Division 70 · 19 October 2016

Opposition Motion: House of Lords reform and the size of the House of Commons

At a glance

This division was rejected on 19 October 2016 by a margin of 33, with 245 Ayes and 278 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 159 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 251 votes. There were 2 rebel votes — MPs voting against their party's majority. The 104 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin — enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Pete Wishart. This division took place during a debate on House of Lords Reform and Size of the House of Commons.

245

Ayes

278

Noes

Rejected

Result

477

Voted

Rejected by 33 Ayes 245 / Noes 278

The motion

Proposed by Pete Wishart

I beg to move, That this House notes with concern the size of the unelected House of Lords which, with more than 800 members, is considerably larger than the elected House of Commons; believes that there is no case in a modern democracy for the number of members of an unelected chamber to exceed the… I beg to move, That this House notes with concern the size of the unelected House of Lords which, with more than 800 members, is considerably larger than the elected House of Commons; believes that there is no case in a modern democracy for the number of members of an unelected chamber to exceed the number of members of the democratically elected House; cannot condone any Government action that may increase the number of unelected members while reducing the number of elected Members of Parliament, particularly when there are no published plans to concurrently reduce the number of Ministers or amount of support to Government departments; believes that, in the event of an exit from the EU, the return of significant powers will mean additional work for a smaller number of Members of Parliament; calls on the Government to put in place plans to significantly reduce the number of unelected Lords; further calls for a full review of reform of the House of Lords; and calls on the Government to abandon any plans to reduce the number of Members of Parliament until the issue of the size of the unelected chamber is resolved. May I be the first to congratulate the worthy winners of the Select Committee elections? I also congratulate everybody on making it such a little festival of democracy within these hallowed chambers. Everybody appreciates the opportunity to have a say in who sits on these Select Committees once again. What on earth is going on in our so-called parliamentary democracy? How can we possibly reach a state in which we have more parliamentarians in these Houses of Parliament appointed by a Prime Minister than elected by the people? In what sort of parallel political universe can it be a good thing to continue to increase the membership of an unelected House while simultaneously seeking to reduce the number of directly elected Members of Parliament? Has anyone had a look at that place down the corridor? Has anyone taken a cursory glance at its membership? It is an utter undemocratic disgrace. It is an antiquated, absurd Chamber stuffed full of cronies, donors, placemen, former MPs and failed MPs.

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Party breakdown

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Party	Party position	Ayes	Noes	Did not vote	Total
Con Conservative	Voted No 1 rebel	1	251	37	289
Lab Labour	Voted Aye	159	0	34	193
SNP Scottish National Party	Voted Aye	53	0	1	54
LD Liberal Democrat	Voted Aye	4	0	8	12
Ind Independent	No party whip	3	0	7	10
DUP Democratic Unionist Party	Voted Aye 1 rebel	2	1	4	7
PC Plaid Cymru	Voted Aye	1	0	2	3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party	Voted Aye	1	0	1	2
Green Green Party	Voted Aye	1	0	0	1
Lab Labour (Co-op)	No clear majority	0	0	5	5
IGC The Independent Group for Change	No clear majority	0	0	2	2
Spk Speaker	No party whip	0	0	1	1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party	No clear majority	0	0	1	1
SF Sinn Féin	No clear majority	0	0	1	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.

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Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye

