Division 210 · 14 March 2022

Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1

Government Bill Democracy / Parliament

At a glance

This division passed on 14 March 2022 by a margin of 75, with 292 Ayes and 217 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 276 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 156 votes. The 128 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin — enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. 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).

292

Ayes

217

Noes

Passed

Result

491

Voted

Passed by 75 Ayes 292 / Noes 217

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 Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1. The Bill passed through the other place, where it was carefully scrutinised and amended in only one respect: to seek to retain a role for this honourable House in respect of Dissolution. The Lords amendment provided that the Prime Mini…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 276 0 342
Lab Labour Voted No 0 156 177
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 36 44
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 11 13
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 5 0 7
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 12
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 2 3
Alba Alba Party Voted No 0 1 2
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RUK Reform UK 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 Holloway Aye
Afzal Khan No
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Burghart Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Norris No
Alexander Stafford Aye
Alicia Kearns Aye
Alison McGovern No
Alison Thewliss No
Allan Dorans No
Alun Cairns Aye
Alyn Smith No
Amanda Solloway Aye
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Carter Aye
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Crawley No
Angela Rayner No
Angela Richardson Aye
Anna Firth Aye
Anna McMorrin No
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Anneliese Dodds No
Anthony Browne Aye
Antony Higginbotham Aye
Apsana Begum No
Bambos Charalambous No
Barry Gardiner No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Bradley Aye
Ben Everitt Aye
Ben Lake No
Beth Winter No
Bill Esterson No
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Bob Stewart Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlotte Nichols No
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Bryant No
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Loder Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christian Wakeford No
Christina Rees No
Christopher Pincher Aye
Claire Coutinho Aye
Clive Efford No
Clive Lewis No
Colleen Fletcher No
Conor McGinn No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Crispin Blunt Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh No
Dame Tracey Crouch Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Damien Moore Aye
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Kruger Aye
Darren Henry Aye
Darren Jones No
Dave Doogan No
David Duguid Aye
David Linden No
David Morris Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Rutley Aye
David Simmonds Aye
David T C Davies Aye
Dean Russell Aye
Debbie Abrahams No
Dehenna Davison Aye
Deidre Brock No
Derek Thomas Aye
Derek Twigg No
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Ben Spencer 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
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan No
Dr Rupa Huq No
Drew Hendry No
Duncan Baker Aye
Ed Davey No
Ed Miliband No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Edward Timpson Aye
Ellie Reeves No
Elliot Colburn Aye
Emily Thornberry No
Esther McVey Aye
Fabian Hamilton No
Fay Jones Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Feryal Clark No
Fiona Bruce Aye
Florence Eshalomi No
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye Teller
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Eustice Aye
Geraint Davies No
Gerald Jones No
Giles Watling Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stringer No
Graham Stuart Aye
Grahame Morris No
Grant Shapps Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Smith Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Helen Hayes No
Helen Morgan No
Helen Whately Aye
Henry Smith Aye
Hilary Benn No
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Levy Aye
Ian Mearns No
Ian Murray No
Imran Hussain No
Jack Brereton Aye
Jack Lopresti Aye
Jacob Young Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Daly Aye
James Gray Aye
James Grundy Aye
James Morris Aye
James Murray No
James Wild Aye
Jamie Stone No
Jane Hunt Aye
Janet Daby No
Jason McCartney Aye
Jeff Smith No
Jess Phillips No
Jesse Norman Aye
Jessica Morden No
Jill Mortimer Aye
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Gideon Aye
Jo Stevens No
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen Aye
John Healey No
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell No
John McNally No
John Penrose Aye
Jon Cruddas No
Jonathan Ashworth No
Jonathan Gullis Aye
Jonathan Reynolds No
Joy Morrissey Aye
Judith Cummins No
Julia Lopez Aye
Julian Knight Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Julie Marson Aye
Justin Madders No
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Karin Smyth No
Karl McCartney Aye
Karl Turner No
Kate Green No
Kate Hollern No
Kate Kniveton Aye
Kate Osamor No
Kate Osborne No
Katherine Fletcher Aye
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kenny MacAskill No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kim Johnson No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirsten Oswald No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Layla Moran No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Leo Docherty Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Liam Byrne No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lisa Nandy No
Liz Kendall No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist No Teller
Louise Haigh No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Lucy Powell No
