
Christopher VinceHarlowLab (minister)no
Victoria CollinsHarpenden and BerkhamstedLDem (front bench)aye
Tom GordonHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Jonathan BrashHartlepoolLabno
Helena DollimoreHastings and RyeLab (minister)no
John Martin McDonnellHayes and Harlingtonwhilst Independentno
Lisa SmartHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
David TaylorHemel HempsteadLab (minister)no
David Pinto-DuschinskyHendonLab (minister)no
Freddie Van MierloHenley and ThameLDemaye
Josh DeanHertford and StortfordLabno
Joe MorrisHexhamLab (minister)no
Elsie BlundellHeywood and Middleton NorthLab (minister)no
Jonathan PearceHigh PeakLab (minister)no
Alistair StrathernHitchinLabno
Richard FoordHoniton and SidmouthLDem (front bench)aye
John MilneHorshamLDem (front bench)aye
Harpreet UppalHuddersfieldLab (minister)no
Jas AthwalIlford SouthLabno
Martin McCluskeyInverclyde and Renfrewshire WestLab (minister)no
Angus MacDonaldInverness, Skye and West Ross-shireLDem (front bench)aye
Jack AbbottIpswichLab (minister)no
Richard QuigleyIsle of Wight WestLab (minister)no
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthIndependentaye
Kate OsborneJarrow and Gateshead EastLab (minister)no
Rosie WrightingKetteringLab (minister)no
Lillian JonesKilmarnock and LoudounLab (minister)no
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
Karl TurnerKingston upon Hull EastLabno
Diana R. JohnsonKingston upon Hull North and CottinghamLab (minister)no
Cat SmithLancaster and WyreLab (minister)no
Alex SobelLeeds Central and HeadingleyLab (minister)no
Richard BurgonLeeds Eastwhilst Independentno
Fabian HamiltonLeeds North EastLabno
Katie WhiteLeeds North WestLabno
Mark SewardsLeeds South West and MorleyLab (minister)no
Shockat AdamLeicester SouthIndependentaye
Jo PlattLeigh and AthertonLab (minister)no
James MacClearyLewesLDem (front bench)aye
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham NorthLab (minister)no
Calvin BaileyLeyton and WansteadLab (minister)no
Dave RobertsonLichfieldLab (minister)no
Maria EagleLiverpool GarstonLab (minister)no
Kim JohnsonLiverpool RiversideLabno
Paula BarkerLiverpool WavertreeLab (minister)no
Ian ByrneLiverpool West Derbywhilst Independentno
Gregor PoyntonLivingstonLab (minister)no
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)no
Douglas AlexanderLothian EastLab (minister)no
Jeevun SandherLoughboroughLab (minister)no
Jessica AsatoLowestoftLab (minister)no
Sarah OwenLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Rachel HopkinsLuton South and South BedfordshireLab (minister)no
Tim RocaMacclesfieldLab (minister)no
Joshua ReynoldsMaidenheadLDem (front bench)aye
Josh SimonsMakerfieldLabno
Lucy PowellManchester CentralLab (minister)no
Afzal KhanManchester RusholmeLab (minister)no
Jeff SmithManchester WithingtonLab (minister)no
Steve YemmMansfieldLabno
Brian MathewMelksham and DevizesLDem (front bench)aye
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and AberdareLab (minister)no
Henry TufnellMid and South PembrokeshireLab (minister)no
Andrew CooperMid CheshireLabno
Jonathan DaviesMid DerbyshireLabno
Vikki SladeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
Alison BennettMid SussexLDem (front bench)aye
Andy McDonaldMiddlesbrough and Thornaby EastLabno
Luke MyerMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabno
Kirsty McNeillMidlothianLab (minister)no
Emily DarlingtonMilton Keynes CentralLab (minister)no
Chris CurtisMilton Keynes NorthLab (minister)no
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLab (minister)no
Steve WitherdenMontgomeryshire and GlyndŵrLab (minister)no
Graham LeadbitterMoray West, Nairn and StrathspeySNPaye
Lizzi CollingeMorecambe and LunesdaleLabno
Pamela NashMotherwell, Wishaw and CarlukeLabno
Carolyn HarrisNeath and Swansea EastLab (minister)no
Lee DillonNewburyLDem (front bench)aye
Chi OnwurahNewcastle upon Tyne Central and WestLab (minister)no
Mary GlindonNewcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLab (minister)no
Catherine McKinnellNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLab (minister)no