Did not vote

Individual votes

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote	Rebel
Adam Afriyie	Con	Windsor	No
Alan Brown	SNP	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Aye
Alan Johnson	Lab	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Aye
Alan Mak	Con	Havant	No
Albert Owen	Lab	Ynys Môn	Aye
Alex Chalk	Con	Cheltenham	No
Alex Cunningham	Lab	Stockton North	Aye
Alex Salmond	SNP	Gordon	Aye
Alison McGovern	Lab	Birkenhead	Aye
Alison Thewliss	SNP	Glasgow Central	Aye
Amanda Solloway	Con	Derby North	No
Amber Rudd	Con	Hastings and Rye	No
Andrea Leadsom	Con	South Northamptonshire	No
Andrew Bingham	Con	High Peak	No
Andrew Bridgen	Con	North West Leicestershire	No
Andrew Griffiths	Con	Burton	No
Andrew Gwynne	Lab	Gorton and Denton	Aye
Andrew Jones	Con	Harrogate and Knaresborough	No
Andrew Percy	Con	Brigg and Goole	No
Andrew Rosindell	Con	Romford	No
Andrew Selous	Con	South West Bedfordshire	No
Andrew Stephenson	Con	Pendle	No
Andy McDonald	Lab	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	Aye
Angela Crawley	SNP	Lanark and Hamilton East	Aye
Angela Rayner	Lab	Ashton-under-Lyne	Aye
Angela Smith	Lab	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil	SNP	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Aye
Angus Robertson	SNP	Moray	Aye
Ann Clwyd	Lab	Cynon Valley	Aye
Ann Coffey	Lab	Stockport	Aye
Anna Turley	Lab	Redcar	Aye
Anne Marie Morris	Con	Newton Abbot	No
Anne McLaughlin	SNP	Glasgow North East	Aye
Anne Milton	Con	Guildford	No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan	Con	Berwick-upon-Tweed	No
Antoinette Sandbach	Con	Eddisbury	No
Barry Gardiner	Lab	Brent West	Aye
Ben Gummer	Con	Ipswich	No
Ben Howlett	Con	Bath	No
Bill Esterson	Lab	Sefton Central	Aye
Bob Blackman	Con	Harrow East	No
Bob Stewart	Con	Beckenham	No
Boris Johnson	Con	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	No
Brendan O'Hara	SNP	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	Aye
Callum McCaig	SNP	Aberdeen South	Aye
Calum Kerr	SNP	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
Carol Monaghan	SNP	Glasgow North West	Aye
Caroline Ansell	Con	Eastbourne	No
Caroline Lucas	Green	Brighton, Pavilion	Aye
Caroline Nokes	Con	Romsey and Southampton North	No
Carolyn Harris	Lab	Neath and Swansea East	Aye
Cat Smith	Lab	Lancaster and Wyre	Aye
Catherine West	Lab	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	Aye
Charlie Elphicke	Con	Dover	No
Charlotte Leslie	Con	Bristol North West	No
Chris Davies	Con	Brecon and Radnorshire	No
Chris Elmore	Lab	Bridgend	Aye
Chris Evans	Lab	Caerphilly	Aye
Chris Green	Con	Bolton West	No
Chris Heaton-Harris	Con	Daventry	No Teller
Chris Law	SNP	Dundee Central	Aye
Chris Philp	Con	Croydon South	No
Chris Skidmore	Con	Kingswood	No
Chris Stephens	SNP	Glasgow South West	Aye
Chris White	Con	Warwick and Leamington	No
Christian Matheson	Lab	City of Chester	Aye
Christina Rees	Lab	Neath	Aye
Christopher Pincher	Con	Tamworth	No Teller
Chuka Umunna	Lab	Streatham	Aye
Claire Perry	Con	Devizes	No
Clive Efford	Lab	Eltham and Chislehurst	Aye
Clive Lewis	Lab	Norwich South	Aye
Colleen Fletcher	Lab	Coventry North East	Aye
Conor McGinn	Lab	St Helens North	Aye
Corri Wilson	SNP	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Aye
Craig Tracey	Con	North Warwickshire	No
Craig Whittaker	Con	Calder Valley	No
Craig Williams	Con	Montgomeryshire	No
Dame Amanda Milling	Con	Cannock Chase	No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns	Con	Morley and Outwood	No
Dame Angela Eagle	Lab	Wallasey	Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Con	Gosport	No
Dame Caroline Spelman	Con	Meriden	No
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Con	Chesham and Amersham	No
