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Division 45 · 6 July 2021

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill: Second Reading

Government Bill Democracy / Parliament

At a glance

This division passed on 6 July 2021 by a margin of 302, with 367 Ayes and 65 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 347 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 45 votes. This motion was proposed by The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office. This division took place during a debate on Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill. This division is linked to the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 (Government Bill).

367

Ayes

65

Noes

Passed

Result

423

Voted

Passed by 302 Ayes 367 / Noes 65

Bill context

Bill Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Michael Gove
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a real pleasure to move the Second Reading of this Bill. The Bill contains provisions to ensure that we supersede the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 with appropriate, democratic and timely reform in order to ensure that we restore to thi…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 347 0 349
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 45 45
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 12 12
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 8 0 8
Ind Independent No party whip 1 2 13
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 3 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 2 2
Alba Alba Party Voted No 0 2 2
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 152
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 24
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
Green Green Party No clear majority 0 0 1

"Party position" is how the majority of each party's voting members voted in this division. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes. "Rebels" are members who voted against their party's majority; Independent and Speaker roles have no party whip.

Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye
No
Did not vote

Individual votes

MP Vote
Aaron Bell Aye
Adam Afriyie Aye
Adam Holloway Aye
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Burghart Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alexander Stafford Aye
Alicia Kearns Aye
Alison Thewliss No
Allan Dorans No
Alun Cairns Aye
Alyn Smith No
Amanda Solloway Aye
Amy Callaghan No
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Percy Aye
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Carter Aye
Angela Crawley No
Angela Richardson Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil No
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Anthony Browne Aye
Anthony Mangnall Aye
Antony Higginbotham Aye
Ben Bradley Aye
Ben Everitt Aye
Ben Lake No
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Bob Stewart Aye
Boris Johnson Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Nokes Aye
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Loder Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christian Wakeford Aye
Christine Jardine No
Christopher Pincher Aye
Claire Coutinho Aye
Claire Hanna No
Colum Eastwood No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Crispin Blunt Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Damien Moore Aye
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
Danny Kruger Aye
Darren Henry Aye
Dave Doogan No
David Davis Aye
David Duguid Aye
David Johnston Aye
David Linden No
David Morris Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Rutley Aye Teller
David Simmonds Aye
David T C Davies Aye
David Warburton Aye
Dean Russell Aye
Dehenna Davison Aye
Deidre Brock No
Derek Thomas Aye
Dominic Raab Aye
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Ben Spencer Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Jamie Wallis Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Drew Hendry No
Duncan Baker Aye
Ed Davey No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Edward Timpson Aye
Elizabeth Truss Aye
Elliot Colburn Aye
Esther McVey Aye
Fay Jones Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Eustice Aye
George Freeman Aye
Giles Watling Aye
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stuart Aye
Grant Shapps Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Smith Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Hannah Bardell No
Helen Grant Aye
Helen Whately Aye
Henry Smith Aye
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Levy Aye
Ian Paisley Aye
Imran Ahmad Khan Aye
Jack Brereton Aye
Jack Lopresti Aye
Jacob Young Aye
James Brokenshire Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Daly Aye
James Gray Aye
James Grundy Aye
James Heappey Aye
James Morris Aye
James Sunderland Aye
James Wild Aye
Jamie Stone No
Jane Hunt Aye
Jane Stevenson Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jerome Mayhew Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jill Mortimer Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Gideon Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen Aye
John Howell Aye
John Lamont Aye
John McNally No
John Nicolson No
John Penrose Aye
John Stevenson Aye
Jonathan Edwards No
Jonathan Gullis Aye
Joy Morrissey Aye
Julia Lopez Aye
Julian Knight Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Julie Marson Aye
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Karl McCartney Aye
Kate Kniveton Aye
Katherine Fletcher Aye
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kenny MacAskill No
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirsten Oswald No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Laura Trott Aye
Layla Moran No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Leo Docherty Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Liz Saville Roberts No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Maggie Throup Aye Teller
Marco Longhi Aye
Margaret Ferrier No
Maria Caulfield Aye
Marion Fellows No Teller
Mark Eastwood Aye
Mark Fletcher Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Jenkinson Aye
Mark Logan Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Mark Pawsey Aye
Mark Pritchard Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Robinson Aye
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Vickers Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Mhairi Black No
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Miriam Cates Aye
Miss Sarah Dines Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael No Teller
Mr Ben Wallace Aye
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Aye
Mr John Baron Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Peter Bone Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Richard Holden Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr Tobias Ellwood Aye
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler Aye
Mrs Kemi Badenoch Aye
Mrs Natalie Elphicke Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Anum Qaisar No
Ms Nadine Dorries Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Neale Hanvey No
Neil O'Brien Aye
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Fletcher Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nickie Aiken Aye
Nicola Richards Aye
Nigel Adams Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Owen Thompson No
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Bristow Aye
Paul Girvan Aye
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Howell Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Gibson Aye
Peter Grant No
Philip Dunne Aye
Priti Patel Aye
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Richard Thomson No
Rishi Sunak Aye
Rob Butler Aye
Robbie Moore Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Robert Largan Aye
Robin Millar Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Royston Smith Aye
Ruth Edwards Aye
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sammy Wilson Aye
Saqib Bhatti Aye
Sara Britcliffe Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Sarah Green No
Sarah Olney No
Scott Benton Aye
Scott Mann Aye
Selaine Saxby Aye
Shailesh Vara Aye
Shaun Bailey Aye
Simon Baynes Aye
Simon Fell Aye
Simon Hoare Aye
Simon Jupp Aye
Siobhan Baillie Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir Brandon Lewis Aye
Sir Charles Walker Aye
Sir Christopher Chope Aye
Sir Conor Burns Aye
Sir David Amess Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gary Streeter Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Geoffrey Cox Aye
Sir Greg Knight Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir Jake Berry Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir Jeremy Wright Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Philip Davies Aye
Sir Robert Buckland Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Neill Aye
Sir Robert Syms Aye
Sir Roger Gale Aye
Sir Sajid Javid Aye
Sir Simon Clarke Aye
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephen Crabb Aye
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Flynn No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen McPartland Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Steve Barclay Aye
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye
Steven Bonnar No
Stewart Hosie No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Anderson Aye
Stuart Andrew Aye
Stuart C McDonald No
Suella Braverman Aye
Suzanne Webb Aye
Theo Clarke Aye
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Farron No
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Randall Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tommy Sheppard No
Trudy Harrison Aye
Vicky Ford Aye
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wendy Morton Aye
Wera Hobhouse No
Will Quince Aye
Afzal Khan —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alison McGovern —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Anna McMorrin —
Anneliese Dodds —
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Barry Gardiner —
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Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
Bridget Phillipson —
Caroline Lucas —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
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Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bryant —
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Christina Rees —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
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Grahame Morris —
Helen Hayes —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
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Jo Stevens —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
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Paula Barker —
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Peter Kyle —
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Steve Reed —
Tahir Ali —
Taiwo Owatemi —
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