Adam JogeeNewcastle-under-LymeLab (minister)no
Jessica MordenNewport EastLab (minister)no
Ruth JonesNewport West and IslwynLab (minister)no
Martin WrigleyNewton AbbotLDem (front bench)aye
Alan StricklandNewton Aycliffe and SpennymoorLabno
Jon TrickettNormanton and HemsworthLabno
Jim AllisterNorth AntrimTraditional Unionist Voiceaye
Irene CampbellNorth Ayrshire and ArranLab (minister)no
Ben MaguireNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Ian RoomeNorth DevonLDem (front bench)aye
Alex EastonNorth DownIndependentaye
Luke AkehurstNorth DurhamLab (minister)no
Louise JonesNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)no
Wendy ChamberlainNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Chris HinchliffNorth East HertfordshireLab (minister)no
Ellie ChownsNorth HerefordshireGreen (front bench)aye
Steffan AquaroneNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
David SmithNorth NorthumberlandLab (minister)no
Helen MorganNorth ShropshireLDem (front bench)aye
Sadik Al-HassanNorth SomersetLabno
Sam CarlingNorth West CambridgeshireLab (minister)no
Amanda HackNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)no
Lucy RigbyNorthampton NorthLab (minister)no
Alice MacdonaldNorwich NorthLab (minister)no
Clive LewisNorwich SouthLabno
Nadia WhittomeNottingham EastLabno
Alex NorrisNottingham North and KimberleyLab (minister)no
Lilian GreenwoodNottingham SouthLab (minister)no
Jodie GoslingNuneatonLabno
Debbie AbrahamsOldham East and SaddleworthLab (minister)no
Jim McMahonOldham West, Chadderton and RoytonLab (minister)no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
Jade BotterillOssett and Denby DaleLabno
Anneliese DoddsOxford EastLab (minister)no
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye
Johanna BaxterPaisley and Renfrewshire SouthLab (minister)no
Miatta FahnbullehPeckhamLab (minister)no
Marie TidballPenistone and StocksbridgeLab (minister)no
Markus Campbell-SavoursPenrith and SolwayLab (minister)no
Pete WishartPerth and Kinross-shireSNP (front bench)aye
Andrew PakesPeterboroughLab (minister)no
Luke PollardPlymouth Sutton and DevonportLab (minister)no
Yvette CooperPontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyLab (minister)no
Alex Davies-JonesPontypriddLab (minister)no
Neil Duncan-JordanPooleLabno
Apsana BegumPoplar and Limehousewhilst Independentaye
Amanda MartinPortsmouth NorthLab (minister)no
Stephen MorganPortsmouth SouthLab (minister)no
Fleur AndersonPutneyLab (minister)no
Georgia GouldQueen's Park and Maida ValeLab (minister)no
Matt RoddaReading CentralLabno
Olivia BaileyReading West and Mid BerkshireLabno
Anna TurleyRedcarLab (minister)no
Christopher BlooreRedditchLab (minister)no
Chris BryantRhondda and OgmoreLab (minister)no
Lauren EdwardsRochester and StroodLab (minister)no
Andy MacNaeRossendale and DarwenLabno
Jake RichardsRother ValleyLab (minister)no
John SlingerRugbyLabno
Michael ShanksRutherglenLab (minister)no
Alison HumeScarborough and WhitbyLab (minister)no
Nicholas DakinScunthorpeLab (minister)no
Bill EstersonSefton CentralLab (minister)no
Gill FurnissSheffield Brightside and HillsboroughLab (minister)no
Abtisam MohamedSheffield CentralLab (minister)no
Olivia BlakeSheffield HallamLab (minister)no
Louise HaighSheffield HeeleyLabno
Clive BettsSheffield South EastLab (minister)no
Michelle WelshSherwood ForestLab (minister)no
Julia BuckleyShrewsburyLab (minister)no
Kevin McKennaSittingbourne and SheppeyLabno
Tan DhesiSloughLab (minister)no
Gurinder JosanSmethwickLab (minister)no
Robin SwannSouth AntrimUUPaye
Pippa HeylingsSouth CambridgeshireLDem (front bench)aye
Roz SavageSouth CotswoldsLDem (front bench)aye
Caroline VoadenSouth DevonLDem (front bench)aye
Lloyd HattonSouth DorsetLab (minister)no
Anna GelderdSouth East CornwallLab (minister)no
Ben GoldsboroughSouth NorfolkLab (minister)no
Paul FosterSouth RibbleLabno
Emma Lewell-BuckSouth ShieldsLab (minister)no
Terry JermySouth West NorfolkLab (minister)no
Darren PaffeySouthampton ItchenLab (minister)no
Satvir KaurSouthampton TestLabno
