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Division 79 · 20 September 2021

Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill: Third Reading

At a glance

This division passed on 20 September 2021 by a margin of 251, with 303 Ayes and 52 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 292 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 36 votes. The 272 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by David Linden. This division took place during a debate on Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill.

303

Ayes

52

Noes

Passed

Result

347

Voted

Passed by 251 Ayes 303 / Noes 52

The motion

Proposed by David Linden

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I know that the hon. Members who suspended proxy voting and brought back in-person voting will be very keen to vote tonight, so I would like to divide the Committee on the new clause, which stands in my name and in that of my hon. Friends. Questi…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 292 0 346
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 36 44
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 10 12
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 4 7
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 17
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 1 2
Alba Alba Party Voted No 0 1 2
Green Green Party 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
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 3
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 1
APNI Alliance 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 Teller
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
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Carter Aye
Angela Crawley No
Angela Richardson Aye
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
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carla Lockhart No
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Lucas No
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
Colum Eastwood No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Crispin Blunt Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds 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 Rutley Aye
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 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
Duncan Baker Aye
Ed Davey No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Elliot Colburn Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Newlands No
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 Smith Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Helen Whately Aye
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Ian Blackford No
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 Morris Aye
James Sunderland Aye
James Wild Aye
Jamie Stone No
Jane Stevenson Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jerome Mayhew Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jill Mortimer Aye
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Gideon Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John Howell Aye
John Nicolson No
John Penrose Aye
John Stevenson Aye
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
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirsten Oswald No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Laura Trott Aye
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Leo Docherty Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Maggie Throup Aye
Marco Longhi Aye
Margaret Ferrier No
Maria Caulfield Aye
Marion Fellows No Teller
Mark Eastwood Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Jenkinson Aye
Mark Logan Aye
Mark Menzies 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 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
Mr David Jones 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 Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Richard Holden Aye
Mr Rob Roberts 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
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 No
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Howell Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Gibson Aye
Philip Dunne Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Richard Thomson No Teller
Rob Butler Aye
Robbie Moore Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Robert Largan Aye
Robin Millar Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Ruth Edwards Aye
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sammy Wilson No
Saqib Bhatti Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Sarah Green No
Sarah Olney No
Scott Mann Aye Teller
Selaine Saxby Aye
Shailesh Vara Aye
Shaun Bailey Aye
Simon Baynes Aye
Simon Fell Aye
Simon Jupp Aye
Siobhan Baillie Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke 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 Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Greg Knight Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt 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 Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Robert Buckland 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 Flynn No
Stephen Hammond 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 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
Trudy Harrison Aye
Vicky Ford Aye
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wendy Morton Aye
Will Quince Aye
Afzal Khan —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alison McGovern —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Percy —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Selous —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anna McMorrin —
Anneliese Dodds —
Apsana Begum —
Bambos Charalambous —
Barry Gardiner —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Lake —
Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Bridget Phillipson —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Claire Hanna —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Dame Amanda Milling —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Maria Miller —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damien Moore —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Zeichner —
Darren Jones —
David Mundell —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Derek Twigg —
Douglas Chapman —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Matthew Offord —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Timpson —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fay Jones —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Greg Hands —
Hannah Bardell —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Henry Smith —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hywel Williams —
Iain Stewart —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Levy —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Ahmad Khan —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Dromey —
James Heappey —
James Murray —
Jane Hunt —
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Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Stevens —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Healey —
John Lamont —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
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Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Edwards —
Jonathan Reynolds —
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Karl Turner —
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Kate Hollern —
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Kerry McCarthy —
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Layla Moran —
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Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
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Liz Twist —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Pollard —
Margaret Greenwood —
Maria Eagle —
Mark Fletcher —
Mark Pawsey —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Mary Glindon —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Western —
Matthew Pennycook —
Michael Fabricant —
Mick Whitley —
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Mike Kane —
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Mr Peter Bone —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
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Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
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Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Nadia Whittome —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neil Coyle —
Nick Gibb —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Olivia Blake —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Pat McFadden —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Barker —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Grant —
Peter Kyle —
Preet Kaur Gill —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Hopkins —
Rachel Reeves —
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Richard Burgon —
Rishi Sunak —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
Royston Smith —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth Jones —
Sam Tarry —
Sara Britcliffe —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Owen —
Scott Benton —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Simon Hoare —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Bernard Jenkin —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Jake Berry —
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson —
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Sir Robert Goodwill —
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Stephen Farry —
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Stephen Morgan —
Steve Reed —
Stuart Andrew —
Tahir Ali —
Taiwo Owatemi —
Tommy Sheppard —
Tonia Antoniazzi —
Tony Lloyd —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Wayne David —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
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