Dame Chi Onwurah	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Con	West Worcestershire	No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price	Con	Thurrock	No
Dame Karen Bradley	Con	Staffordshire Moorlands	No
Dame Louise Ellman	Lab	Liverpool, Riverside	Aye
Dame Maria Miller	Con	Basingstoke	No
Dame Nia Griffith	Lab	Llanelli	Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch	Con	Chatham and Aylesford	No
Damian Collins	Con	Folkestone and Hythe	No
Damian Green	Con	Ashford	No
Daniel Zeichner	Lab	Cambridge	Aye
David Davis	Con	Goole and Pocklington	No
David Mackintosh	Con	Northampton South	No
David Morris	Con	Morecambe and Lunesdale	No
David Mowat	Con	Warrington South	No
David Mundell	Con	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	No
David Rutley	Con	Macclesfield	No
David T C Davies	Con	Monmouth	No
David Tredinnick	Con	Bosworth	No
David Warburton	Con	Somerton and Frome	No
Dawn Butler	Lab	Brent East	Aye
Debbie Abrahams	Lab	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Aye
Deidre Brock	SNP	Edinburgh North and Leith	Aye
Derek Thomas	Con	St Ives	No
Derek Twigg	Lab	Widnes and Halewood	Aye
Douglas Chapman	SNP	Dunfermline and West Fife	Aye
Dr Dan Poulter	Con	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	No
Dr Eilidh Whiteford	SNP	Banff and Buchan	Aye
Dr James Davies	Con	Vale of Clwyd	No
Dr Lisa Cameron	SNP	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Aye
Dr Matthew Offord	Con	Hendon	No
Dr Paul Monaghan	SNP	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford	SNP	Central Ayrshire	Aye
Dr Phillip Lee	Con	Bracknell	No
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods	Lab	City of Durham	Aye
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan	Lab	Tooting	Aye
Dr Rupa Huq	Lab	Ealing Central and Acton	Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston	Con	Totnes	No
Dr Tania Mathias	Con	Twickenham	No
Drew Hendry	SNP	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Aye
Ed Miliband	Lab	Doncaster North	Aye
Edward Argar	Con	Melton and Syston	No
Edward Timpson	Con	Eddisbury	No
Elizabeth Truss	Con	South West Norfolk	No
Emma Lewell	Lab	South Shields	Aye
Emma Reynolds	Lab	Wycombe	Aye
Fabian Hamilton	Lab	Leeds North East	Aye
Fiona Bruce	Con	Congleton	No
Fiona Mactaggart	Lab	Slough	Aye
Gareth Johnson	Con	Dartford	No
Gavin Newlands	SNP	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Aye
George Freeman	Con	Mid Norfolk	No
George Kerevan	SNP	East Lothian	Aye
Gerald Jones	Lab	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	Aye
Gill Furniss	Lab	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Aye
Gloria De Piero	Lab	Ashfield	Aye
Glyn Davies	Con	Montgomeryshire	No
Gordon Henderson	Con	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	No
Gordon Marsden	Lab	Blackpool South	Aye
Graham P Jones	Lab	Hyndburn	Aye
Graham Stringer	Lab	Blackley and Middleton South	Aye
Graham Stuart	Con	Beverley and Holderness	No
Grant Shapps	Con	Welwyn Hatfield	No
Greg Mulholland	LD	Leeds North West	Aye
Guto Bebb	Con	Aberconwy	No
Guy Opperman	Con	Hexham	No
Hannah Bardell	SNP	Livingston	Aye
Heidi Alexander	Lab	Swindon South	Aye
Heidi Allen	Con	South Cambridgeshire	No
Helen Goodman	Lab	Bishop Auckland	Aye
Helen Grant	Con	Maidstone and Malling	No
Helen Hayes	Lab	Dulwich and West Norwood	Aye
Helen Whately	Con	Faversham and Mid Kent	No
Henry Smith	Con	Crawley	No
Hilary Benn	Lab	Leeds South	Aye
Huw Merriman	Con	Bexhill and Battle	No
Iain Stewart	Con	Milton Keynes South	No
Ian Blackford	SNP	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Aye
Ian C. Lucas	Lab	Wrexham	Aye
Ian Lavery	Lab	Blyth and Ashington	Aye
Ian Mearns	Lab	Gateshead	Aye
Ian Murray	Lab	Edinburgh South	Aye
Ian Paisley	DUP	North Antrim	No	Rebel
Imran Hussain	Lab	Bradford East	Aye