Marco Longhi Aye
Margaret Ferrier No
Margaret Greenwood No
Maria Caulfield Aye
Marion Fellows No
Mark Eastwood Aye
Mark Fletcher Aye
Mark Jenkinson Aye
Mark Logan Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Mark Pawsey Aye
Mark Pritchard Aye
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martyn Day No
Mary Glindon No Teller
Mary Kelly Foy No
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Rodda No
Matt Vickers Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Matt Western No
Matthew Pennycook No
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye Teller
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mick Whitley No
Mike Amesbury No
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Kane No
Miriam Cates Aye
Miss Sarah Dines Aye
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Alistair Carmichael No
Mr Barry Sheerman No
Mr Ben Bradshaw No
Mr Clive Betts No
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 Khalid Mahmood No
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown No
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mr Virendra Sharma No
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 Sharon Hodgson No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Anum Qaisar No
Ms Karen Buck No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Nadia Whittome No
Navendu Mishra No
Naz Shah No
Neil O'Brien Aye
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Fletcher Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nickie Aiken Aye
Nicola Richards Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Olivia Blake No
Owen Thompson No
Pat McFadden No
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield No
Paul Bristow Aye
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Paula Barker No
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd No
Peter Gibson Aye
Peter Grant No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rachel Reeves No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Burgon No
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller 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
Rosie Duffield No
Royston Smith Aye
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Edwards Aye
Ruth Jones No
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sam Tarry No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sara Britcliffe Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Sarah Champion No
Sarah Green No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Olney No
Scott Benton Aye
Scott Mann Aye
Seema Malhotra No
Selaine Saxby Aye
Shabana Mahmood No
Shailesh Vara 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 Charles Walker Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gary Streeter 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 James Cleverly Aye
Sir James Duddridge 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 Keir Starmer No
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden 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 Stephen Timms No
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Flynn No
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen McPartland Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye
Steve Reed No
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
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No
Theo Clarke Aye
Tim Farron No
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Randall Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Trudy Harrison Aye
Tulip Siddiq No
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wayne David No
Wendy Morton Aye
Wera Hobhouse No
Wes Streeting No
Will Quince Aye
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yvette Cooper No
Yvonne Fovargue No
Adam Afriyie
Alex Cunningham
Alex Sobel
Amy Callaghan
Andrew Jones
Andrew Percy
Andrew Rosindell
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Anthony Mangnall
Bim Afolami
Boris Johnson
Bridget Phillipson
Caroline Ansell
Chris Hazzard
Chris Law
Christian Matheson
Christine Jardine
Claire Hanna
Claudia Webbe
Colum Eastwood
Craig Williams
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
David Davis
David Johnston
David Warburton
Dawn Butler
Dominic Raab
Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Dan Poulter
Elizabeth Truss
Emma Hardy
Emma Lewell
Fleur Anderson
Gareth Thomas
Gavin Newlands
George Freeman
Hannah Bardell
Helen Grant
Holly Lynch
Hywel Williams
Ian Paisley
Imran Ahmad Khan
James Heappey
James Sunderland
Jane Stevenson
Jeremy Corbyn
Jerome Mayhew
John Finucane
John Howell
John Nicolson
John Stevenson
Johnny Mercer
Jon Trickett
Jonathan Edwards
Kit Malthouse
Laura Trott
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Luke Hall
Luke Pollard
Maggie Throup
Maria Eagle
Mark Garnier
Martin Vickers
Mary Robinson
Mhairi Black
Mike Wood
Mims Davies
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr David Lammy
Mr Marcus Fysh
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Peter Bone
Mr Richard Holden
Mr Rob Roberts
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mrs Sheryll Murray
Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Nadine Dorries
Ms Stella Creasy
Neale Hanvey
Neil Coyle
Nick Smith
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nigel Adams
Órfhlaith Begley
Paul Girvan
Paul Howell
Paul Maskey
Paulette Hamilton
Peter Kyle
Philip Dunne
Priti Patel
Richard Graham
Robin Millar
Ronnie Cowan
Rosie Cooper
Saqib Bhatti
Sarah Owen
Shaun Bailey
Sir Alan Campbell
Sir Brandon Lewis
Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Conor Burns
Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir George Howarth
Sir Jake Berry
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mel Stride
Sir Oliver Heald
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Peter Bottomley
Sir Philip Davies
Sir Robert Goodwill
Stephen Crabb
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Hammond
Steve Barclay
Theresa Villiers
Tommy Sheppard
Tony Lloyd
Vicky Ford
Victoria Atkins
Wendy Chamberlain
Zarah Sultana
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