Division 176 · 7 February 2023

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10

Q: What was the result of this Commons division?

This division passed, with 283 Ayes and 161 Noes. Source: https://commonsvotes-api.parliament.uk/data/division/1482.json

Government Bill Education

At a glance

This division passed on 7 February 2023 by a margin of 122, with 283 Ayes and 161 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 266 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 131 votes. The 190 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 Education. This division took place during a debate on Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill. This division is linked to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (Government Bill).

283

Ayes

161

Noes

Passed

Result

428

Voted

Passed by 122 Ayes 283 / Noes 161

Bill context

Bill Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

Type Government Bill

Primary sponsor Gavin Williamson

Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 10.

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Party breakdown

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Party	Party position	Ayes	Noes	Did not vote	Total
Con Conservative	Voted Aye	266	0	70	336
Lab Labour	Voted No	0	131	44	175
LD Liberal Democrat	Voted No	0	14	0	14
Ind Independent	No party whip	2	6	12	20
DUP Democratic Unionist Party	Voted Aye	5	0	2	7
SNP Scottish National Party	Voted No	0	2	42	44
APNI Alliance	Voted No	0	1	0	1
Green Green Party	Voted No	0	1	0	1
Lab Labour (Co-op)	No clear majority	0	0	6	6
SF Sinn Féin	No clear majority	0	0	4	4
PC Plaid Cymru	No clear majority	0	0	3	3
RUK Reform UK	No clear majority	0	0	2	2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party	No clear majority	0	0	2	2
Alba Alba Party	No clear majority	0	0	2	2
Spk Speaker	No party whip	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.

Vote map

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Constituencies coloured by how the local MP voted.