Jack Dromey	Lab	Birmingham, Erdington	Aye
Jack Lopresti	Con	Filton and Bradley Stoke	No
James Berry	Con	Kingston and Surbiton	No
James Brokenshire	Con	Old Bexley and Sidcup	No
James Cartlidge	Con	South Suffolk	No
James Heappey	Con	Wells	No
James Morris	Con	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	No
Jane Ellison	Con	Battersea	No
Jeff Smith	Lab	Manchester Withington	Aye
Jeremy Corbyn	Lab	Islington North	Aye
Jeremy Lefroy	Con	Stafford	No
Jess Phillips	Lab	Birmingham Yardley	Aye
Jesse Norman	Con	Hereford and South Herefordshire	No
Jessica Morden	Lab	Newport East	Aye
Jim Dowd	Lab	Lewisham West and Penge	Aye
Jim McMahon	Lab	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	Aye
Jim Shannon	DUP	Strangford	Aye
Jo Churchill	Con	Bury St Edmunds	No
Jo Stevens	Lab	Cardiff East	Aye
Joanna Cherry	SNP	Edinburgh South West	Aye
John Glen	Con	Salisbury	No
John Healey	Lab	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	Aye
John Howell	Con	Henley	No
John McDonnell	Lab	Hayes and Harlington	Aye
John McNally	SNP	Falkirk	Aye
John Nicolson	SNP	Ochil and South Perthshire	Aye
John Penrose	Con	Weston-super-Mare	No
John Pugh	LD	Southport	Aye
John Stevenson	Con	Carlisle	No
Johnny Mercer	Con	Plymouth, Moor View	No
Jon Cruddas	Lab	Dagenham and Rainham	Aye
Jon Trickett	Lab	Normanton and Hemsworth	Aye
Jonathan Edwards	PC	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Aye
Jonathan Reynolds	Lab	Stalybridge and Hyde	Aye
Judith Cummins	Lab	Bradford South	Aye
Julian Knight	Con	Solihull	No
Julian Sturdy	Con	York Outer	No
Julie Cooper	Lab	Burnley	Aye
Justin Madders	Lab	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	Aye
Justin Tomlinson	Con	North Swindon	No
Karin Smyth	Lab	Bristol South	Aye
Karl McCartney	Con	Lincoln	No
Karl Turner	Lab	Kingston upon Hull East	Aye
Kate Green	Lab	Stretford and Urmston	Aye
Kate Hollern	Lab	Blackburn	Aye
Kate Osamor	Lab	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	Aye
Kelly Tolhurst	Con	Rochester and Strood	No
Kelvin Hopkins	Lab	Luton North	Aye
Kerry McCarthy	Lab	Bristol East	Aye
Kevin Foster	Con	Torbay	No
Kevin Hollinrake	Con	Thirsk and Malton	No
Kirsten Oswald	SNP	East Renfrewshire	Aye
Kirsty Blackman	SNP	Aberdeen North	Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng	Con	Spelthorne	No
Liam Byrne	Lab	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	Aye
Lilian Greenwood	Lab	Nottingham South	Aye
Lisa Nandy	Lab	Wigan	Aye
Liz Kendall	Lab	Leicester West	Aye
Liz McInnes	Lab	Heywood and Middleton	Aye
Louise Haigh	Lab	Sheffield Heeley	Aye
Lucy Allan	Con	Telford	No
Lucy Frazer	Con	South East Cambridgeshire	No
Lucy Powell	Lab	Manchester Central	Aye
Luke Hall	Con	Thornbury and Yate	No
Maggie Throup	Con	Erewash	No
Margaret Ferrier	SNP	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Aye
Margaret Greenwood	Lab	Wirral West	Aye
Margot James	Con	Stourbridge	No
Maria Caulfield	Con	Lewes	No
Marion Fellows	SNP	Motherwell and Wishaw	Aye Teller
Mark Durkan	SDLP	Foyle	Aye
Mark Garnier	Con	Wyre Forest	No
Mark Menzies	Con	Fylde	No
Mark Pawsey	Con	Rugby	No
Mark Pritchard	Con	The Wrekin	No
Martin Docherty-Hughes	SNP	West Dunbartonshire	Aye
Martin Vickers	Con	Brigg and Immingham	No
Martyn Day	SNP	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Aye
Mary Glindon	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Aye
Mary Robinson	Con	Cheadle	No
Matt Hancock	Con	West Suffolk	No
Matt Warman	Con	Boston and Skegness	No
Matthew Pennycook	Lab	Greenwich and Woolwich	Aye
Melanie Onn	Lab	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Aye
Mhairi Black	SNP	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Aye
Michael Dugher	Lab	Barnsley East	Aye
Michael Fabricant	Con	Lichfield	No
