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Division 145 · 10 December 2021

Motion to sit in private

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 10 December 2021 by a margin of 50, with 3 Ayes and 53 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 4 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 35 votes. There were 4 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 561 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Katherine Fletcher. This division took place during a debate on Prayers.

3

Ayes

53

Noes

Rejected

Result

56

Voted

Rejected by 50 Ayes 3 / Noes 53

The motion

Proposed by Katherine Fletcher

I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 4 rebels 4 35 333
Lab Labour Voted No 0 13 155
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 1 43
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 7
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 1 2
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Ind Independent No party whip 0 0 24
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 22
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 12
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 5
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
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
Alex Sobel No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Andy McDonald No
Bambos Charalambous No
Ben Everitt No
Caroline Lucas No
Chris Evans No
Christian Wakeford No
Christopher Pincher No
Colum Eastwood No
Crispin Blunt No
Darren Henry No
David T C Davies No Teller
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan No
Eddie Hughes No
Elliot Colburn Aye Teller
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Johnson No
Greg Hands No
Helen Hayes No
James Daly Aye
Jane Hunt Aye Teller
Jeff Smith No
Jess Phillips No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Kit Malthouse No
Lia Nici No
Maggie Throup No
Margaret Greenwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Martin Vickers No
Mary Glindon No
Mims Davies No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No Teller
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Huddleston No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Holmes No
Rachel Hopkins No
Sally-Ann Hart No
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Sir James Cleverly No
Steve Double No
Stuart Andrew No
Tom Randall No
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Will Quince No
Aaron Bell —
Adam Afriyie —
Adam Holloway —
Afzal Khan —
Alan Brown —
Alan Mak —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Chalk —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alexander Stafford —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Thewliss —
Allan Dorans —
Alun Cairns —
Alyn Smith —
Amanda Solloway —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrea Leadsom —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Bridgen —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Jones —
Andrew Lewer —
Andrew Percy —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Selous —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
Angela Richardson —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anna McMorrin —
Anne Marie Morris —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anne-Marie Trevelyan —
Anneliese Dodds —
Anthony Browne —
Anthony Mangnall —
Antony Higginbotham —
Apsana Begum —
Barry Gardiner —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Bradley —
Ben Lake —
Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
Bim Afolami —
Bob Blackman —
Bob Seely —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan Clarke-Smith —
Brendan O'Hara —
Bridget Phillipson —
Carla Lockhart —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Ansell —
Caroline Nokes —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlotte Nichols —
Cherilyn Mackrory —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Clarkson —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Green —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Heaton-Harris —
Chris Law —
Chris Loder —
Chris Philp —
Chris Skidmore —
Chris Stephens —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Craig Tracey —
Craig Whittaker —
Craig Williams —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Amanda Milling —
Dame Andrea Jenkyns —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dame Maria Miller —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damian Collins —
Damian Green —
Damian Hinds —
Damien Moore —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Daniel Zeichner —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Davis —
David Duguid —
David Johnston —
David Linden —
David Morris —
David Mundell —
David Rutley —
David Simmonds —
David Warburton —
Dawn Butler —
Dean Russell —
Debbie Abrahams —
Dehenna Davison —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Thomas —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Douglas Ross —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Dan Poulter —
Dr James Davies —
Dr Jamie Wallis —
Dr Lisa Cameron —
Dr Luke Evans —
Dr Matthew Offord —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Duncan Baker —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Edward Timpson —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fay Jones —
Felicity Buchan —
Feryal Clark —
Fiona Bruce —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Davies —
Gareth Thomas —
Gary Sambrook —
Gavin Newlands —
Gavin Robinson —
George Eustice —
George Freeman —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Giles Watling —
Gill Furniss —
Gillian Keegan —
Gordon Henderson —
Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Grahame Morris —
Grant Shapps —
Greg Clark —
Greg Smith —
Guy Opperman —
Hannah Bardell —
Helen Grant —
Helen Whately —
Henry Smith —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Holly Mumby-Croft —
Huw Merriman —
Hywel Williams —
Iain Stewart —
Ian Blackford —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Levy —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Ahmad Khan —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Brereton —
Jack Dromey —
Jack Lopresti —
Jacob Young —
James Cartlidge —
James Gray —
James Grundy —
James Heappey —
James Morris —
James Murray —
James Sunderland —
James Wild —
Jamie Stone —
Jane Stevenson —
Janet Daby —
Jason McCartney —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jerome Mayhew —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Morden —
Jill Mortimer —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Gideon —
Jo Stevens —
