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Division 321 · 6 September 2023

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill: Motion to disagree

Government Bill Foreign Affairs

What this vote was about

This vote was a later stage in the same dispute over the Bill's conditional immunity scheme, which offers people immunity from prosecution for Troubles-related offences in return for cooperating with the new information-recovery commission. The House of Lords had sent back a set of amendments (around 44D to 44J) designed to add safeguards: giving victims' families a say in whether immunity should be granted, and imposing licence-style conditions on those who received it, such as restrictions on contacting victims or their families. The Government moved to disagree, arguing that allowing families to block immunity would deter individuals from cooperating and so defeat the purpose of the scheme. By passing this motion, MPs rejected the Lords safeguards, leaving conditional immunity in the Bill without a family role in the decision or the proposed post-immunity conditions.

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At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 272 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 138 votes. The 145 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. This division took place during a debate on Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill. This division is linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Government Bill).

288

Ayes

205

Noes

Passed

Result

472

Voted

Passed by 83 Ayes 288 / Noes 205

Bill context

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 272 0 335
Lab Labour Voted No 0 138 175
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 29 44
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 11 15
Ind Independent No party whip 2 5 17
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 7 8
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 3 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 2 2
Ind The Reclaim Party Voted No 0 1 1
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RUK Reform UK 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.