Michael Tomlinson	Con	Mid Dorset and North Poole	No
Michelle Donelan	Con	Chippenham	No
Michelle Thomson	Ind	Edinburgh West	Aye
Mike Freer	Con	Finchley and Golders Green	No
Mike Gapes	Lab	Ilford South	Aye
Mike Kane	Lab	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Aye
Mike Weir	SNP	Angus	Aye
Mike Wood	Con	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	No
Mims Davies	Con	East Grinstead and Uckfield	No
Mr Adrian Bailey	Lab	West Bromwich West	Aye
Mr Andrew Turner	Con	Isle of Wight	No
Mr Barry Sheerman	Lab	Huddersfield	Aye
Mr Ben Bradshaw	Lab	Exeter	Aye
Mr Ben Wallace	Con	Wyre and Preston North	No
Mr Chris Leslie	Lab	Nottingham East	Aye
Mr Clive Betts	Lab	Sheffield South East	Aye
Mr David Anderson	Lab	Blaydon	Aye
Mr David Burrowes	Con	Enfield, Southgate	No
Mr David Gauke	Con	South West Hertfordshire	No
Mr David Jones	Con	Clwyd West	No
Mr David Nuttall	Con	Bury North	No
Mr David Winnick	Lab	Walsall North	Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner	Lab	Bolsover	Aye
Mr Dominic Grieve	Con	Beaconsfield	No
Mr Gavin Shuker	Lab	Luton South	Aye
Mr Geoffrey Robinson	Lab	Coventry North West	Aye
Mr Iain Wright	Lab	Hartlepool	Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	Con	Bridgwater and West Somerset	No
Mr Ivan Lewis	Lab	Bury South	Aye
Mr Jamie Reed	Lab	Copeland	Aye
Mr Jim Cunningham	Lab	Coventry South	Aye
Mr John Baron	Con	Basildon and Billericay	No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly	Con	Huntingdon	No
Mr Jonathan Lord	Con	Woking	No
Mr Keith Simpson	Con	Broadland	No
Mr Khalid Mahmood	Lab	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson	Con	Tewkesbury	No
Mr Marcus Fysh	Con	Yeovil	No
Mr Marcus Jones	Con	Nuneaton	No
Mr Mark Francois	Con	Rayleigh and Wickford	No
Mr Mark Prisk	Con	Hertford and Stortford	No
Mr Nicholas Brown	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Aye
Mr Nigel Evans	Con	Ribble Valley	No
Mr Owen Paterson	Con	North Shropshire	No
Mr Peter Bone	Con	Wellingborough	No
Mr Philip Hollobone	Con	Kettering	No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena	Con	North East Hampshire	No
Mr Rob Wilson	Con	Reading East	No
Mr Robin Walker	Con	Worcester	No
Mr Sam Gyimah	Con	East Surrey	No
Mr Stephen Hepburn	Lab	Jarrow	Aye
Mr Steve Baker	Con	Wycombe	No
Mr Toby Perkins	Lab	Chesterfield	Aye
Mr Virendra Sharma	Lab	Ealing, Southall	Aye
Mr William Wragg	Con	Hazel Grove	No
Mrs Anne Main	Con	St Albans	No
Mrs Flick Drummond	Con	Meon Valley	No
Mrs Heather Wheeler	Con	South Derbyshire	No
Mrs Madeleine Moon	Lab	Bridgend	Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham	Con	Mid Derbyshire	No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Lab	Washington and Gateshead South	Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray	Con	South East Cornwall	No
Ms Karen Buck	Lab	Westminster North	Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer	Lab	St Helens South and Whiston	Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani	Con	Sussex Weald	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Lab	Walthamstow	Aye
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh	SNP	Ochil and South Perthshire	Aye
Natalie McGarry	Ind	Glasgow East	Aye
Neil Carmichael	Con	Stroud	No
Neil Coyle	Lab	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	Aye
Neil Gray	SNP	Airdrie and Shotts	Aye
Neil Parish	Con	Tiverton and Honiton	No
Nick Boles	Con	Grantham and Stamford	No
Nick Gibb	Con	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	No
Nick Smith	Lab	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds	Lab	Torfaen	Aye
Nigel Adams	Con	Selby and Ainsty	No
Nigel Huddleston	Con	Droitwich and Evesham	No
Nigel Mills	Con	Amber Valley	No
Norman Lamb	LD	North Norfolk	Aye
