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Division 212 · 14 March 2022

Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords]: Third Reading

At a glance

This division passed on 14 March 2022 by a margin of 256, with 295 Ayes and 39 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 277 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 36 votes. The 296 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This division took place during a debate on Professional Qualifications Bill [Lords].

295

Ayes

39

Noes

Passed

Result

323

Voted

Passed by 256 Ayes 295 / Noes 39

The motion

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

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 277 0 342
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 36 44
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 5 0 7
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 18
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 2 3
Alba Alba Party Voted No 0 1 2
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 154
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 24
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 13
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
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Green Green 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 Aye
Adam Afriyie Aye
Adam Holloway Aye
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
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 Bowie Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Carter Aye
Angela Crawley No
Angela Richardson Aye
Anna Firth Aye
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Anthony Browne Aye
Antony Higginbotham Aye
Ben Bradley Aye
Ben Everitt Aye
Ben Lake No
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Bob Stewart Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Loder Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christopher Pincher Aye
Claire Coutinho Aye
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Crispin Blunt Aye
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Damien Moore Aye
Danny Kruger Aye
Darren Henry Aye
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
Dehenna Davison Aye
Deidre Brock No
Derek Thomas Aye
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
Drew Hendry No
Duncan Baker Aye
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Edward Timpson Aye
Elliot Colburn Aye
Fay Jones Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye Teller
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Eustice Aye
Giles Watling Aye
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stuart Aye
Grant Shapps Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Smith Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Helen Whately Aye
Henry Smith Aye
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Levy Aye
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 Wild Aye
Jane Hunt Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jill Mortimer Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Gideon Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen Aye
John Lamont Aye
John McNally No
John Penrose 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
Kenny MacAskill No
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirsten Oswald No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Leo Docherty Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Liz Saville Roberts No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Marco Longhi Aye
Margaret Ferrier 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
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martyn Day No
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Vickers Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye Teller
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye
Miriam Cates Aye
Miss Sarah Dines Aye
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 Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Steve Baker 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
Ms Anum Qaisar No Teller
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Neil O'Brien Aye
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Fletcher Aye
Nick Gibb 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 Holmes Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Gibson Aye
Peter Grant No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Richard Thomson No Teller
Rob Butler Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Robert Largan Aye
Royston Smith Aye
Ruth Edwards Aye
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sara Britcliffe Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Scott Benton Aye
Scott Mann Aye
Selaine Saxby 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 Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley 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 Flynn No
Stephen McPartland 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 Andrew Aye
Stuart C McDonald No
Suella Braverman Aye
Suzanne Webb Aye
Theo Clarke Aye
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Randall Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Trudy Harrison Aye
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wendy Morton Aye
Will Quince Aye
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Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alison McGovern —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Jones —
Andrew Percy —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andy McDonald —
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Barry Gardiner —
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Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bryant —
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Colleen Fletcher —
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Conor McGinn —
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Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Daniel Zeichner —
Darren Jones —
David Davis —
David Johnston —
David Warburton —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Dan Poulter —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Newlands —
George Freeman —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Hannah Bardell —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Morgan —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hywel Williams —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Ahmad Khan —
Imran Hussain —
James Heappey —
James Murray —
James Sunderland —
Jamie Stone —
Jane Stevenson —
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Jeff Smith —
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Jerome Mayhew —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Stevens —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
John Howell —
John McDonnell —
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John Stevenson —
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Jonathan Edwards —
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Karl Turner —
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Kate Hollern —
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Kerry McCarthy —
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Kit Malthouse —
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Layla Moran —
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Lilian Greenwood —
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Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Hall —
Luke Pollard —
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Maria Eagle —
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Mary Robinson —
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Mhairi Black —
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Mike Wood —
Mims Davies —
Mohammad Yasin —
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Mr Peter Bone —
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Mr Rob Roberts —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
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Nadia Whittome —
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Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
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Olivia Blake —
Órfhlaith Begley —
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Paul Blomfield —
Paul Girvan —
Paul Howell —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Barker —
Paulette Hamilton —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Kyle —
Philip Dunne —
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Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Hopkins —
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Richard Burgon —
Rishi Sunak —
Robbie Moore —
Robin Millar —
Ronnie Cowan —
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Rushanara Ali —
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Ruth Jones —
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Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Sarah Owen —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
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Shaun Bailey —
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Sir Brandon Lewis —
Sir Christopher Chope —
Sir Conor Burns —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Jake Berry —
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Sir Philip Davies —
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Taiwo Owatemi —
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