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Individual votes

MP Vote
Aaron Bell Aye
Adam Afriyie Aye
Afzal Khan No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Norris No
Alexander Stafford Aye
Alicia Kearns Aye
Alison Thewliss No
Allan Dorans No
Alun Cairns Aye
Alyn Smith No
Amanda Solloway Aye
Amy Callaghan No
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andrew Western No
Andy Carter Aye
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Rayner No
Angela Richardson Aye
Anna Firth Aye
Anna McMorrin No
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anneliese Dodds No
Anthony Browne Aye
Antony Higginbotham Aye
Apsana Begum No
Ashley Dalton No
Barry Gardiner No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Bradley Aye
Ben Lake No
Beth Winter No
Bill Esterson No
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Stewart Aye
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Bridget Phillipson No
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlotte Nichols No
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Bryant No
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Elmore No
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Loder Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine No
Claire Coutinho Aye
Claire Hanna No
Clive Efford No
Clive Lewis No
Colleen Fletcher No
Colum Eastwood No
Conor McGinn No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Dame Tracey Crouch Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Kruger Aye
Darren Henry Aye
Darren Jones No
David Davis Aye
David Duguid Aye
David Johnston Aye
David Linden No
David Morris Aye
David Simmonds Aye
David T C Davies Aye
Dawn Butler No
Debbie Abrahams No
Dehenna Davison Aye
Deidre Brock No
Derek Thomas Aye
Douglas Chapman No
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Ben Spencer Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Dr Rupa Huq No
Duncan Baker Aye
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Elizabeth Truss Aye
Ellie Reeves No
Elliot Colburn Aye
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Esther McVey Aye
Fay Jones Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Feryal Clark No
Fiona Bruce Aye
Fleur Anderson No
Florence Eshalomi No
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gareth Thomas No
Gavin Robinson No
George Eustice Aye
Gerald Jones No
Giles Watling Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stringer No
Graham Stuart Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Smith Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Hannah Bardell No
Helen Grant Aye
Helen Morgan No
Henry Smith Aye
Hilary Benn No
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Mearns No
Ian Paisley No
Jack Brereton Aye
Jack Lopresti Aye
Jacob Young Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Gray Aye
James Grundy Aye
James Heappey Aye
James Morris Aye
James Murray No
James Sunderland Aye
James Wild Aye
Jamie Stone No
Jane Hunt Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jeff Smith No
Jeremy Corbyn No
Jerome Mayhew Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jessica Morden No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Gideon Aye
Jo Stevens No
John Glen Aye
John Healey No
John Howell Aye
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell No
John McNally No
John Nicolson No
John Penrose Aye
John Stevenson Aye
Johnny Mercer Aye
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Ashworth No
Jonathan Edwards No
Jonathan Gullis Aye
Jonathan Reynolds No
Joy Morrissey Aye
Judith Cummins No
Julia Lopez Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Julie Marson Aye
Justin Madders No
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Karin Smyth No
Kate Hollern No
Kate Kniveton Aye
Kate Osborne No
Katherine Fletcher Aye
Keir Mather No
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kim Johnson No
Kim Leadbeater No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Laura Trott Aye
Layla Moran No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Lia Nici Aye
Liam Byrne No
Lilian Greenwood No
Liz Kendall No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist No
Lloyd Russell-Moyle No
Louise Haigh No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Lucy Powell No
Luke Hall Aye
Luke Pollard No
Maggie Throup Aye
Marco Longhi Aye
Margaret Greenwood No
Maria Caulfield Aye
Marion Fellows No
Mark Eastwood Aye
Mark Fletcher Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Jenkinson Aye
Mark Logan Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Martin Vickers Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Glindon No
Mary Kelly Foy No
Mary Robinson Aye
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Vickers Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Matt Western No
Matthew Pennycook No
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mick Whitley No
Mike Amesbury No
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Miriam Cates Aye
Miss Sarah Dines Aye
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Alistair Carmichael No
Mr Barry Sheerman No
Mr Ben Bradshaw No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Aye
Mr John Baron Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown No
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Tobias Ellwood Aye
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mr Virendra Sharma No
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler Aye
Mrs Kemi Badenoch Aye
Mrs Natalie Elphicke Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Anum Qaisar No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Karen Buck No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Nadia Whittome No
Navendu Mishra No Teller
Neil O'Brien Aye
Nick Fletcher Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nick Smith No
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Nickie Aiken Aye
Nicola Richards Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Olivia Blake No
Pat McFadden No
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield No
Paul Bristow Aye
Paul Girvan No
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Howell Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Paulette Hamilton No
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd No
Peter Grant No
Peter Kyle No
Philip Dunne Aye
Preet Kaur Gill No
Priti Patel Aye
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Reeves No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Burgon No
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Thomson No
Rob Butler Aye
Robbie Moore Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Robert Largan Aye
Robin Millar Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Royston Smith Aye
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Edwards Aye Teller
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Samantha Dixon No
Sammy Wilson No
Saqib Bhatti Aye
Sara Britcliffe Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Sarah Champion No
Sarah Dyke No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Olney No
Sarah Owen No
Scott Benton Aye
Scott Mann Aye
Seema Malhotra No
Selaine Saxby Aye
Shabana Mahmood No
Shailesh Vara Aye
Shaun Bailey Aye
Simon Baynes Aye
Simon Fell Aye
Simon Hoare Aye
Simon Jupp Aye
Simon Lightwood No
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir Brandon Lewis Aye
Sir Charles Walker Aye
Sir Christopher Chope Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gary Streeter Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Greg Knight Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jake Berry Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson No
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Keir Starmer No
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Robert Buckland Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Syms Aye
Sir Sajid Javid Aye
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Crabb Aye
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Flynn No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye Teller
Steve Reed No
Steve Tuckwell Aye
Steven Bonnar No
Stuart Anderson Aye
Stuart Andrew Aye
Suella Braverman Aye
Suzanne Webb Aye
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No Teller
Theo Clarke Aye
Tim Farron No
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Randall Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tony Lloyd No
Trudy Harrison Aye
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Ford Aye
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wayne David No
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wes Streeting No
Will Quince Aye
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yvette Cooper No
Zarah Sultana No
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Alex Cunningham —
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Alison McGovern —
Andrew Lewer —
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Ben Everitt —
Bob Seely —
Brendan O'Hara —
Carla Lockhart —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Christina Rees —
Christopher Pincher —
Claudia Webbe —
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Damian Green —
Damien Moore —
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