Oliver Colvile	Con	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport	No
Owen Smith	Lab	Pontypridd	Aye
Owen Thompson	SNP	Midlothian	Aye Teller
Pat McFadden	Lab	Wolverhampton South East	Aye
Patricia Gibson	SNP	North Ayrshire and Arran	Aye
Patrick Grady	SNP	Glasgow North	Aye
Paul Blomfield	Lab	Sheffield Central	Aye
Paul Farrelly	Lab	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Aye
Paul Flynn	Lab	Newport West	Aye
Paul Maynard	Con	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	No
Paul Scully	Con	Sutton and Cheam	No
Paula Sherriff	Lab	Dewsbury	Aye
Penny Mordaunt	Con	Portsmouth North	No
Pete Wishart	SNP	Perth and Kinross-shire	Aye
Peter Aldous	Con	Waveney	No
Peter Dowd	Lab	Bootle	Aye
Peter Grant	SNP	Glenrothes	Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones	Con	North Devon	No
Peter Kyle	Lab	Hove and Portslade	Aye
Philip Boswell	SNP	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Aye
Philip Dunne	Con	Ludlow	No
Rachael Maskell	Lab	York Central	Aye
Rebecca Harris	Con	Castle Point	No
Rebecca Long Bailey	Lab	Salford	Aye
Rebecca Pow	Con	Taunton Deane	No
Rehman Chishti	Con	Gillingham and Rainham	No
Richard Arkless	SNP	Dumfries and Galloway	Aye
Richard Burden	Lab	Birmingham, Northfield	Aye
Richard Drax	Con	South Dorset	No
Richard Fuller	Con	North Bedfordshire	No
Richard Graham	Con	Gloucester	No
Rishi Sunak	Con	Richmond and Northallerton	No
Rob Marris	Lab	Wolverhampton South West	Aye
Robert Flello	Lab	Stoke-on-Trent South	Aye
Robert Halfon	Con	Harlow	No
Robert Jenrick	Con	Newark	No
Roger Mullin	SNP	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Aye
Ronnie Cowan	SNP	Inverclyde	Aye
Rory Stewart	Con	Penrith and The Border	No
Rushanara Ali	Lab	Bethnal Green and Stepney	Aye
Ruth Cadbury	Lab	Brentford and Isleworth	Aye
Sarah Newton	Con	Truro and Falmouth	No
Scott Mann	Con	North Cornwall	No
Seema Kennedy	Con	South Ribble	No
Seema Malhotra	Lab	Feltham and Heston	Aye
Shabana Mahmood	Lab	Birmingham Ladywood	Aye
Shailesh Vara	Con	North West Cambridgeshire	No
Simon Danczuk	Ind	Rochdale	Aye
Simon Hoare	Con	North Dorset	No
Simon Kirby	Con	Brighton, Kemptown	No
Sir Alan Campbell	Lab	Tynemouth	Aye
Sir Alan Meale	Lab	Mansfield	Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin	Con	North Herefordshire	No
Sir Brandon Lewis	Con	Great Yarmouth	No
Sir Christopher Chope	Con	Christchurch	No
Sir Conor Burns	Con	Bournemouth West	No
Sir David Amess	Con	Southend West	No
Sir David Crausby	Lab	Bolton North East	Aye
Sir David Evennett	Con	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
Sir David Lidington	Con	Aylesbury	No
Sir Desmond Swayne	Con	New Forest West	No
Sir Edward Leigh	Con	Gainsborough	No
Sir Gary Streeter	Con	South West Devon	No
Sir Gavin Williamson	Con	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Con	North Cotswolds	No
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Con	Torridge and Tavistock	No
Sir George Hollingbery	Con	Meon Valley	No
Sir George Howarth	Lab	Knowsley	Aye
Sir Gerald Howarth	Con	Aldershot	No
Sir Greg Knight	Con	East Yorkshire	No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg	Con	North East Somerset	No
Sir Jake Berry	Con	Rossendale and Darwen	No
Sir James Cleverly	Con	Braintree	No
Sir James Duddridge	Con	Rochford and Southend East	No
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson	DUP	Lagan Valley	Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt	Con	Godalming and Ash	No
Sir Jeremy Quin	Con	Horsham	No
Sir Jeremy Wright	Con	Kenilworth and Southam	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Con	Maldon	No
Sir Julian Brazier	Con	Canterbury	No
Sir Julian Lewis	Con	New Forest East	No
Sir Julian Smith	Con	Skipton and Ripon	No
Sir Liam Fox	Con	North Somerset	No
Sir Mark Spencer	Con	Sherwood	No
