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Division 95 · 22 October 2021

Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill: Second Reading: Closure Motion

Private Members' Bill Trade Work / Employment

At a glance

This division was rejected on 22 October 2021 by a margin of 63, with 188 Ayes and 251 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 168 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 244 votes. The 190 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This division took place during a debate on Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill. This division is linked to the Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill (Private Members' Bill (Ballot)).

188

Ayes

251

Noes

Rejected

Result

427

Voted

Rejected by 63 Ayes 188 / Noes 251

Bill context

Bill Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill
Type Private Members' Bill (Ballot)
Primary sponsor Barry Gardiner
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 244 340
Lab Labour Voted Aye 168 0 182
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 9 0 43
Ind Independent No party whip 2 0 15
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 2 0 12
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 1 0 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 3
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
Green Green Party No clear majority 0 0 1
YP Your 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 No
Adam Afriyie No
Adam Holloway No
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alex Davies-Jones Aye
Alex Norris Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alison McGovern Aye
Amanda Solloway No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Lewer No
Andrew Selous No
Andy Carter No
Andy McDonald Aye
Andy Slaughter Aye
Angela Richardson No
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anneliese Dodds Aye
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Apsana Begum Aye
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Barry Gardiner Aye
Bell Ribeiro-Addy Aye
Ben Everitt No
Ben Lake Aye
Beth Winter Aye
Bill Esterson Aye
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Seely No
Bob Stewart No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Catherine West Aye
Charlotte Nichols Aye
Cherilyn Mackrory No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris Stephens Aye
Christian Wakeford No
Christina Rees Aye
Christine Jardine Aye
Christopher Pincher No
Claire Coutinho No
Claudia Webbe Aye
Clive Efford Aye
Clive Lewis Aye
Colleen Fletcher Aye
Colum Eastwood Aye
Conor McGinn Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Dame Siobhain McDonagh Aye
Damian Collins No
Damian Hinds No
Dan Carden Aye
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danny Kruger No
Darren Jones Aye
David Davis No
David Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Mundell No
David Rutley No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Dawn Butler Aye
Dean Russell No
Debbie Abrahams Aye
Dehenna Davison No
Derek Thomas No
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr Jamie Wallis No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Luke Evans No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Aye
Dr Rupa Huq Aye
Duncan Baker No
Ed Miliband Aye
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Ellie Reeves Aye
Emily Thornberry Aye
Emma Hardy Aye
Fabian Hamilton Aye
Felicity Buchan No
Feryal Clark Aye
Fiona Bruce No
Fleur Anderson Aye
Florence Eshalomi Aye
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No Teller
Gareth Thomas Aye
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Newlands Aye
George Freeman No
Geraint Davies Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Gill Furniss Aye
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stringer Aye
Graham Stuart No
Grahame Morris Aye
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Hannah Bardell Aye
Helen Grant No
Hilary Benn Aye
Holly Lynch Aye
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Byrne Aye
Ian Lavery Aye
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Murray Aye
Imran Hussain Aye
Jack Brereton No
Jack Dromey Aye
Jack Lopresti No
Jacob Young No
James Cartlidge No
James Daly No
James Gray No
James Grundy No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
James Murray Aye
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Janet Daby Aye
Jason McCartney No
Jeff Smith Aye
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jerome Mayhew No
Jesse Norman No
Jessica Morden Aye
Jill Mortimer No
Jim McMahon Aye
Jo Churchill No
Jo Gideon No
Jo Stevens Aye
Joanna Cherry Aye
John Glen No
John Healey Aye
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John McDonnell Aye
John Penrose No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jonathan Ashworth Aye
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Judith Cummins Aye
Julia Lopez No
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Marson No
Justin Madders Aye
Justin Tomlinson No
Karin Smyth Aye
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Green Aye
Kate Hollern Aye
Kate Kniveton No
Kate Osamor Aye
Kate Osborne Aye
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kim Johnson Aye
Kim Leadbeater Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Laura Farris No
Lee Anderson No
Leo Docherty No
Lia Nici No
Liam Byrne Aye
Lilian Greenwood Aye Teller
Lisa Nandy Aye
Liz Kendall Aye
Lloyd Russell-Moyle Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Lucy Powell Aye
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard Aye
Maggie Throup No
Marco Longhi No
Margaret Greenwood Aye
Maria Eagle Aye
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Logan No
Mark Pawsey No
Mark Pritchard No
Marsha De Cordova Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes Aye
Martin Vickers No
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Kelly Foy Aye
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Vickers No
Matt Warman No
Matt Western Aye
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Mick Whitley Aye
Mike Amesbury Aye
Mike Freer No
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Miriam Cates No
Miss Sarah Dines No
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Mr Barry Sheerman Aye
Mr Ben Bradshaw Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Jones No
Mr David Lammy Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr John Baron No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Khalid Mahmood Aye
