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Division 139 · 16 January 2023

Motion to sit in private

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 16 January 2023 by a margin of 433, with 49 Ayes and 482 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Scottish National Party with 43 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 289 votes. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This division took place during a debate on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.

49

Ayes

482

Noes

Rejected

Result

510

Voted

Rejected by 433 Ayes 49 / Noes 482

The motion

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

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The Government firmly believe that the ability to strike is an important element of industrial relations in the UK. That ability is rightly protected by law, and we understand that an element of disruption is likely with any strike. However, we…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 289 339
Lab Labour Voted No 0 162 179
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 43 0 44
Ind Independent No party whip 1 7 17
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 2 7
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 2 0 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
Alba Alba Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 14
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 3
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

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