Joanna Cherry —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Healey —
John Howell —
John Lamont —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
John Nicolson —
John Penrose —
John Stevenson —
Johnny Mercer —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Edwards —
Jonathan Gullis —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Joy Morrissey —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Lopez —
Julian Knight —
Julian Sturdy —
Julie Marson —
Justin Madders —
Justin Tomlinson —
Karin Smyth —
Karl McCartney —
Karl Turner —
Kate Green —
Kate Hollern —
Kate Kniveton —
Kate Osamor —
Kate Osborne —
Katherine Fletcher —
Kelly Tolhurst —
Kenny MacAskill —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kevin Foster —
Kevin Hollinrake —
Kim Johnson —
Kim Leadbeater —
Kirsten Oswald —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kwasi Kwarteng —
Laura Farris —
Laura Trott —
Layla Moran —
Lee Anderson —
Lee Rowley —
Leo Docherty —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz Saville Roberts —
Liz Twist —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Allan —
Lucy Frazer —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Hall —
Luke Pollard —
Marco Longhi —
Margaret Ferrier —
Maria Caulfield —
Maria Eagle —
Marion Fellows —
Mark Eastwood —
Mark Garnier —
Mark Jenkinson —
Mark Logan —
Mark Menzies —
Mark Pawsey —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Martin Docherty-Hughes —
Martyn Day —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Mary Robinson —
Matt Hancock —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Vickers —
Matt Warman —
Matt Western —
Matthew Pennycook —
Mhairi Black —
Michael Fabricant —
Michael Tomlinson —
Michelle Donelan —
Mick Whitley —
Mike Amesbury —
Mike Freer —
Mike Kane —
Mike Wood —
Miriam Cates —
Miss Sarah Dines —
Mohammad Yasin —
Mr Alistair Carmichael —
Mr Barry Sheerman —
Mr Ben Bradshaw —
Mr Ben Wallace —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr David Jones —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr Gagan Mohindra —
Mr Gregory Campbell —
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger —
Mr John Baron —
Mr Jonathan Djanogly —
Mr Jonathan Lord —
Mr Khalid Mahmood —
Mr Laurence Robertson —
Mr Louie French —
Mr Marcus Fysh —
Mr Marcus Jones —
Mr Mark Francois —
Mr Nicholas Brown —
Mr Nigel Evans —
Mr Peter Bone —
Mr Richard Bacon —
Mr Richard Holden —
Mr Rob Roberts —
Mr Robin Walker —
Mr Steve Baker —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
Mr Tobias Ellwood —
Mr Toby Perkins —
Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mr William Wragg —
Mrs Flick Drummond —
Mrs Kemi Badenoch —
Mrs Pauline Latham —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
Mrs Sheryll Murray —
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare —
Ms Anum Qaisar —
Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Nadine Dorries —
Ms Nusrat Ghani —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Munira Wilson —
Nadhim Zahawi —
Nadia Whittome —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Neil O'Brien —
Neil Parish —
Nick Fletcher —
Nick Gibb —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Nickie Aiken —
Nigel Adams —
Nigel Mills —
Olivia Blake —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Owen Thompson —
Pat McFadden —
Patricia Gibson —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Bristow —
Paul Girvan —
Paul Howell —
Paul Maskey —
Paul Maynard —
Paul Scully —
Paula Barker —
Penny Mordaunt —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Aldous —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Gibson —
Peter Grant —
Peter Kyle —
Philip Dunne —
Preet Kaur Gill —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Harris —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Rebecca Pow —
Rehman Chishti —
Richard Burgon —
Richard Drax —
Richard Fuller —
Richard Graham —
Richard Thomson —
Rishi Sunak —
Rob Butler —
Robbie Moore —
Robert Courts —
Robert Halfon —
Robert Jenrick —
Robert Largan —
Robin Millar —
Ronnie Cowan —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
Royston Smith —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth Edwards —
Ruth Jones —
Sam Tarry —
Sammy Wilson —
Saqib Bhatti —
Sara Britcliffe —
Sarah Atherton —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Sarah Owen —
Scott Benton —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shailesh Vara —
Shaun Bailey —
Simon Baynes —
Simon Fell —
Simon Hoare —
Simon Jupp —
Siobhan Baillie —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alec Shelbrooke —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Bernard Jenkin —
Sir Bill Wiggin —
Sir Brandon Lewis —
Sir Charles Walker —
Sir Christopher Chope —
Sir Conor Burns —
Sir David Evennett —
Sir Desmond Swayne —
Sir Edward Leigh —
Sir Gary Streeter —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Greg Knight —
Sir Iain Duncan Smith —
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg —
Sir Jake Berry —
Sir James Duddridge —
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson —
Sir Jeremy Hunt —
Sir Jeremy Quin —
Sir Jeremy Wright —
Sir John Hayes —
Sir John Whittingdale —
Sir Julian Lewis —
Sir Julian Smith —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Liam Fox —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Spencer —
Sir Mark Tami —
Sir Mel Stride —
Sir Michael Ellis —
Sir Mike Penning —
Sir Oliver Dowden —
Sir Oliver Heald —
Sir Paul Beresford —
Sir Peter Bottomley —
Sir Philip Davies —
Sir Robert Buckland —
Sir Robert Goodwill —
Sir Robert Neill —
Sir Robert Syms —
Sir Roger Gale —
Sir Sajid Javid —
Sir Simon Clarke —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Sir William Cash —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Crabb —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Farry —
Stephen Flynn —
Stephen Hammond —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen McPartland —
Stephen Metcalfe —
Stephen Morgan —
Steve Barclay —
Steve Brine —
Steve Reed —
Steven Bonnar —
Stewart Hosie —
Stewart Malcolm McDonald —
Stuart Anderson —
Stuart C McDonald —
Suella Braverman —
Suzanne Webb —
Tahir Ali —
Taiwo Owatemi —
Theo Clarke —
Theresa Villiers —
Tim Farron —
Tim Loughton —
Tom Hunt —
Tom Pursglove —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tommy Sheppard —
Tony Lloyd —
Trudy Harrison —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Ford —
Victoria Atkins —
Virginia Crosbie —
Wayne David —
Wendy Chamberlain —
Wendy Morton —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
Zarah Sultana —
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