Aye

Did not vote

Individual votes

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Aaron Bell	Con	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Aye
Adam Afriyie	Con	Windsor	Aye
Afzal Khan	Lab	Manchester Rusholme	No
Alan Mak	Con	Havant	Aye
Alberto Costa	Con	South Leicestershire	Aye
Alex Burghart	Con	Brentwood and Ongar	Aye
Alex Chalk	Con	Cheltenham	Aye
Alex Cunningham	Lab	Stockton North	No
Alex Norris	Lab	Nottingham North and Kimberley	No
Alex Sobel	Lab	Leeds Central and Headingley	No
Alexander Stafford	Con	Rother Valley	Aye
Alicia Kearns	Con	Rutland and Stamford	Aye
Alison McGovern	Lab	Birkenhead	No
Alun Cairns	Con	Vale of Glamorgan	Aye
Amanda Solloway	Con	Derby North	Aye Teller
Andrea Leadsom	Con	South Northamptonshire	Aye
Andrew Bowie	Con	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Aye
Andrew Bridgen	Ind	North West Leicestershire	Aye
Andrew Griffith	Con	Arundel and South Downs	Aye
Andrew Gwynne	Lab	Gorton and Denton	No
Andrew Jones	Con	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Aye
Andrew Stephenson	Con	Pendle	Aye
Andrew Western	Lab	Stretford and Urmston	No
Andy Carter	Con	Warrington South	Aye
Andy McDonald	Lab	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	No
Andy Slaughter	Lab	Hammersmith and Chiswick	No
Angela Richardson	Con	Guildford	Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil	SNP	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	No
Anna Firth	Con	Southend West	Aye
Anna McMorrin	Lab	Cardiff North	No
Anne Marie Morris	Con	Newton Abbot	Aye
Anneliese Dodds	Lab	Oxford East	No
Anthony Browne	Con	South Cambridgeshire	Aye
Anthony Mangnall	Con	Totnes	Aye
Antony Higginbotham	Con	Burnley	Aye
Bambos Charalambous	Lab	Southgate and Wood Green	No
Barry Gardiner	Lab	Brent West	No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy	Lab	Clapham and Brixton Hill	No
Ben Bradley	Con	Mansfield	Aye
Ben Everitt	Con	Milton Keynes North	Aye
Bim Afolami	Con	Hitchin and Harpenden	Aye
Bob Blackman	Con	Harrow East	Aye
Bob Seely	Con	Isle of Wight	Aye
Bob Stewart	Con	Beckenham	Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith	Con	Bassetlaw	Aye
Carla Lockhart	DUP	Upper Bann	Aye
Caroline Ansell	Con	Eastbourne	Aye
Caroline Lucas	Green	Brighton, Pavilion	No
Caroline Nokes	Con	Romsey and Southampton North	Aye
Catherine West	Lab	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	No
Charlotte Nichols	Lab	Warrington North	No
Cherilyn Mackrory	Con	Truro and Falmouth	Aye
Chloe Smith	Con	Norwich North	Aye
Chris Bryant	Lab	Rhondda and Ogmore	No
Chris Clarkson	Con	Heywood and Middleton	Aye
Chris Elmore	Lab	Bridgend	No
Chris Loder	Con	West Dorset	Aye
Chris Philp	Con	Croydon South	Aye
Chris Skidmore	Con	Kingswood	Aye
Christine Jardine	LD	Edinburgh West	No
Claire Coutinho	Con	East Surrey	Aye
Claudia Webbe	Ind	Leicester East	No
Clive Efford	Lab	Eltham and Chislehurst	No
Clive Lewis	Lab	Norwich South	No
Craig Tracey	Con	North Warwickshire	Aye
Craig Whittaker	Con	Calder Valley	Aye
Craig Williams	Con	Montgomeryshire	Aye
Crispin Blunt	Con	Reigate	Aye
Daisy Cooper	LD	St Albans	No
Dame Amanda Milling	Con	Cannock Chase	Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Con	Gosport	Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	No
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Con	West Worcestershire	Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price	Con	Thurrock	Aye
Dame Karen Bradley	Con	Staffordshire Moorlands	Aye
Dame Maria Miller	Con	Basingstoke	Aye
Dame Meg Hillier	Lab	Hackney South and Shoreditch	No
Dame Nia Griffith	Lab	Llanelli	No
Dame Tracey Crouch	Con	Chatham and Aylesford	Aye
Damian Collins	Con	Folkestone and Hythe	Aye
Damian Green	Con	Ashford	Aye
Damian Hinds	Con	East Hampshire	Aye
Dan Carden	Lab	Liverpool Walton	No
Dan Jarvis	Lab	Barnsley North	No
Daniel Kawczynski	Con	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Aye
Daniel Zeichner	Lab	Cambridge	No
Danny Kruger	Con	East Wiltshire	Aye
Darren Henry	Con	Broxtowe	Aye
Dave Doogan	SNP	Angus and Perthshire Glens	No
David Davis	Con	Goole and Pocklington	Aye
