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Division 75 · 20 February 2024

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill Committee: Amendment 10

At a glance

This division was rejected on 20 February 2024 by a margin of 241, with 44 Ayes and 285 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Scottish National Party with 41 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 268 votes. The 296 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Sir Alok Sharma. This division took place during a debate on Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill.

44

Ayes

285

Noes

Rejected

Result

322

Voted

Rejected by 241 Ayes 44 / Noes 285

The motion

Proposed by Sir Alok Sharma

I beg to move amendment 12, page 1, line 3, at end insert— “(1ZA) The OGA must not invite any new seaward area production application licences until the Secretary of State has by regulations brought into effect a ban on flaring and venting relating to new offshore installations other than that requi…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 268 335
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 41 0 43
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 7 7
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 3 0 3
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 17
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 160
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
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 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 Holloway No
Alan Brown Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alexander Stafford 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 Rosindell No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Angela Crawley Aye
Angela Richardson No
Anna Firth No
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne McLaughlin Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Ben Bradley No
Ben Lake Aye
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Carla Lockhart No
Carol Monaghan Aye
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Nokes No
Cherilyn Mackrory No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Philp No
Chris Stephens Aye
Colum Eastwood Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Maria Miller 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 Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Linden Aye
David Morris No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
Dean Russell No
Dominic Raab No
Douglas Chapman Aye
Douglas Ross No
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr James Davies No
Dr Jamie Wallis No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Luke Evans 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
Gavin Robinson No
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Giles Watling No
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stuart No
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Guy Opperman No
Hannah Bardell Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Huw Merriman No
Hywel Williams Aye
Iain Stewart No
Ian Blackford Aye
Ian Paisley No
Jack Brereton No
Jack Lopresti No
Jacob Young No
James Cartlidge No
James Daly No
James Grundy No
James Morris No
James Wild No
Jane Hunt No
Jason McCartney No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jill Mortimer No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Joanna Cherry Aye
John Glen No
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John McNally Aye
John Nicolson Aye
John Penrose No
John Stevenson No
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Joy Morrissey No
Julia Lopez No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Marson No
Justin Tomlinson No
Karl McCartney No
Kate Kniveton No
Katherine Fletcher No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirsten Oswald Aye
Kirsty Blackman Aye Teller
Kit Malthouse No
Laura Farris No
Laura Trott No
Lee Anderson No
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty 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
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Logan No
Mark Pritchard No
Martin Docherty-Hughes Aye
Martin Vickers No
Martyn Day Aye
Mary Robinson 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
Miss Sarah Dines No
Mr David Jones No
Mr Gagan Mohindra No Teller
Mr Gregory Campbell 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 Richard Holden No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Anum Qaisar Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Neil O'Brien No
Nick Fletcher No
Nick Gibb 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 Girvan No
Paul Holmes No
Paul Howell No
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Penny Mordaunt No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Aldous No
Peter Grant Aye Teller
Philip Dunne No
Rebecca Harris No
Richard Drax No
Richard Fuller No
Richard Thomson Aye
Rob Butler 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
Sammy Wilson No
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Hoare No
Simon Jupp No
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson 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 Liam Fox No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Philip Davies No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Flynn Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Steve Tuckwell No
Steven Bonnar Aye
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 Tugendhat No
Tommy Sheppard Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Victoria Atkins No
Virginia Crosbie No
Will Quince No
Adam Afriyie —
Afzal Khan —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alicia Kearns —
Alison McGovern —
Alistair Strathern —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Western —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anna McMorrin —
Anneliese Dodds —
Apsana Begum —
Ashley Dalton —
Bambos Charalambous —
Barry Gardiner —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Everitt —
Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
Bob Seely —
Bob Stewart —
Bridget Phillipson —
Caroline Lucas —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Loder —
Christian Wakeford —
Christina Rees —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Coutinho —
Claire Hanna —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Crispin Blunt —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Andrea Jenkyns —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Meg Hillier —
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Damien Egan —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Zeichner —
Darren Jones —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Rutley —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Dehenna Davison —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Thomas —
Derek Twigg —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Dan Poulter —
Dr Matthew Offord —
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 —
Gen Kitchen —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Greg Smith —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Morgan —
Henry Smith —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Levy —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Imran Hussain —
James Gray —
James Heappey —
James Murray —
James Sunderland —
Jamie Stone —
Jane Stevenson —
Janet Daby —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Morden —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Gideon —
Jo Stevens —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
John McDonnell —
Johnny Mercer —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Gullis —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Judith Cummins —
Julian Knight —
Justin Madders —
Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Hollern —
Kate Osamor —
Kate Osborne —
Keir Mather —
Kenny MacAskill —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kim Johnson —
Kim Leadbeater —
Kwasi Kwarteng —
Layla Moran —
Lia Nici —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz Twist —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Pollard —
Margaret Greenwood —
Maria Eagle —
Mark Garnier —
Mark Menzies —
Mark Pawsey —
Marsha De Cordova —
Mary Glindon —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Matt Hancock —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Vickers —
Matt Western —
Matthew Pennycook —
Michael Shanks —
Mick Whitley —
Mike Amesbury —
Mike Kane —
Mohammad Yasin —
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Mr Nicholas Brown —
Mr Nigel Evans —
Mr Richard Bacon —
Mr Rob Roberts —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
Mr Toby Perkins —
Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mrs Heather Wheeler —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
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Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
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Munira Wilson —
Nadhim Zahawi —
Nadia Whittome —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Olivia Blake —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Pat McFadden —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Barker —
Paulette Hamilton —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Gibson —
Peter Kyle —
Preet Kaur Gill —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Hopkins —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Rebecca Pow —
Rehman Chishti —
Richard Burgon —
Richard Foord —
Richard Graham —
Rishi Sunak —
Robbie Moore —
Rosie Duffield —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth Jones —
Sam Tarry —
Samantha Dixon —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Edwards —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Sarah Owen —
Scott Benton —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shailesh Vara —
Simon Lightwood —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alec Shelbrooke —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Conor Burns —
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Jake Berry —
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Sir Jeremy Hunt —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Spencer —
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Sir Mike Penning —
Sir Oliver Dowden —
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Sir Roger Gale —
Sir Sajid Javid —
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Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Farry —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Morgan —
Steve Barclay —
Steve Reed —
Tahir Ali —
Taiwo Owatemi —
Tim Farron —
Tom Randall —
Tonia Antoniazzi —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Ford —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Wayne David —
Wendy Chamberlain —
Wendy Morton —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
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