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Richard Bacon No
Mr Richard Holden No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Aye
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mr Virendra Sharma Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare Aye
Ms Diane Abbott Aye
Ms Karen Buck Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Nadine Dorries No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Munira Wilson Aye
Nadhim Zahawi No
Nadia Whittome Aye
Navendu Mishra Aye
Naz Shah Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nick Fletcher No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nickie Aiken No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Olivia Blake Aye
Owen Thompson Aye
Pat McFadden Aye
Patrick Grady Aye
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Holmes No
Paul Howell No
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Paula Barker Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Dunne No
Preet Kaur Gill Aye
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Hopkins Aye
Rachel Reeves Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey Aye
Rebecca Pow No
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Fuller No
Richard Graham No
Rob Butler No
Robbie Moore No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Largan No
Robin Millar No
Royston Smith No
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Ruth Edwards No
Ruth Jones Aye
Sally-Ann Hart No
Sam Tarry Aye
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Champion Aye
Sarah Jones Aye
Sarah Owen Aye Teller
Scott Benton No
Scott Mann No Teller
Seema Malhotra Aye
Selaine Saxby No
Shabana Mahmood Aye
Shailesh Vara No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir George Howarth Aye
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir Jeremy Hunt No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Keir Starmer Aye
Sir Liam Fox No
Sir Mark Hendrick Aye
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Roger Gale No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen Flynn Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Morgan Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Steve Reed Aye
Stewart Hosie Aye
Stuart Andrew No
Suzanne Webb No
Tahir Ali Aye
Taiwo Owatemi Aye
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Loughton No
Tom Hunt No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Randall No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tony Lloyd Aye
Tulip Siddiq Aye
Valerie Vaz Aye
Vicky Ford No
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Atkins No
Virginia Crosbie No
Wayne David Aye
Wendy Morton No
Will Quince No
Yasmin Qureshi Aye
Yvette Cooper Aye
Yvonne Fovargue Aye
Alan Brown —
Alison Thewliss —
Allan Dorans —
Alun Cairns —
Alyn Smith —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrea Leadsom —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Percy —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Stephenson —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anne-Marie Trevelyan —
Ben Bradley —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan O'Hara —
Carla Lockhart —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Ansell —
Caroline Lucas —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Loder —
Chris Philp —
Christian Matheson —
Claire Hanna —
Crispin Blunt —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damian Green —
Damien Moore —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Darren Henry —
Dave Doogan —
David Linden —
David Morris —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Douglas Ross —
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Dr James Davies —
Dr Lisa Cameron —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Davey —
Elizabeth Truss —
Elliot Colburn —
Emma Lewell —
Esther McVey —
Fay Jones —
Gavin Robinson —
George Eustice —
Giles Watling —
Grant Shapps —
Guy Opperman —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Whately —
Henry Smith —
Huw Merriman —
Hywel Williams —
Ian Blackford —
Ian Levy —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Ahmad Khan —
Jamie Stone —
Jess Phillips —
Jim Shannon —
John Finucane —
John McNally —
John Nicolson —
John Stevenson —
Johnny Mercer —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Edwards —
Jonathan Gullis —
Joy Morrissey —
Karl McCartney —
Katherine Fletcher —
Kenny MacAskill —
Kevin Foster —
Kirsten Oswald —
Kirsty Blackman —
Laura Trott —
Layla Moran —
Lee Rowley —
Liz Saville Roberts —
Liz Twist —
Margaret Ferrier —
Maria Caulfield —
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Mark Menzies —
Martyn Day —
Mary Robinson —
Matt Hancock —
Mhairi Black —
Michelle Donelan —
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Mr Owen Paterson —
Mr Peter Bone —
Mr Ranil Jayawardena —
Mr Rob Roberts —
Mr Robin Walker —
Mr Steve Baker —
Mr Tobias Ellwood —
Mr William Wragg —
Ms Anum Qaisar —
Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Patricia Gibson —
Paul Bristow —
Paul Girvan —
Paul Maskey —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Aldous —
Peter Gibson —
Peter Grant —
Priti Patel —
Rehman Chishti —
Richard Drax —
Richard Thomson —
Rishi Sunak —
Robert Jenrick —
Ronnie Cowan —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
Sammy Wilson —
Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Atherton —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Olney —
Simon Hoare —
Simon Jupp —
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Sir Brandon Lewis —
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Sir Conor Burns —
Sir Edward Leigh —
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Sir Gavin Williamson —
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Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir Iain Duncan Smith —
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Sir Jeremy Quin —
Sir John Hayes —
Sir Julian Lewis —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Spencer —
Sir Peter Bottomley —
Sir Philip Davies —
Sir Sajid Javid —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Farry —
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Steven Bonnar —
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Stuart Anderson —
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Suella Braverman —
Theo Clarke —
Tim Farron —
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