Bayo AlabaSouthend East and RochfordLab (minister)no
Bambos CharalambousSouthgate and Wood GreenLab (minister)no
Patrick HurleySouthportLabno
Kim LeadbeaterSpen ValleyLabno
Daisy CooperSt AlbansLDem (front bench)aye
Noah LawSt Austell and NewquayLab (minister)no
David BainesSt Helens NorthLab (minister)no
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDem (front bench)aye
Ian SollomSt Neots and Mid CambridgeshireLDem (front bench)aye
Leigh InghamStaffordLab (minister)no
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLab (minister)no
Kevin BonaviaStevenageLab (minister)no
Chris KaneStirling and StrathallanLab (minister)no
Navendu MishraStockportLab (minister)no
Chris McDonaldStockton NorthLab (minister)no
Gareth SnellStoke-on-Trent CentralLab (minister)no
David WilliamsStoke-on-Trent NorthLabno
Allison GardnerStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUPaye
Uma KumaranStratford and BowLab (minister)no
Manuela PerteghellaStratford-on-AvonLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew WesternStretford and UrmstonLab (minister)no
Simon OpherStroudLabno
Jenny Riddell-CarpenterSuffolk CoastalLab (minister)no
Lewis AtkinsonSunderland CentralLab (minister)no
Al PinkertonSurrey HeathLDem (front bench)aye
Luke TaylorSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye
Will StoneSwindon NorthLab (minister)no
Heidi AlexanderSwindon SouthLab (minister)no
Sarah EdwardsTamworthLab (minister)no
Gideon AmosTaunton and WellingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Shaun DaviesTelfordLab (minister)no
Cameron ThomasTewkesburyLDem (front bench)aye
Claire YoungThornbury and YateLDem (front bench)aye
Jennifer CraftThurrockLab (minister)no
Steve DarlingTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
Nick Thomas-SymondsTorfaenLab (minister)no
David LammyTottenhamLab (minister)no
Jayne KirkhamTruro and FalmouthLab (minister)no
Mike MartinTunbridge WellsLDem (front bench)aye
Munira WilsonTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Alan CampbellTynemouthLab (minister)no
Danny BealesUxbridge and South RuislipLab (minister)no
Kanishka NarayanVale of GlamorganLabno
Florence EshalomiVauxhall and Camberwell GreenLab (minister)no
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)no
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLabno
Charlotte NicholsWarrington NorthLab (minister)no
Sarah HallWarrington SouthLab (minister)no
Matt WesternWarwick and LeamingtonLab (minister)no
Sharon HodgsonWashington and Gateshead SouthLab (minister)no
Matt TurmaineWatfordLabno
Adrian RamsayWaveney ValleyGreenaye
Gen KitchenWellingborough and RushdenLab (minister)tellno
Tessa MuntWells and Mendip HillsLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew LewinWelwyn HatfieldLabno
Sarah CoombesWest BromwichLab (minister)no
Edward MorelloWest DorsetLDem (front bench)aye
Douglas McAllisterWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)no
James AsserWest Ham and BecktonLab (minister)no
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Dan AldridgeWeston-super-MareLab (minister)no
Josh MacAlisterWhitehaven and WorkingtonLab (minister)no
Derek TwiggWidnes and HalewoodLab (minister)no
Paul KohlerWimbledonLDem (front bench)aye
Danny ChambersWinchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Matthew PatrickWirral WestLab (minister)no
Charlie MaynardWitneyLDem (front bench)tellaye
Will ForsterWokingLDem (front bench)aye
Clive JonesWokinghamLDem (front bench)aye
Sureena BrackenridgeWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)no
Warinder JussWolverhampton WestLab (minister)no
Tom CollinsWorcesterLabno
Michael WheelerWorsley and EcclesLab (minister)no
Beccy CooperWorthing WestLab (minister)no
Andrew RangerWrexhamLab (minister)no
Emma ReynoldsWycombeLab (minister)no
Mike KaneWythenshawe and Sale EastLab (minister)no
Adam DanceYeovilLDemaye
Llinos MediYnys MônPC (front bench)aye
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLabno
Luke ChartersYork OuterLab (minister)no

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