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Division 83 · 22 September 2021

Subsidy Control Bill: Second Reading

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At a glance

This division passed on 22 September 2021 by a margin of 237, with 287 Ayes and 50 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 277 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 35 votes. The 289 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This division took place during a debate on Subsidy Control Bill. This division is linked to the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (Government Bill).

287

Ayes

50

Noes

Passed

Result

330

Voted

Passed by 237 Ayes 287 / Noes 50

Bill context

Bill Subsidy Control Act 2022
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Kwasi Kwarteng
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The Government are determined to seize the opportunities arising from Brexit. Now that the UK has left the European Union and we are no longer bound by the EU’s regime, we have the freedom to develop a new, bespoke system of subsidy control for…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 277 0 347
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 35 44
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 8 12
Ind Independent No party whip 1 2 17
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 3 3
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 2 7
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour 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
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 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
Alison Thewliss No
Alun Cairns Aye
Alyn Smith No
Amanda Solloway Aye
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Carter Aye
Angela Crawley No
Angela Richardson Aye
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anthony Browne Aye
Anthony Mangnall Aye
Antony Higginbotham Aye
Ben Bradley Aye
Ben Everitt Aye
Ben Lake No
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Green Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Loder 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 Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage 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 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
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Ben Spencer Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Duncan Baker Aye
Ed Davey No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Edward Timpson Aye
Elliot Colburn Aye
Esther McVey Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Giles Watling Aye
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stuart 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
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
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 Penrose Aye
John Stevenson Aye
Jonathan Edwards No
Jonathan Gullis Aye
Joy Morrissey Aye
Julian Knight 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 Trott Aye
Lee Anderson Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Liz Saville Roberts No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Maggie Throup 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
Mark Pawsey 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 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
Neil O'Brien Aye
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Fletcher Aye
Nickie Aiken Aye
Nicola Richards Aye
Nigel Adams Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Owen Thompson No
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Bristow 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
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Richard Thomson No Teller
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 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 David Amess Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson 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 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 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 Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Randall Aye
Tommy Sheppard No
Trudy Harrison Aye
Vicky Ford Aye
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wera Hobhouse No
Will Quince Aye
Afzal Khan —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison McGovern —
Allan Dorans —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Percy —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anna McMorrin —
Anne-Marie Trevelyan —
Anneliese Dodds —
Apsana Begum —
Bambos Charalambous —
Barry Gardiner —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
Bob Blackman —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Bridget Phillipson —
Carla Lockhart —
Carol Monaghan —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Heaton-Harris —
Chris Philp —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Claire Hanna —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
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 Davis —
David Mundell —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Douglas Ross —
Dr Jamie Wallis —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Miliband —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fay Jones —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
George Eustice —
George Freeman —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Grant Shapps —
Greg Clark —
Helen Hayes —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Iain Stewart —
Ian Blackford —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Levy —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Ahmad Khan —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Dromey —
James Heappey —
James Murray —
Jamie Stone —
Jane Hunt —
Janet Daby —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Stevens —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Healey —
John Lamont —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
John Nicolson —
Johnny Mercer —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Lopez —
Julian Sturdy —
Justin Madders —
Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Green —
Kate Hollern —
Kate Osamor —
Kate Osborne —
Kenny MacAskill —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kim Johnson —
Kim Leadbeater —
Laura Farris —
Layla Moran —
Lee Rowley —
Leo Docherty —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz Twist —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Pollard —
Marco Longhi —
Margaret Greenwood —
Maria Eagle —
Mark Fletcher —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Mary Glindon —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Western —
Matthew Pennycook —
Michael Fabricant —
Mick Whitley —
Mike Amesbury —
Mike Kane —
Mohammad Yasin —
Mr Barry Sheerman —
Mr Ben Bradshaw —
Mr Ben Wallace —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr Gagan Mohindra —
Mr Gregory Campbell —
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger —
Mr Khalid Mahmood —
Mr Nicholas Brown —
Mr Nigel Evans —
Mr Peter Bone —
Mr Steve Baker —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
Mr Toby Perkins —
Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare —
Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Nadia Whittome —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Nick Gibb —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Nigel Huddleston —
Olivia Blake —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Pat McFadden —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Girvan —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Barker —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Kyle —
Preet Kaur Gill —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Hopkins —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Richard Burgon —
Rishi Sunak —
Rob Butler —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
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 Conor Burns —
Sir Gary Streeter —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Jake Berry —
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson —
Sir Jeremy Quin —
Sir John Hayes —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Tami —
Sir Mike Penning —
Sir Oliver Dowden —
Sir Philip Davies —
Sir Robert Goodwill —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Farry —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen McPartland —
Stephen Morgan —
Steve Barclay —
Steve Reed —
Stuart Andrew —
Tahir Ali —
Taiwo Owatemi —
Tim Farron —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tonia Antoniazzi —
Tony Lloyd —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Wayne David —
Wendy Chamberlain —
Wendy Morton —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
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