Sir Mark Tami	Lab	Alyn and Deeside	Aye
Sir Mel Stride	Con	Central Devon	No
Sir Michael Ellis	Con	Northampton North	No
Sir Michael Fallon	Con	Sevenoaks	No
Sir Mike Penning	Con	Hemel Hempstead	No
Sir Nicholas Dakin	Lab	Scunthorpe	Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden	Con	Hertsmere	No
Sir Oliver Heald	Con	North East Hertfordshire	No
Sir Oliver Letwin	Con	West Dorset	No
Sir Peter Bottomley	Con	Worthing West	No
Sir Philip Davies	Con	Shipley	Aye	Rebel
Sir Robert Buckland	Con	South Swindon	No
Sir Robert Goodwill	Con	Scarborough and Whitby	No
Sir Robert Neill	Con	Bromley and Chislehurst	No
Sir Robert Syms	Con	Poole	No
Sir Roger Gale	Con	Herne Bay and Sandwich	No
Sir Sajid Javid	Con	Bromsgrove	No
Sir Simon Burns	Con	Chelmsford	No
Sir Stephen Timms	Lab	East Ham	Aye
Sir William Cash	Con	Stone	No
Stephen Crabb	Con	Preseli Pembrokeshire	No
Stephen Doughty	Lab	Cardiff South and Penarth	Aye
Stephen Gethins	SNP	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry	Aye
Stephen Hammond	Con	Wimbledon	No
Stephen McPartland	Con	Stevenage	No
Stephen Metcalfe	Con	South Basildon and East Thurrock	No
Stephen Pound	Lab	Ealing North	Aye
Stephen Twigg	Lab	Liverpool, West Derby	Aye
Steve Barclay	Con	North East Cambridgeshire	No
Steve Brine	Con	Winchester	No
Steve Double	Con	St Austell and Newquay	No
Steve Reed	Lab	Streatham and Croydon North	Aye
Steven Paterson	SNP	Stirling	Aye
Stewart Hosie	SNP	Dundee East	Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald	SNP	Glasgow South	Aye
Stuart Andrew	Con	Daventry	No
Stuart C McDonald	SNP	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Aye
Suella Braverman	Con	Fareham and Waterlooville	No
Susan Elan Jones	Lab	Clwyd South	Aye
Teresa Pearce	Lab	Erith and Thamesmead	Aye
Theresa Villiers	Con	Chipping Barnet	No
Tim Farron	LD	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Aye
Tim Loughton	Con	East Worthing and Shoreham	No
Tom Blenkinsop	Lab	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Aye
Tom Pursglove	Con	Corby	No
Tommy Sheppard	SNP	Edinburgh East	Aye
Tristram Hunt	Lab	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Lab	Hampstead and Highgate	Aye
Vicky Foxcroft	Lab	Lewisham North	Aye
Victoria Atkins	Con	Louth and Horncastle	No
Victoria Borwick	Con	Kensington	No
Wayne David	Lab	Caerphilly	Aye
Wendy Morton	Con	Aldridge-Brownhills	No
Wes Streeting	Lab	Ilford North	Aye
Will Quince	Con	Colchester	No
Yasmin Qureshi	Lab	Bolton South and Walkden	Aye
Yvette Cooper	Lab	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	Aye
Yvonne Fovargue	Lab	Makerfield	Aye
Adam Holloway	Con	Gravesham	—
Alberto Costa	Con	South Leicestershire	—
Alistair Burt	Con	North East Bedfordshire	—
Alun Cairns	Con	Vale of Glamorgan	—
Andy Burnham	Lab	Makerfield	—
Andy Slaughter	Lab	Hammersmith and Chiswick	—
Anna Soubry	IGC	Broxtowe	—
Bridget Phillipson	Lab	Houghton and Sunderland South	—
Caroline Flint	Lab	Don Valley	—
Catherine McKinnell	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne North	—
Chloe Smith	Con	Norwich North	—
Chris Bryant	Lab	Rhondda and Ogmore	—
Chris Ruane	Lab	Vale of Clwyd	—
Chris Williamson	Ind	Derby North	—
Crispin Blunt	Ind	Reigate	—
Dame Angela Watkinson	Con	Hornchurch and Upminster	—
Dame Diana Johnson	Lab	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	—
Dame Meg Hillier	Lab	Hackney South and Shoreditch	—
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Lab	Mitcham and Morden	—
Damian Hinds	Con	East Hampshire	—
Dan Jarvis	Lab	Barnsley North	—
Daniel Kawczynski	Con	Shrewsbury and Atcham	—
Danny Kinahan	UUP	South Antrim	—
David Simpson	DUP	Upper Bann	—
Dominic Raab	Con	Esher and Walton	—
Dr Alasdair McDonnell	SDLP	Belfast South	—
Dr Andrew Murrison	Con	South West Wiltshire	—