David Duguid	Con	Banff and Buchan	Aye
David Johnston	Con	Wantage	Aye
David Morris	Con	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Aye
David Mundell	Con	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Aye
David Simmonds	Con	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	Aye
David T C Davies	Con	Monmouth	Aye
Dawn Butler	Lab	Brent East	No
Dean Russell	Con	Watford	Aye
Debbie Abrahams	Lab	Oldham East and Saddleworth	No
Dehenna Davison	Con	Bishop Auckland	Aye
Derek Thomas	Con	St Ives	Aye
Dr Ben Spencer	Con	Runnymede and Weybridge	Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson	Con	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Aye
Dr James Davies	Con	Vale of Clwyd	Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan	Con	Bexhill and Battle	Aye
Dr Luke Evans	Con	Hinckley and Bosworth	Aye
Dr Matthew Offord	Con	Hendon	Aye
Dr Neil Hudson	Con	Epping Forest	Aye
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan	Lab	Tooting	No
Dr Rupa Huq	Ind	Ealing Central and Acton	No
Duncan Baker	Con	North Norfolk	Aye
Ed Davey	LD	Kingston and Surbiton	No
Eddie Hughes	Con	Walsall North	Aye
Edward Argar	Con	Melton and Syston	Aye
Edward Timpson	Con	Eddisbury	Aye
Ellie Reeves	Lab	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	No
Elliot Colburn	Con	Carshalton and Wallington	Aye
Emily Thornberry	Lab	Islington South and Finsbury	No
Emma Hardy	Lab	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	No
Esther McVey	Con	Tatton	Aye
Fabian Hamilton	Lab	Leeds North East	No
Fay Jones	Con	Brecon and Radnorshire	Aye
Felicity Buchan	Con	Kensington	Aye
Fiona Bruce	Con	Congleton	Aye
Fleur Anderson	Lab	Putney	No
Florence Eshalomi	Lab	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	No
Gareth Bacon	Con	Orpington	Aye
Gareth Davies	Con	Grantham and Bourne	Aye
Gareth Johnson	Con	Dartford	Aye
Gareth Thomas	Lab	Harrow West	No
Gary Sambrook	Con	Birmingham, Northfield	Aye
George Eustice	Con	Camborne and Redruth	Aye
George Freeman	Con	Mid Norfolk	Aye
Geraint Davies	Lab	Swansea West	No
Gerald Jones	Lab	Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare	No
Giles Watling	Con	Clacton	Aye
Gill Furniss	Lab	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	No
Gillian Keegan	Con	Chichester	Aye
Graham Stuart	Con	Beverley and Holderness	Aye
Grahame Morris	Lab	Easington	No
Greg Clark	Con	Tunbridge Wells	Aye
Greg Hands	Con	Chelsea and Fulham	Aye
Greg Smith	Con	Mid Buckinghamshire	Aye
Guy Opperman	Con	Hexham	Aye
Helen Grant	Con	Maidstone and Malling	Aye
Helen Hayes	Lab	Dulwich and West Norwood	No
Helen Morgan	LD	North Shropshire	No
Helen Whately	Con	Faversham and Mid Kent	Aye
Henry Smith	Con	Crawley	Aye
Holly Lynch	Lab	Halifax	No
Iain Stewart	Con	Milton Keynes South	Aye
Ian Byrne	Lab	Liverpool West Derby	No
Ian Lavery	Lab	Blyth and Ashington	No
Ian Mearns	Lab	Gateshead	No
Ian Murray	Lab	Edinburgh South	No
Imran Hussain	Lab	Bradford East	No
Jack Brereton	Con	Stoke-on-Trent South	Aye
Jack Lopresti	Con	Filton and Bradley Stoke	Aye
Jacob Young	Con	Redcar	Aye
James Cartlidge	Con	South Suffolk	Aye
James Gray	Con	North Wiltshire	Aye
James Grundy	Con	Leigh	Aye
James Morris	Con	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Aye
James Murray	Lab	Ealing North	No
James Sunderland	Con	Bracknell	Aye
James Wild	Con	North West Norfolk	Aye
Jamie Stone	LD	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	No
Jane Hunt	Con	Loughborough	Aye
Jane Stevenson	Con	Wolverhampton North East	Aye
Janet Daby	Lab	Lewisham East	No
Jason McCartney	Con	Colne Valley	Aye
Jeff Smith	Lab	Manchester Withington	No
Jeremy Corbyn	Ind	Islington North	No
Jerome Mayhew	Con	Broadland and Fakenham	Aye
Jessica Morden	Lab	Newport East	No
Jill Mortimer	Con	Hartlepool	Aye
Jim McMahon	Lab	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	No
Jim Shannon	DUP	Strangford	Aye
Jo Churchill	Con	Bury St Edmunds	Aye
Jo Stevens	Lab	Cardiff East	No
John Glen	Con	Salisbury	Aye
John Howell	Con	Henley	Aye
John Lamont	Con	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Aye
John McDonnell	Lab	Hayes and Harlington	No
