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Division 64 · 12 September 2016

Wales Bill: Report Stage New Clause 6

Government Bill

At a glance

This division was rejected on 12 September 2016 by a margin of 86, with 195 Ayes and 281 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 139 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 255 votes. The 146 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Wales. This division took place during a debate on Wales Bill. This division is linked to the Wales Act 2014 (Government Bill).

195

Ayes

281

Noes

Rejected

Result

435

Voted

Rejected by 86 Ayes 195 / Noes 281

Bill context

Bill Wales Act 2014
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Mr David Jones
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Secretary of State for Wales

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 No 0 255 292
Lab Labour Voted Aye 139 0 191
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 25 0 52
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 6 0 7
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 3 0 12
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 3 0 3
Ind Independent No party whip 2 0 11
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Green Green Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 4
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
SF Sinn Féin 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
Adam Afriyie No
Adam Holloway No
Alan Johnson Aye
Alan Mak No
Albert Owen Aye
Alberto Costa No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alison McGovern Aye
Alison Thewliss Aye
Alistair Burt No
Alun Cairns No
Amanda Solloway No
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffiths No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Slaughter Aye
Angela Crawley Aye
Angela Smith Aye
Anna Soubry No
Anna Turley Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne McLaughlin Aye
Anne Milton No
Antoinette Sandbach No
Ben Gummer No
Ben Howlett No
Bill Esterson Aye
Bob Blackman No
Bob Stewart No
Boris Johnson No
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Flint Aye
Caroline Lucas Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Catherine West Aye
Charlie Elphicke No
Charlotte Leslie No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Davies No
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No Teller
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris Stephens Aye
Chris White No
Christian Matheson Aye
Christina Rees Aye
Christopher Pincher No
Chuka Umunna Aye
Claire Perry No
Clive Efford Aye
Clive Lewis Aye
Colleen Fletcher Aye
Conor McGinn Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Caroline Spelman No
Dame Cheryl Gillan No
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Louise Ellman Aye
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Dan Jarvis Aye
Daniel Kawczynski No
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danny Kinahan Aye
David Mackintosh No
David Morris No
David Mowat No
David Mundell No
David Rutley No
David Simpson Aye
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Dawn Butler Aye
Debbie Abrahams Aye
Deidre Brock Aye
Derek Thomas No
Derek Twigg Aye
Dominic Raab No
Douglas Chapman Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr Eilidh Whiteford Aye
Dr James Davies No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Paul Monaghan Aye
Dr Phillip Lee No
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Aye
Dr Rupa Huq Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston No
Dr Tania Mathias No
Ed Miliband Aye
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Emma Lewell Aye
Fiona Bruce No
Fiona Mactaggart Aye
Gareth Johnson No
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Freeman No
Geraint Davies Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Gill Furniss Aye
Gloria De Piero Aye
Glyn Davies No
Gordon Henderson No
Gordon Marsden Aye
Graham P Jones Aye
Grahame Morris Aye
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Guto Bebb No
Guy Opperman No
Heidi Alexander Aye
Heidi Allen No
Helen Grant No
Helen Hayes Aye
Helen Jones Aye
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Hilary Benn Aye
Holly Lynch Aye
Huw Merriman No
Hywel Williams Aye
Iain Stewart No
Ian C. Lucas Aye
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Murray Aye
James Berry No
James Cartlidge No
James Morris No
Jane Ellison No
Jason McCartney No
Jeff Smith Aye
Jeremy Lefroy No
Jess Phillips Aye
Jessica Morden Aye
Jim Dowd Aye
Jim Fitzpatrick Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill No
John Glen No
John Healey Aye
John Howell No
John Penrose No
John Stevenson No
Johnny Mercer No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jon Trickett Aye
Jonathan Ashworth Aye
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Judith Cummins Aye
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Cooper Aye
Justin Madders Aye
Justin Tomlinson No
Justine Greening No
Karen Lumley No
Karl McCartney No
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Green Aye
Kate Hollern Aye
Kate Osamor Aye
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kelvin Hopkins Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Lady Hermon Aye
Liam Byrne Aye
Lisa Nandy Aye
Liz Kendall Aye
Liz McInnes Aye
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Lucy Powell Aye
Luke Hall No
Maggie Throup No
Margaret Ferrier Aye
Margaret Greenwood Aye
Margot James No
Maria Caulfield No
Maria Eagle Aye
Marion Fellows Aye Teller
Mark Garnier No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Martin Vickers No
Martyn Day Aye
Mary Creagh Aye
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Warman No
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Melanie Onn Aye
Mhairi Black Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Freer No
Mike Gapes Aye
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Weir Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Mr Adrian Bailey Aye
Mr Andrew Smith Aye
Mr Andrew Turner No
Mr Ben Bradshaw Aye
Mr Ben Wallace No
Mr Chris Leslie Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Gauke No
Mr David Jones No
Mr David Nuttall No
Mr David Winnick Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner Aye
Mr Dominic Grieve No
Mr Gavin Shuker Aye
Mr Geoffrey Robinson Aye
Mr George Osborne No
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr Jim Cunningham Aye
Mr John Baron No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Keith Simpson No
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Mark Prisk No
Mr Mark Williams Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Nigel Evans No
Mr Owen Paterson No
Mr Peter Bone No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Richard Bacon No
Mr Rob Wilson No
Mr Sam Gyimah No
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mr Virendra Sharma Aye
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Anne Main No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Madeleine Moon Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Karen Buck Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Aye
Nadhim Zahawi No
Neil Carmichael No
Neil Coyle Aye
Neil Parish No
Nick Boles No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Norman Lamb Aye
Oliver Colvile No
Owen Thompson Aye Teller
Pat Glass Aye
Pat McFadden Aye
Patricia Gibson Aye
Patrick Grady Aye
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Flynn Aye
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Paula Sherriff Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Aldous No
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Grant Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones No
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Boswell Aye
Philip Dunne No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Arkless Aye
Richard Burden Aye
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Fuller No
Rishi Sunak No
Robert Flello Aye
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Ronnie Cowan Aye
Rory Stewart No
Royston Smith No
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sarah Champion Aye
Sarah Newton No
Scott Mann No
Seema Kennedy No
Seema Malhotra Aye
Shailesh Vara No
Simon Danczuk Aye
Simon Hoare No
Simon Kirby No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir Conor Burns No
Sir David Amess No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir David Lidington No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir George Hollingbery No
Sir George Howarth Aye
Sir Gerald Howarth No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir James Duddridge No
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Brazier No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Keir Starmer Aye
Sir Liam Fox No
Sir Mark Hendrick Aye
Sir Mark Spencer No Teller
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Michael Fallon No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Oliver Letwin No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Peter Bottomley No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Burns No
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Phillips No
Stephen Pound Aye
Stephen Twigg Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Steve Reed Aye
Steve Rotheram Aye
Steven Paterson Aye
Stuart Andrew No
Stuart C McDonald Aye
Suella Braverman No
Susan Elan Jones Aye
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Farron Aye
Tim Loughton No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tommy Sheppard Aye
Tristram Hunt Aye
Tulip Siddiq Aye
Valerie Vaz Aye
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Borwick No
Wayne David Aye
Wendy Morton No
Wes Streeting Aye
Will Quince No
Yvette Cooper Aye
Yvonne Fovargue Aye
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Alex Salmond —
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Andrew Bingham —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andy Burnham —
Andy McDonald —
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Carol Monaghan —
Chris Law —
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Chris Williamson —
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