Division 77 · 20 February 2024

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: Third Reading

Government Bill Energy

At a glance

This division passed on 20 February 2024 by a margin of 65, with 286 Ayes and 221 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 267 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 148 votes. The 131 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. This division is linked to the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (Government Bill).

286

Ayes

221

Noes

Passed

Result

487

Voted

Passed by 65 Ayes 286 / Noes 221

Bill context

Bill Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Claire Coutinho
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

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 Aye 267 0 336
Lab Labour Voted No 0 148 182
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 39 43
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 11 15
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 8 0 8
Ind Independent No party whip 1 6 16
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 3 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 2 2
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 4
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 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 Aye
Adam Afriyie Aye
Adam Holloway Aye
Afzal Khan No
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Burghart Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alex Cunningham No
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Norris No
Alex Sobel No
Alexander Stafford Aye
Alison McGovern No
Alison Thewliss No
Alistair Strathern No
Allan Dorans No
Alun Cairns Aye
Alyn Smith No
Amanda Solloway Aye
Amy Callaghan No
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffith Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Percy Aye
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andrew Western No
Andy Carter Aye
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Richardson Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil No
Anna Firth Aye
Anna McMorrin No
Anne McLaughlin No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Anneliese Dodds No
Anthony Browne Aye
Anthony Mangnall 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
Brendan Clarke-Smith Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Bridget Phillipson No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine West No
Charlotte Nichols No
Cherilyn Mackrory Aye
Chris Clarkson Aye
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christian Wakeford No
Christina Rees No
Christine Jardine No
Claire Hanna No
Claudia Webbe No
Clive Efford No
Clive Lewis No
Colleen Fletcher No Teller
Colum Eastwood No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Damien Egan No
Damien Moore Aye
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
Danny Kruger Aye
Darren Henry Aye
Dave Doogan No
David Duguid Aye
David Johnston Aye
David Linden No
David Morris Aye
David Simmonds Aye
David T C Davies Aye
Dawn Butler No
Dean Russell Aye
Debbie Abrahams No
Deidre Brock No
Derek Twigg No
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Ben Spencer Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Jamie Wallis Aye
Dr Kieran Mullan Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron Aye
Dr Luke Evans Aye
Dr Neil Hudson Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Dr Rupa Huq No
Drew Hendry No
Duncan Baker Aye
Ed Davey No
Ed Miliband No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Edward Timpson Aye
Elliot Colburn Aye
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Esther McVey Aye
Fay Jones Aye
Felicity Buchan Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Fleur Anderson No
Florence Eshalomi No
Gareth Bacon Aye
Gareth Davies Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gareth Thomas No
Gary Sambrook Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Gavin Robinson Aye
Gen Kitchen No
George Eustice Aye
George Freeman Aye
Giles Watling Aye
Gill Furniss No
Gillian Keegan Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stuart Aye
Grahame Morris No
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Hannah Bardell No
Helen Grant Aye
Helen Hayes No
Helen Morgan No
Helen Whately Aye
Hilary Benn No
Holly Lynch No
Holly Mumby-Croft Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Mearns No
Ian Paisley Aye
Imran Hussain No
Jack Brereton Aye
Jack Lopresti Aye
Jacob Young Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Daly Aye
James Gray Aye
James Grundy Aye
James Morris Aye
James Murray No
James Wild Aye
Jane Hunt Aye
Janet Daby No
Jason McCartney Aye
Jeff Smith No
Jeremy Corbyn No
Jerome Mayhew Aye
Jessica Morden No
Jill Mortimer Aye
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Stevens No
Joanna Cherry 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
Jon Cruddas No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Ashworth No
Jonathan Edwards No
Joy Morrissey Aye Teller
Judith Cummins No
Julia Lopez Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Julie Marson Aye
Justin Madders No
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Karl McCartney Aye
Karl Turner 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
Kirsten Oswald No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Laura Farris Aye
Laura Trott Aye
Layla Moran No
Lee Anderson Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Leo Docherty Aye
Liam Byrne No
Lilian Greenwood No
Lisa Nandy 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
Maria Eagle No
Marion Fellows No
Mark Eastwood Aye
Mark Fletcher Aye
Mark Jenkinson Aye
Mark Logan Aye