John Penrose	Con	Weston-super-Mare	Aye
Johnny Mercer	Con	Plymouth, Moor View	Aye
Jon Cruddas	Lab	Dagenham and Rainham	No
Jon Trickett	Lab	Normanton and Hemsworth	No
Jonathan Ashworth	Lab	Leicester South	No
Jonathan Edwards	Ind	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	No
Jonathan Reynolds	Lab	Stalybridge and Hyde	No
Joy Morrissey	Con	Beaconsfield	Aye
Julia Lopez	Con	Hornchurch and Upminster	Aye
Julian Sturdy	Con	York Outer	Aye
Julie Marson	Con	Hertford and Stortford	Aye
Justin Madders	Lab	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	No
Justin Tomlinson	Con	North Swindon	Aye
Karl McCartney	Con	Lincoln	Aye
Kate Hollern	Lab	Blackburn	No
Kate Kniveton	Con	Burton	Aye
Kate Osamor	Lab	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	No
Kate Osborne	Lab	Jarrow and Gateshead East	No
Katherine Fletcher	Con	South Ribble	Aye
Kelly Tolhurst	Con	Rochester and Strood	Aye
Kerry McCarthy	Lab	Bristol East	No
Kevin Foster	Con	Torbay	Aye
Kevin Hollinrake	Con	Thirsk and Malton	Aye
Kim Johnson	Lab	Liverpool Riverside	No
Kim Leadbeater	Lab	Spen Valley	No
Kit Malthouse	Con	North West Hampshire	Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng	Con	Spelthorne	Aye
Laura Farris	Con	Newbury	Aye
Laura Trott	Con	Sevenoaks	Aye
Layla Moran	LD	Oxford West and Abingdon	No
Lee Rowley	Con	North East Derbyshire	Aye
Leo Docherty	Con	Aldershot	Aye
Lia Nici	Con	Great Grimsby	Aye
Liam Byrne	Lab	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	No
Lilian Greenwood	Lab	Nottingham South	No
Liz Kendall	Lab	Leicester West	No
Liz Twist	Lab	Blaydon and Consett	No Teller
Lloyd Russell-Moyle	Lab	Brighton, Kemptown	No
Louise Haigh	Lab	Sheffield Heeley	No
Lucy Frazer	Con	South East Cambridgeshire	Aye
Luke Hall	Con	Thornbury and Yate	Aye
Maggie Throup	Con	Erewash	Aye
Marco Longhi	Con	Dudley North	Aye
Margaret Greenwood	Lab	Wirral West	No
Maria Caulfield	Con	Lewes	Aye
Mark Eastwood	Con	Dewsbury	Aye
Mark Garnier	Con	Wyre Forest	Aye
Mark Jenkinson	Con	Workington	Aye
Mark Logan	Con	Bolton North East	Aye
Mark Pawsey	Con	Rugby	Aye
Mark Pritchard	Con	The Wrekin	Aye
Mary Glindon	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	No Teller
Mary Kelly Foy	Lab	City of Durham	No
Matt Rodda	Lab	Reading Central	No
Matt Vickers	Con	Stockton West	Aye
Matt Warman	Con	Boston and Skegness	Aye
Matt Western	Lab	Warwick and Leamington	No
Matthew Pennycook	Lab	Greenwich and Woolwich	No
Michael Fabricant	Con	Lichfield	Aye
Michael Tomlinson	Con	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Aye
Mike Amesbury	Lab	Runcorn and Helsby	No
Mike Freer	Con	Finchley and Golders Green	Aye
Mike Wood	Con	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	Aye
Mims Davies	Con	East Grinstead and Uckfield	Aye
Miriam Cates	Con	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Aye
Miss Sarah Dines	Con	Derbyshire Dales	Aye
Mohammad Yasin	Lab	Bedford	No
Mr Alistair Carmichael	LD	Orkney and Shetland	No
Mr Ben Bradshaw	Lab	Exeter	No
Mr Clive Betts	Lab	Sheffield South East	No
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Con	South West Hertfordshire	Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell	DUP	East Londonderry	Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly	Con	Huntingdon	Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord	Con	Woking	Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson	Con	Tewkesbury	Aye
Mr Louie French	Con	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh	Con	Yeovil	Aye
Mr Marcus Jones	Con	Nuneaton	Aye
Mr Mark Francois	Con	Rayleigh and Wickford	Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown	Ind	Newcastle upon Tyne East	No
Mr Peter Bone	Con	Wellingborough	Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone	Con	Kettering	Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena	Con	North East Hampshire	Aye
Mr Richard Bacon	Con	South Norfolk	Aye
Mr Richard Holden	Con	Basildon and Billericay	Aye
Mr Rob Roberts	Ind	Delyn	Aye
Mr Robin Walker	Con	Worcester	Aye
Mr Steve Baker	Con	Wycombe	Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi	Lab	Slough	No
