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Division 32 · 13 December 2023

Finance Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading

Government Bill Tax

What this vote was about

This vote was on a reasoned amendment to the Second Reading of the Finance Bill, the legislation implementing tax measures announced in the Autumn Statement 2023. The Bill's main provisions included making "full expensing" (100% first-year capital allowances for plant and machinery) permanent, merging the two research and development tax credit schemes into one, and extending the sunset clauses for the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust scheme to April 2035, alongside other business-tax changes. A reasoned amendment is a motion that asks the House to decline to give a bill its Second Reading and sets out the reasons for doing so; this one was moved by Drew Hendry of the Scottish National Party and argued the Bill should be rejected because it did not cut VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors and did not include measures to help alleviate poverty. MPs rejected the amendment by 296 votes to 46, so the Bill was not blocked and proceeded to its later stages.

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AI-generated from the official voting record.

At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Scottish National Party with 40 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 283 votes. The 283 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Financial Secretary to the Treasury. This division took place during a debate on Finance Bill. This division is linked to the Finance Act 2020 (Government Bill).

46

Ayes

296

Noes

Rejected

Result

336

Voted

Rejected by 250 Ayes 46 / Noes 296

Bill context

Bill Finance Act 2020
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Rishi Sunak
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 283 335
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 40 0 43
Ind Independent No party whip 3 2 17
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 3 0 3
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 2 7
Alba Alba Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
Ind The Reclaim Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 159
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 25
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 15
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
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
Green Green Party 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
Alan Brown Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alison Thewliss Aye
Allan Dorans Aye
Alun Cairns No
Alyn Smith Aye
Amanda Solloway No Teller
Amy Callaghan Aye
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Lewer No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Angela Crawley Aye
Angela Richardson No
Angus Brendan MacNeil Aye
Anna Firth No
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne McLaughlin Aye
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Ben Everitt No
Ben Lake Aye
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Seely No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Carol Monaghan Aye
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Nokes No
Cherilyn Mackrory No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Green No
Chris Law Aye
Chris Loder No
Chris Philp No
Chris Stephens Aye
Claudia Webbe Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Harriett Baldwin 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
Daniel Kawczynski No
Danny Kruger No
Darren Henry No
Dave Doogan Aye
David Davis No
David Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Linden Aye
David Morris No
David Rutley No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
Dean Russell No
Dehenna Davison No
Deidre Brock Aye
Derek Thomas No
Douglas Chapman Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr James Davies No
Dr Jamie Wallis No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Luke Evans No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Dr Philippa Whitford Aye
Drew Hendry Aye
Duncan Baker No
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Elliot Colburn No
Esther McVey No
Fay Jones No
Felicity Buchan No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Newlands Aye Teller
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Giles Watling No
Gordon Henderson No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Guy Opperman No
Hannah Bardell Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Huw Merriman No
Hywel Williams Aye
Iain Stewart No
Ian Blackford Aye
Ian Levy No
Ian Paisley No
Jack Brereton No
Jacob Young No
James Cartlidge No
James Gray No
James Grundy No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Jason McCartney No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jesse Norman No
Jill Mortimer No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Joanna Cherry Aye
John Glen No
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John Nicolson Aye
John Penrose No
Johnny Mercer No
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Jonathan Gullis No
Joy Morrissey No
Julian Sturdy No
Karl McCartney No
Kate Kniveton No
Katherine Fletcher No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kenny MacAskill Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirsten Oswald Aye
Kirsty Blackman Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Laura Farris No
Lee Anderson No
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty No
Lia Nici No
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Maggie Throup No
Marco Longhi No
Maria Caulfield No
Marion Fellows Aye
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No Teller
Mark Garnier No
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Logan No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Mark Pritchard No
Martin Docherty-Hughes Aye
Martin Vickers No
Martyn Day Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Warman No
Mhairi Black Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Freer No
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Miriam Cates 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 Laurence Robertson No
Mr Louie French No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Nadhim Zahawi No
Neale Hanvey Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Nick Fletcher No
Nickie Aiken No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Owen Thompson Aye
Patricia Gibson Aye
Patrick Grady Aye
Paul Bristow No
Paul Holmes No
Paul Howell No
Paul Maynard No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Grant Aye
Philip Dunne No
Priti Patel No
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Pow No
Rehman Chishti 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
Royston Smith No
Ruth Edwards No
Sally-Ann Hart No
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Scott Benton No
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Shailesh Vara No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Hoare No
Simon Jupp No
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Geoffrey Cox No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jake Berry No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Liam Fox No
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis 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 William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Flynn Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Steve Tuckwell No
Steven Bonnar Aye Teller
Stewart Hosie Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Aye
Stuart Anderson No
Stuart Andrew No
Stuart C McDonald Aye
Suella Braverman No
Suzanne Webb 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
Trudy Harrison No
Vicky Ford No
Victoria Atkins No
Virginia Crosbie No
Wendy Morton No
Will Quince No
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Colleen Fletcher —
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Dan Carden —
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Daniel Zeichner —
Darren Jones —
David Mundell —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Ross —
Dr Dan Poulter —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Fabian Hamilton —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Gillian Keegan —
Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Grahame Morris —
Grant Shapps —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Morgan —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
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Jack Lopresti —
James Daly —
James Murray —
Jamie Stone —
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Jo Stevens —
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Julia Lopez —
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Olivia Blake —
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Paul Maskey —
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Paula Barker —
Paulette Hamilton —
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Peter Kyle —
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Rachael Maskell —
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Sarah Owen —
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