Ed Davey	LD	Kingston and Surbiton	—
Emily Thornberry	Lab	Islington South and Finsbury	—
Gareth Thomas	Lab	Harrow West	—
Gavin Robinson	DUP	Belfast East	—
George Eustice	Con	Camborne and Redruth	—
Geraint Davies	Ind	Swansea West	—
Grahame Morris	Lab	Easington	—
Greg Clark	Con	Tunbridge Wells	—
Greg Hands	Con	Chelsea and Fulham	—
Helen Jones	Lab	Warrington North	—
Holly Lynch	Lab	Halifax	—
Hywel Williams	PC	Arfon	—
James Gray	Con	North Wiltshire	—
Jason McCartney	Con	Colne Valley	—
Jim Fitzpatrick	Lab	Poplar and Limehouse	—
Jo Swinson	LD	East Dunbartonshire	—
Joan Ryan	IGC	Enfield North	—
Jonathan Ashworth	Lab	Leicester South	—
Justine Greening	Ind	Putney	—
Karen Lumley	Con	Redditch	—
Keith Vaz	Lab	Leicester East	—
Kit Malthouse	Con	North West Hampshire	—
Kris Hopkins	Con	Keighley	—
Lady Hermon	Ind	North Down	—
Liz Saville Roberts	PC	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	—
Maria Eagle	Lab	Liverpool Garston	—
Mark Field	Con	Cities of London and Westminster	—
Mary Creagh	Lab	Coventry East	—
Mr Alistair Carmichael	LD	Orkney and Shetland	—
Mr Andrew Smith	Lab	Oxford East	—
Mr David Lammy	Lab	Tottenham	—
Mr Douglas Carswell	Ind	Clacton	—
Mr George Osborne	Con	Tatton	—
Mr Graham Allen	Lab	Nottingham North	—
Mr Gregory Campbell	DUP	East Londonderry	—
Mr Mark Williams	LD	Ceredigion	—
Mr Nick Clegg	LD	Sheffield, Hallam	—
Mr Nick Hurd	Con	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	—
Mr Richard Bacon	Con	South Norfolk	—
Mr Roger Godsiff	Lab	Birmingham, Hall Green	—
Mr Ronnie Campbell	Lab	Blyth Valley	—
Mr Tobias Ellwood	Con	Bournemouth East	—
Ms Diane Abbott	Ind	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	—
Ms Nadine Dorries	Con	Mid Bedfordshire	—
Nadhim Zahawi	Con	Stratford-on-Avon	—
Naz Shah	Lab	Bradford West	—
Pat Glass	Lab	North West Durham	—
Paul Maskey	SF	Belfast West	—
Priti Patel	Con	Witham	—
Rachel Reeves	Lab	Leeds West and Pudsey	—
Richard Burgon	Lab	Leeds East	—
Rosie Cooper	Lab	West Lancashire	—
Royston Smith	Con	Southampton, Itchen	—
Sammy Wilson	DUP	East Antrim	—
Sarah Champion	Lab	Rotherham	—
Sir Alan Duncan	Con	Rutland and Melton	—
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Con	Wetherby and Easingwold	—
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Con	Sutton Coldfield	—
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Con	Harwich and North Essex	—
Sir Charles Walker	Con	Broxbourne	—
Sir Gerald Kaufman	Lab	Manchester, Gorton	—
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Con	Chingford and Woodford Green	—
Sir John Hayes	Con	South Holland and The Deepings	—
Sir Keir Starmer	Lab	Holborn and St Pancras	—
Sir Kevin Barron	Lab	Rother Valley	—
Sir Lindsay Hoyle	Spk	Chorley	—
Sir Mark Hendrick	Lab	Preston	—
Sir Paul Beresford	Con	Mole Valley	—
Sir Vince Cable	LD	Twickenham	—
Stephen Kinnock	Lab	Aberafan Maesteg	—
Stephen Lloyd	LD	Eastbourne	—
Stephen Phillips	Con	Sleaford and North Hykeham	—
Steve Rotheram	Lab	Liverpool, Walton	—
Stuart Blair Donaldson	SNP	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	—
Tom Brake	LD	Carshalton and Wallington	—
Tom Tugendhat	Con	Tonbridge	—
Valerie Vaz	Lab	Walsall and Bloxwich	—

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What was the result of this Commons division?

This division was rejected, with 245 Ayes and 278 Noes. Source

What is a Commons division?

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How many MPs voted in this division?

477 MPs have an imported recorded vote for this division. Source

What does did not vote mean on this division?

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What does rebel mean on this division?

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