Mr Virendra Sharma	Lab	Ealing, Southall	No
Mrs Flick Drummond	Con	Meon Valley	Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler	Con	South Derbyshire	Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	Lab	Washington and Gateshead South	No
Mrs Sheryll Murray	Con	South East Cornwall	Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare	Lab	Erith and Thamesmead	No
Ms Karen Buck	Lab	Westminster North	No
Ms Marie Rimmer	Lab	St Helens South and Whiston	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Lab	Walthamstow	No
Munira Wilson	LD	Twickenham	No
Nadia Whittome	Lab	Nottingham East	No
Naz Shah	Lab	Bradford West	No
Neil Coyle	Ind	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	No
Neil O'Brien	Con	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	Aye
Nick Fletcher	Con	Don Valley	Aye
Nick Gibb	Con	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Aye
Nick Smith	Lab	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	No
Nick Thomas-Symonds	Lab	Torfaen	No
Nickie Aiken	Con	Cities of London and Westminster	Aye
Nicola Richards	Con	West Bromwich East	Aye
Nigel Adams	Con	Selby and Ainsty	Aye
Nigel Huddleston	Con	Droitwich and Evesham	Aye
Nigel Mills	Con	Amber Valley	Aye
Olivia Blake	Lab	Sheffield Hallam	No
Pat McFadden	Lab	Wolverhampton South East	No
Paul Blomfield	Lab	Sheffield Central	No
Paul Bristow	Con	Peterborough	Aye
Paul Girvan	DUP	South Antrim	Aye
Paul Holmes	Con	Hamble Valley	Aye
Paul Howell	Con	Sedgefield	Aye
Paul Maynard	Con	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	Aye
Penny Mordaunt	Con	Portsmouth North	Aye
Peter Aldous	Con	Waveney	Aye
Peter Dowd	Lab	Bootle	No
Peter Gibson	Con	Darlington	Aye
Peter Kyle	Lab	Hove and Portslade	No
Philip Dunne	Con	Ludlow	Aye
Preet Kaur Gill	Lab	Birmingham Edgbaston	No
Rachael Maskell	Lab	York Central	No
Rebecca Harris	Con	Castle Point	Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey	Lab	Salford	No
Rebecca Pow	Con	Taunton Deane	Aye
Richard Burgon	Lab	Leeds East	No
Richard Drax	Con	South Dorset	Aye
Richard Foord	LD	Honiton and Sidmouth	No
Richard Fuller	Con	North Bedfordshire	Aye
Richard Graham	Con	Gloucester	Aye
Rob Butler	Con	Aylesbury	Aye
Robbie Moore	Con	Keighley and Ilkley	Aye
Robert Jenrick	Con	Newark	Aye
Robert Largan	Con	High Peak	Aye Teller
Robin Millar	Con	Aberconwy	Aye
Royston Smith	Con	Southampton, Itchen	Aye
Ruth Cadbury	Lab	Brentford and Isleworth	No
Ruth Edwards	Con	Rushcliffe	Aye
Sally-Ann Hart	Con	Hastings and Rye	Aye
Sam Tarry	Lab	Ilford South	No
Samantha Dixon	Lab	Chester North and Neston	No
Sammy Wilson	DUP	East Antrim	Aye
Sara Britcliffe	Con	Hyndburn	Aye
Sarah Champion	Lab	Rotherham	No
Sarah Green	LD	Chesham and Amersham	No
Sarah Jones	Lab	Croydon West	No
Sarah Olney	LD	Richmond Park	No
Sarah Owen	Lab	Luton North	No
Scott Benton	Con	Blackpool South	Aye
Scott Mann	Con	North Cornwall	Aye
Seema Malhotra	Lab	Feltham and Heston	No
Selaine Saxby	Con	North Devon	Aye
Shabana Mahmood	Lab	Birmingham Ladywood	No
Shailesh Vara	Con	North West Cambridgeshire	Aye
Shaun Bailey	Con	West Bromwich West	Aye
Simon Baynes	Con	Clwyd South	Aye
Simon Hoare	Con	North Dorset	Aye
Simon Jupp	Con	East Devon	Aye
Simon Lightwood	Lab	Wakefield and Rothwell	No
Siobhan Baillie	Con	Stroud	Aye
Sir Alan Campbell	Lab	Tynemouth	No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Con	Wetherby and Easingwold	Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin	Con	Harwich and North Essex	Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin	Con	North Herefordshire	Aye
Sir Brandon Lewis	Con	Great Yarmouth	Aye
Sir Charles Walker	Con	Broxbourne	Aye
Sir Conor Burns	Con	Bournemouth West	Aye
Sir David Evennett	Con	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne	Con	New Forest West	Aye
Sir Edward Leigh	Con	Gainsborough	Aye
Sir Gary Streeter	Con	South West Devon	Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson	Con	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Con	North Cotswolds	Aye
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Con	Torridge and Tavistock	Aye
