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Division 77 · 26 October 2022

Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Committee: Amendment 6

At a glance

This division was rejected on 26 October 2022 by a margin of 140, with 136 Ayes and 276 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 111 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 260 votes. The 220 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Claire Hanna. This division took place during a debate on Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords].

136

Ayes

276

Noes

Rejected

Result

398

Voted

Rejected by 140 Ayes 136 / Noes 276

The motion

Proposed by Claire Hanna

I beg to move amendment 6, page 1, line 14, leave out from “that” to second “and” in line 16 and insert “respects the rights of others”. This amendment would replace the principle taking account of the sensitivities of those with different national and cultural identities with a principle of respect…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 260 335
Lab Labour Voted Aye 111 0 169
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 10 0 14
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 7 8
Ind Independent No party whip 2 1 16
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 3 0 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
APNI Alliance Voted Aye 1 0 1
Green Green Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 43
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 13
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 4
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

"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 No
Adam Afriyie No
Adam Holloway No
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alex Davies-Jones Aye
Alex Norris Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alun Cairns No
Amanda Solloway No
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Gwynne Aye
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Andy Slaughter Aye
Angela Rayner Aye
Angela Richardson No
Anna Firth No
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Barry Gardiner Aye
Ben Everitt No
Ben Lake Aye
Beth Winter Aye
Bim Afolami No
Bob Stewart No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Carla Lockhart No
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Lucas Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Catherine West Aye
Charlotte Nichols Aye
Chloe Smith No
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Loder No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Christian Wakeford Aye
Christine Jardine Aye
Claire Coutinho No
Claire Hanna Aye
Claudia Webbe Aye
Clive Efford Aye
Clive Lewis Aye
Colleen Fletcher Aye
Colum Eastwood Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Daisy Cooper Aye
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Damien Moore No Teller
Dan Carden Aye
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Darren Henry No
David Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Morris No
David Rutley No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
Dean Russell No
Dehenna Davison No
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr James Davies No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Luke Evans No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Duncan Baker No
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Ellie Reeves Aye
Elliot Colburn No
Emily Thornberry Aye
Emma Hardy Aye
Esther McVey No
Fabian Hamilton Aye
Fay Jones No
Felicity Buchan No
Fiona Bruce No
Fleur Anderson Aye
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Robinson No
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Geraint Davies Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Giles Watling No
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stuart No
Grahame Morris Aye
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Guy Opperman No
Helen Morgan Aye
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Hilary Benn Aye
Holly Lynch Aye
Huw Merriman No
Hywel Williams Aye
Iain Stewart No
Ian Levy No
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Murray Aye
Ian Paisley No
Jack Brereton No
Jacob Young No
James Cartlidge No
James Daly No
James Gray No
James Grundy No
James Morris No
James Murray Aye
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Janet Daby Aye
Jason McCartney No
Jeff Smith Aye
Jerome Mayhew No
Jessica Morden Aye
Jill Mortimer No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Jo Gideon No
Jo Stevens Aye
John Glen No
John Healey Aye
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John McDonnell Aye
John Penrose No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Jonathan Gullis No
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Joy Morrissey No
Julia Lopez No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Marson No
Justin Tomlinson No
Karl McCartney No
Kate Green Aye
Kate Hollern Aye
Kate Kniveton No
Kate Osborne Aye
Katherine Fletcher No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kim Leadbeater Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Laura Trott No
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Anderson No
Leo Docherty No
Lia Nici No
Liam Byrne Aye
Lilian Greenwood Aye
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Liz Twist Aye Teller
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard Aye
Maggie Throup No
Marco Longhi No
Margaret Greenwood Aye
Maria Caulfield No
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Pritchard No
Martin Vickers No
Mary Glindon Aye Teller
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Vickers No
Matt Warman No
Matt Western Aye
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Amesbury Aye
Mike Freer No
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Miriam Cates No
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Ben Bradshaw Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Lammy Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr John Baron No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Jonathan Lord No
Mr Khalid Mahmood Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Louie French No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Richard Holden No
Mr Rob Roberts No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Aye
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Diane Abbott Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Munira Wilson Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Nick Fletcher No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nickie Aiken No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Pat McFadden Aye
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Bristow No
Paul Girvan No
Paul Holmes No
Paul Maynard No
Paula Barker Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Gibson No
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Dunne No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Hopkins Aye
Rachel Reeves Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey Aye
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Drax No
Richard Foord Aye
Richard Fuller No
Richard Graham No
Rob Butler No
Robbie Moore No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Largan No
Robin Millar No
Rosie Duffield Aye
Royston Smith No
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Ruth Edwards No
Ruth Jones Aye
Sally-Ann Hart No
Sammy Wilson No
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Sarah Jones Aye
Sarah Olney Aye
Sarah Owen Aye
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Shailesh Vara No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Hoare No
Simon Jupp No
Simon Lightwood Aye
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir David Evennett No Teller
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir James Duddridge No
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Mark Hendrick Aye
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Peter Bottomley No
Sir Philip Davies No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen Farry Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Morgan Aye
Steve Double No
Steve Reed Aye
Stuart Anderson No
Stuart Andrew No
Suzanne Webb No
Tahir Ali Aye
Taiwo Owatemi Aye
Theo Clarke No
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Farron Aye
Tim Loughton No
Tom Hunt No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Virginia Crosbie No
Wayne David Aye
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Wes Streeting Aye
Will Quince No
Yvette Cooper Aye
Alan Brown —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Thewliss —
Allan Dorans —
Alyn Smith —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Lewer —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andy McDonald —
Angela Crawley —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anneliese Dodds —
Apsana Begum —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Bradley —
Bill Esterson —
Bob Blackman —
Bob Seely —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan O'Hara —
Carol Monaghan —
Cherilyn Mackrory —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Heaton-Harris —
Chris Law —
Chris Stephens —
Christina Rees —
Christopher Pincher —
Conor McGinn —
Crispin Blunt —
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Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Davis —
David Linden —
David Mundell —
David Warburton —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
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Douglas Chapman —
Douglas Ross —
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Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
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Edward Timpson —
Elizabeth Truss —
Emma Lewell —
Feryal Clark —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Newlands —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Hannah Bardell —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
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Joanna Cherry —
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Julian Knight —
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Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Osamor —
Kenny MacAskill —
Kim Johnson —
Kirsten Oswald —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kwasi Kwarteng —
Laura Farris —
Lee Rowley —
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Liz Kendall —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Margaret Ferrier —
Maria Eagle —
Marion Fellows —
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Mark Pawsey —
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Martyn Day —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Mhairi Black —
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Nadhim Zahawi —
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Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Nigel Adams —
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Owen Thompson —
Patricia Gibson —
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Paulette Hamilton —
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Priti Patel —
Rebecca Pow —
Richard Thomson —
Rishi Sunak —
Robert Courts —
Robert Jenrick —
Ronnie Cowan —
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Sam Tarry —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Green —
Scott Benton —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shaun Bailey —
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Sir Brandon Lewis —
Sir Charles Walker —
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Sir Michael Ellis —
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Sir William Cash —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Flynn —
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Steve Brine —
Steven Bonnar —
Stewart Hosie —
Stewart Malcolm McDonald —
Stuart C McDonald —
Suella Braverman —
Tom Randall —
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Tony Lloyd —
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Valerie Vaz —
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Wendy Morton —
Yasmin Qureshi —
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