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Glindon No Teller
Mary Robinson Aye
Matt Rodda No
Matt Warman Aye
Matt Western No
Matthew Pennycook No
Mhairi Black No
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Shanks No
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
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 Teller
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Aye
Mr John Baron Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord Aye
Mr Khalid Mahmood No
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Louie French Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Holden 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 Kemi Badenoch Aye
Mrs Natalie Elphicke Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Anum Qaisar No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Ms Stella Creasy No
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Nadia Whittome No
Naz Shah No
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
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield No
Paul Bristow Aye
Paul Girvan Aye
Paul Holmes Aye
Paul Howell Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Paula Barker No
Paulette Hamilton No
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd No
Peter Grant No
Philip Dunne Aye
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Thomson No
Rob Butler Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Robert Largan Aye
Robin Millar Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Rosie Duffield No
Royston Smith Aye
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Edwards Aye
Ruth Jones No
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sam Tarry No
Samantha Dixon No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Saqib Bhatti Aye
Sara Britcliffe Aye
Sarah Atherton Aye
Sarah Edwards No
Sarah Green No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Owen No
Scott Mann Aye
Seema Malhotra No
Selaine Saxby Aye
Shabana Mahmood No
Shaun Bailey Aye
Simon Baynes Aye
Simon Fell Aye
Simon Hoare Aye
Simon Jupp Aye
Simon Lightwood No
Siobhan Baillie Aye
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Bernard Jenkin 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 Cox Aye
Sir George Howarth No
Sir Greg Knight Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Philip Davies Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Neill Aye
Sir Robert Syms Aye
Sir Simon Clarke Aye
Sir Stephen Timms No
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Crabb Aye
Stephen Doughty No
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Flynn No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen McPartland Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye
Steve Tuckwell Aye
Steven Bonnar No
Stewart Hosie No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Anderson Aye
Stuart Andrew Aye
Stuart C McDonald No
Suella Braverman Aye
Suzanne Webb Aye
Tahir Ali No
Taiwo Owatemi No
Theo Clarke Aye
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Farron No
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Hunt Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi No
Trudy Harrison Aye
Tulip Siddiq No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Atkins Aye
Virginia Crosbie Aye
Wayne David No
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wera Hobhouse No
Will Quince Aye
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yvette Cooper No
Zarah Sultana No
Alicia Kearns
Andrew Gwynne
Angela Crawley
Angela Rayner
Anne Marie Morris
Bambos Charalambous
Ben Everitt
Bob Seely
Bob Stewart
Catherine McKinnell
Chloe Smith
Chris Bryant
Chris Hazzard
Chris Law
Chris Loder
Claire Coutinho
Conor McGinn
Crispin Blunt
Dame Andrea Jenkyns
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Tracey Crouch
Daniel Zeichner
Darren Jones
David Davis
David Mundell
David Rutley
Dehenna Davison
Derek Thomas
Dominic Raab
Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Matthew Offord
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Elizabeth Truss
Ellie Reeves
Fabian Hamilton
Feryal Clark
Geraint Davies
Gerald Jones
Graham Stringer
Grant Shapps
Greg Smith
Henry Smith
Ian Lavery
Ian Levy
Ian Murray
James Heappey
James Sunderland
Jamie Stone
Jane Stevenson
Jess Phillips
Jesse Norman
Jo Gideon
John Finucane
Johnny Mercer
Jonathan Gullis
Jonathan Reynolds
Julian Knight
Karin Smyth
Kate Osamor
Kenny MacAskill
Kwasi Kwarteng
Lia Nici
Mark Garnier
Mark Menzies
Mark Pawsey
Mark Pritchard
Mary Kelly Foy
Matt Hancock
Matt Vickers
Mick Whitley
Mike Kane
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr David Lammy
Mr Nicholas Brown
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Richard Bacon
Mr Rob Roberts
Mrs Heather Wheeler
Ms Karen Buck
Navendu Mishra
Neale Hanvey
Neil Coyle
Neil O'Brien
Órfhlaith Begley
Owen Thompson
Pat McFadden
Paul Maskey
Peter Gibson
Peter Kyle
Priti Patel
Rachel Reeves
Rebecca Pow
Rehman Chishti
Richard Foord
Richard Graham
Rishi Sunak
Robbie Moore
Ruth Cadbury
Sarah Champion
Sarah Dyke
Sarah Olney
Scott Benton
Shailesh Vara
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Conor Burns
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Sir Jake Berry
Sir James Cleverly
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Wright
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Spencer
Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mike Penning
Sir Oliver Dowden
Sir Peter Bottomley
Sir Robert Buckland
Sir Roger Gale
Sir Sajid Javid
Steve Barclay
Steve Reed
Tom Randall
Tommy Sheppard
Valerie Vaz
Vicky Ford
Wendy Morton
Wes Streeting
Yvonne Fovargue
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