Sir George Howarth	Lab	Knowsley	No
Sir Greg Knight	Con	East Yorkshire	Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Con	Chingford and Woodford Green	Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg	Con	North East Somerset	Aye
Sir Jake Berry	Con	Rossendale and Darwen	Aye
Sir James Duddridge	Con	Rochford and Southend East	Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin	Con	Horsham	Aye
Sir John Hayes	Con	South Holland and The Deepings	Aye
Sir Julian Lewis	Con	New Forest East	Aye
Sir Liam Fox	Con	North Somerset	Aye
Sir Mark Spencer	Con	Sherwood	Aye
Sir Mark Tami	Lab	Alyn and Deeside	No
Sir Mel Stride	Con	Central Devon	Aye
Sir Michael Ellis	Con	Northampton North	Aye
Sir Oliver Heald	Con	North East Hertfordshire	Aye
Sir Paul Beresford	Con	Mole Valley	Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley	Con	Worthing West	Aye
Sir Philip Davies	Con	Shipley	Aye
Sir Robert Buckland	Con	South Swindon	Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill	Con	Scarborough and Whitby	Aye
Sir Robert Neill	Con	Bromley and Chislehurst	Aye
Sir Robert Syms	Con	Poole	Aye
Sir Sajid Javid	Con	Bromsgrove	Aye
Sir Simon Clarke	Con	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Aye
Sir Stephen Timms	Lab	East Ham	No
Sir William Cash	Con	Stone	Aye
Stephanie Peacock	Lab	Barnsley South	No
Stephen Doughty	Lab	Cardiff South and Penarth	No
Stephen Farry	APNI	North Down	No
Stephen Hammond	Con	Wimbledon	Aye
Stephen Kinnock	Lab	Aberafan Maesteg	No
Stephen Metcalfe	Con	South Basildon and East Thurrock	Aye
Stephen Morgan	Lab	Portsmouth South	No
Steve Double	Con	St Austell and Newquay	Aye
Steve Reed	Lab	Streatham and Croydon North	No
Stuart Anderson	Con	South Shropshire	Aye
Stuart Andrew	Con	Daventry	Aye
Suella Braverman	Con	Fareham and Waterlooville	Aye
Suzanne Webb	Con	Stourbridge	Aye
Tahir Ali	Lab	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	No
Theo Clarke	Con	Stafford	Aye
Theresa Villiers	Con	Chipping Barnet	Aye
Tim Farron	LD	Westmorland and Lonsdale	No
Tom Hunt	Con	Ipswich	Aye
Tom Pursglove	Con	Corby	Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi	Lab	Gower	No
Tony Lloyd	Lab	Rochdale	No
Trudy Harrison	Con	Copeland	Aye
Tulip Siddiq	Lab	Hampstead and Highgate	No
Valerie Vaz	Lab	Walsall and Bloxwich	No
Vicky Ford	Con	Chelmsford	Aye
Vicky Foxcroft	Lab	Lewisham North	No
Victoria Atkins	Con	Louth and Horncastle	Aye
Virginia Crosbie	Con	Ynys Môn	Aye
Wayne David	Lab	Caerphilly	No
Wendy Chamberlain	LD	North East Fife	No
Wendy Morton	Con	Aldridge-Brownhills	Aye
Wera Hobhouse	LD	Bath	No
Wes Streeting	Lab	Ilford North	No
Will Quince	Con	Colchester	Aye
Yasmin Qureshi	Lab	Bolton South and Walkden	No
Yvette Cooper	Lab	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	No
Yvonne Fovargue	Lab	Makerfield	No
Zarah Sultana	Lab	Coventry South	No
Adam Holloway	Con	Gravesham	—
Alan Brown	SNP	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	—
Alex Davies-Jones	Lab	Pontypridd	—
Alison Thewliss	SNP	Glasgow Central	—
Allan Dorans	SNP	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	—
Alyn Smith	SNP	Stirling	—
Amy Callaghan	SNP	East Dunbartonshire	—
Andrew Lewer	Con	Northampton South	—
Andrew Percy	Con	Brigg and Goole	—
Andrew Rosindell	RUK	Romford	—
Andrew Selous	Con	South West Bedfordshire	—
Angela Crawley	SNP	Lanark and Hamilton East	—
Angela Rayner	Lab	Ashton-under-Lyne	—
Anne McLaughlin	SNP	Glasgow North East	—
Anne-Marie Trevelyan	Con	Berwick-upon-Tweed	—
Apsana Begum	Lab	Poplar and Limehouse	—
Ben Lake	PC	Ceredigion Preseli	—
Beth Winter	Lab	Cynon Valley	—
Bill Esterson	Lab	Sefton Central	—
Boris Johnson	Con	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	—
Brendan O'Hara	SNP	Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber	—
Bridget Phillipson	Lab	Houghton and Sunderland South	—
Carol Monaghan	SNP	Glasgow North West	—
Carolyn Harris	Lab	Neath and Swansea East	—
Cat Smith	Lab	Lancaster and Wyre	—
Catherine McKinnell	Lab	Newcastle upon Tyne North	—
Chris Evans	Lab	Caerphilly	—
Chris Green	Con	Bolton West	—
Chris Hazzard	SF	South Down	—
Chris Heaton-Harris	Con	Daventry	—
Chris Law	SNP	Dundee Central	—
Chris Stephens	SNP	Glasgow South West	—
Christian Wakeford	Lab	Bury South	—
Christina Rees	Lab	Neath	—
Christopher Pincher	Ind	Tamworth	—
Claire Hanna	SDLP	Belfast South and Mid Down	—
Colleen Fletcher	Lab	Coventry North East	—
Colum Eastwood	SDLP	Foyle	—
Conor McGinn	Ind	St Helens North	—
Dame Andrea Jenkyns	Con	Morley and Outwood	—
Dame Angela Eagle	Lab	Wallasey	—
Dame Diana Johnson	Lab	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	—
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Lab	Mitcham and Morden	—
Damien Moore	Con	Southport	—
Darren Jones	Lab	Bristol North West	—
David Linden	SNP	Glasgow East	—
David Rutley	Con	Macclesfield	—
David Warburton	Ind	Somerton and Frome	—
Deidre Brock	SNP	Edinburgh North and Leith	—
Derek Twigg	Lab	Widnes and Halewood	—
Dominic Raab	Con	Esher and Walton	—
Douglas Chapman	SNP	Dunfermline and West Fife	—
Douglas Ross	Con	Moray	—
Dr Andrew Murrison	Con	South West Wiltshire	—
Dr Dan Poulter	Lab	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	—
Dr Jamie Wallis	Con	Bridgend	—
Dr Lisa Cameron	Con	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	—
Dr Philippa Whitford	SNP	Central Ayrshire	—
Drew Hendry	SNP	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	—
Ed Miliband	Lab	Doncaster North	—
Elizabeth Truss	Con	South West Norfolk	—
Emma Lewell	Lab	South Shields	—
Feryal Clark	Lab	Enfield North	—
Gavin Newlands	SNP	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	—
Gavin Robinson	DUP	Belfast East	—
Gordon Henderson	Con	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	—
Graham Stringer	Lab	Blackley and Middleton South	—
Grant Shapps	Con	Welwyn Hatfield	—
Hannah Bardell	SNP	Livingston	—
Hilary Benn	Lab	Leeds South	—
Holly Mumby-Croft	Con	Scunthorpe	—
Huw Merriman	Con	Bexhill and Battle	—
Hywel Williams	PC	Arfon	—
Ian Blackford	SNP	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	—
Ian Levy	Con	Blyth Valley	—
Ian Paisley	DUP	North Antrim	—
James Daly	Con	Bury North	—
James Heappey	Con	Wells	—
Jess Phillips	Lab	Birmingham Yardley	—
Jesse Norman	Con	Hereford and South Herefordshire	—
Jo Gideon	Con	Stoke-on-Trent Central	—
Joanna Cherry	SNP	Edinburgh South West	—
John Finucane	SF	Belfast North	—
John Healey	Lab	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	—
John McNally	SNP	Falkirk	—
John Nicolson	SNP	Ochil and South Perthshire	—
John Stevenson	Con	Carlisle	—
Jonathan Gullis	Con	Stoke-on-Trent North	—
Judith Cummins	Lab	Bradford South	—
Julian Knight	Ind	Solihull	—
Karin Smyth	Lab	Bristol South	—
Karl Turner	Ind	Kingston upon Hull East	—
Kenny MacAskill	Alba	East Lothian	—
Kirsten Oswald	SNP	East Renfrewshire	—
Kirsty Blackman	SNP	Aberdeen North	—
Lee Anderson	RUK	Ashfield	—
Lisa Nandy	Lab	Wigan	—
Liz Saville Roberts	PC	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	—
Lucy Allan	Ind	Telford	—
Lucy Powell	Lab	Manchester Central	—
Luke Pollard	Lab	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	—
Margaret Ferrier	Ind	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	—
Maria Eagle	Lab	Liverpool Garston	—
Marion Fellows	SNP	Motherwell and Wishaw	—
Mark Fletcher	Con	Bolsover	—
Mark Menzies	Ind	Fylde	—
Marsha De Cordova	Lab	Battersea	—
Martin Docherty-Hughes	SNP	West Dunbartonshire	—
Martin Vickers	Con	Brigg and Immingham	—
Martyn Day	SNP	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	—
Mary Robinson	Con	Cheadle	—
Matt Hancock	Con	West Suffolk	—
Mhairi Black	SNP	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	—
Michelle Donelan	Con	Chippenham	—
Mick Whitley	Lab	Birkenhead	—
Mike Kane	Lab	Wythenshawe and Sale East	—
Mr Barry Sheerman	Lab	Huddersfield	—
Mr Ben Wallace	Con	Wyre and Preston North	—
Mr David Jones	Con	Clwyd West	—
Mr David Lammy	Lab	Tottenham	—
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	Con	Bridgwater and West Somerset	—
Mr John Baron	Con	Basildon and Billericay	—
Mr Khalid Mahmood	Lab	Birmingham, Perry Barr	—
Mr Nigel Evans	Con	Ribble Valley	—
Mr Tobias Ellwood	Con	Bournemouth East	—
Mr Toby Perkins	Lab	Chesterfield	—
Mr William Wragg	Ind	Hazel Grove	—
Mrs Kemi Badenoch	Con	North West Essex	—
Mrs Natalie Elphicke	Lab	Dover	—
Mrs Pauline Latham	Con	Mid Derbyshire	—
Ms Anum Qaisar	SNP	Airdrie and Shotts	—
Ms Diane Abbott	Ind	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	—
Ms Nadine Dorries	Con	Mid Bedfordshire	—
Ms Nusrat Ghani	Con	Sussex Weald	—
Nadhim Zahawi	Con	Stratford-on-Avon	—
Navendu Mishra	Lab	Stockport	—
Neale Hanvey	Alba	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	—
Órfhlaith Begley	SF	West Tyrone	—
Owen Thompson	SNP	Midlothian	—
Patricia Gibson	SNP	North Ayrshire and Arran	—
Patrick Grady	SNP	Glasgow North	—
Paul Maskey	SF	Belfast West	—
Paul Scully	Con	Sutton and Cheam	—
Paula Barker	Lab	Liverpool Wavertree	—
Paulette Hamilton	Lab	Birmingham Erdington	—
Pete Wishart	SNP	Perth and Kinross-shire	—
Peter Grant	SNP	Glenrothes	—
Priti Patel	Con	Witham	—
Rachel Hopkins	Lab	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	—
Rachel Reeves	Lab	Leeds West and Pudsey	—
Rehman Chishti	Con	Gillingham and Rainham	—
Richard Thomson	SNP	Gordon	—
Rishi Sunak	Con	Richmond and Northallerton	—
Robert Courts	Con	Witney	—
Robert Halfon	Con	Harlow	—
Ronnie Cowan	SNP	Inverclyde	—
Rosie Duffield	Ind	Canterbury	—
Rushanara Ali	Lab	Bethnal Green and Stepney	—
Ruth Jones	Lab	Newport West and Islwyn	—
Saqib Bhatti	Con	Meriden and Solihull East	—
Sarah Atherton	Con	Wrexham	—
Simon Fell	Con	Barrow and Furness	—
Sir Andrew Mitchell	Con	Sutton Coldfield	—
Sir Christopher Chope	Con	Christchurch	—
Sir James Cleverly	Con	Braintree	—
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson	Ind	Lagan Valley	—
Sir Jeremy Hunt	Con	Godalming and Ash	—
Sir Jeremy Wright	Con	Kenilworth and Southam	—
Sir John Whittingdale	Con	Maldon	—
Sir Julian Smith	Con	Skipton and Ripon	—
Sir Keir Starmer	Lab	Holborn and St Pancras	—
Sir Lindsay Hoyle	Spk	Chorley	—
Sir Mark Hendrick	Lab	Preston	—
Sir Mike Penning	Con	Hemel Hempstead	—
Sir Oliver Dowden	Con	Hertsmere	—
Sir Roger Gale	Con	Herne Bay and Sandwich	—
Stephen Crabb	Con	Preseli Pembrokeshire	—
Stephen Flynn	SNP	Aberdeen South	—
Stephen McPartland	Con	Stevenage	—
Steve Barclay	Con	North East Cambridgeshire	—
Steve Brine	Con	Winchester	—
Steven Bonnar	SNP	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	—
Stewart Hosie	SNP	Dundee East	—
Stewart Malcolm McDonald	SNP	Glasgow South	—
Stuart C McDonald	SNP	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	—
Taiwo Owatemi	Lab	Coventry North West	—
Tim Loughton	Con	East Worthing and Shoreham	—
Tom Randall	Con	Gedling	—
Tom Tugendhat	Con	Tonbridge	—
Tommy Sheppard	SNP	Edinburgh East	—

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FAQs

What was the result of this Commons division?

This division passed, with 283 Ayes and 161 Noes. Source

What is a Commons division?

A Commons division is a recorded vote in the House of Commons where MPs are recorded as voting Aye or No. Source

How many MPs voted in this division?

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

What does did not vote mean on this division?

Did not vote means there is no imported Aye or No vote for that MP in this division. It does not by itself explain the reason. Source

What does rebel mean on this division?

Rebel means the MP's recorded vote differed from the majority recorded vote of their party in this division. Independent and Speaker roles are not labelled as rebels because they do not have a party whip. Source

What does party position mean on this division?

Party position is the direction the majority of a party's voting members took in this division — Aye or No. Parliament does not publish official whipping instructions, so this is derived from the recorded votes rather than from a stated whip. Source

Where does this division data come from?

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What bill is this division about?

This division is linked to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (Government Bill). Bill data comes from the UK Parliament Bills API. Source