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Division 109 · 13 December 2016

Neighbourhood Planning Bill Report Stage Amendment 14

At a glance

This division was rejected on 13 December 2016 by a margin of 122, with 157 Ayes and 279 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 135 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 249 votes. There was 1 rebel vote, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 189 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Minister for Housing and Planning. This division took place during a debate on Neighbourhood Planning Bill.

157

Ayes

279

Noes

Rejected

Result

395

Voted

Rejected by 122 Ayes 157 / Noes 279

The motion

Proposed by The Minister for Housing and Planning

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 249 288
Lab Labour Voted Aye 135 0 192
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 1 rebel 1 5 7
Ind Independent No party whip 1 0 19
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 1 0 13
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 1 0 2
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 1
Green Green Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 51
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 5
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 1
SF Sinn Féin 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
Adam Afriyie No
Adam Holloway No
Alan Mak No
Albert Owen Aye
Alberto Costa No
Alex Chalk No
Alison McGovern Aye
Alistair Burt No
Amanda Solloway No
Amber Rudd No
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bingham No
Andrew Griffiths No Teller
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Burnham Aye
Andy Slaughter Aye
Angela Smith Aye
Ann Clwyd Aye
Ann Coffey Aye
Anna Soubry No
Anna Turley Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne Milton No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Antoinette Sandbach No
Ben Gummer No
Ben Howlett No
Bill Esterson Aye
Bob Blackman No
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Lucas Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Catherine West Aye
Charlie Elphicke No
Charlotte Leslie No
Chris Davies No
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris White No
Christian Matheson Aye
Christina Rees Aye
Christopher Pincher No
Chuka Umunna Aye
Claire Perry No
Clive Efford Aye
Colleen Fletcher Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Caroline Spelman No
Dame Cheryl Gillan No
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Louise Ellman Aye
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Dan Jarvis Aye
Daniel Kawczynski No
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danny Kinahan No
David Davis No
David Mackintosh No
David Morris No
David Mowat No
David Rutley No
David Simpson No
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Derek Thomas No
Derek Twigg Aye
Dominic Raab No
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr James Davies No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Phillip Lee No
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Aye
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Aye
Dr Rupa Huq Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston No
Dr Tania Mathias No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Elizabeth Truss No
Emma Lewell Aye
Emma Reynolds Aye
Fiona Bruce No
Fiona Mactaggart Aye
Gareth Johnson No
Gareth Thomas Aye
Gavin Robinson No
George Freeman No
Geraint Davies Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Gill Furniss Aye
Gloria De Piero Aye
Glyn Davies No
Gordon Henderson No
Gordon Marsden Aye
Graham P Jones Aye
Graham Stuart No
Grant Shapps No
Greg Mulholland Aye
Guy Opperman No
Heidi Alexander Aye
Heidi Allen No
Helen Goodman Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Jones Aye
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Holly Lynch Aye
Huw Merriman No
Iain Stewart No
Ian C. Lucas Aye
Ian Lavery Aye
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Murray Aye
Jack Lopresti No
James Berry No
James Brokenshire No
James Cartlidge No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
Jeff Smith Aye Teller
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jeremy Lefroy No
Jess Phillips Aye
Jesse Norman No
Jessica Morden Aye
Jim Dowd Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill No
Jo Stevens Aye
Joan Ryan Aye
John Glen No
John Penrose No
John Stevenson No
Johnny Mercer No
Jon Trickett Aye
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Justin Madders Aye
Justin Tomlinson No
Justine Greening No
Karen Lumley No
Karin Smyth Aye
Karl McCartney No
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Green Aye
Keith Vaz Aye
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kelvin Hopkins Aye
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kit Malthouse No
Kris Hopkins No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Liam Byrne Aye
Lisa Nandy Aye
Liz McInnes Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Lucy Powell Aye
Luke Hall No
Margaret Greenwood Aye
Margot James No
Maria Caulfield No
Maria Eagle Aye
Mark Durkan Aye
Mark Field No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Martin Vickers No
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Warman No
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Michael Dugher Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Freer No
Mike Gapes Aye
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Mr Adrian Bailey Aye
Mr Andrew Smith Aye
Mr Andrew Turner No
Mr Ben Bradshaw Aye
Mr Ben Wallace No
Mr David Anderson Aye
Mr David Burrowes No
Mr David Lammy Aye
Mr David Nuttall No
Mr David Winnick Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner Aye
Mr Gavin Shuker Aye
Mr Geoffrey Robinson Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell No
Mr Iain Wright Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr Jamie Reed Aye
Mr Jim Cunningham Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Jonathan Lord No
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Prisk No
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Nigel Evans No
Mr Owen Paterson No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Richard Bacon No
Mr Rob Wilson No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Roger Godsiff Aye
Mr Sam Gyimah No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Anne Main No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Madeleine Moon Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Karen Buck Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Naz Shah Aye
Neil Carmichael No
Neil Coyle Aye
Neil Parish No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Oliver Colvile No
Pat Glass Aye
Pat McFadden Aye
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Flynn Aye
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Paula Sherriff Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones No
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Dunne No
Priti Patel No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Reeves Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Pow No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Drax No
Richard Fuller No
Rishi Sunak No
Rob Marris Aye
Robert Courts No
Robert Flello Aye
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Rory Stewart No
Rosie Cooper Aye
Royston Smith No
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Sammy Wilson No
Sarah Newton No
Scott Mann No
Seema Kennedy No
Seema Malhotra Aye
Shabana Mahmood Aye
Shailesh Vara No
Simon Danczuk Aye
Simon Hoare No
Simon Kirby No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir Conor Burns No
Sir David Amess No
Sir David Crausby Aye
Sir David Evennett No
Sir David Lidington No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Geoffrey Cox No
Sir George Hollingbery No
Sir George Howarth Aye
Sir Gerald Howarth No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jake Berry No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir James Duddridge No
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson No
Sir Jeremy Hunt No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Brazier No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Kevin Barron Aye
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Oliver Letwin 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 Burns No
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Twigg Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No Teller
Steve Double No
Stuart Andrew No
Suella Braverman No
Teresa Pearce Aye
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Loughton No
Tom Blenkinsop Aye
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tracy Brabin Aye
Tristram Hunt Aye
Tulip Siddiq Aye
Vicky Foxcroft Aye Teller
Victoria Borwick No
Wendy Morton No
Wes Streeting Aye
Will Quince No
Yvette Cooper Aye
Yvonne Fovargue Aye
Alan Brown —
Alan Johnson —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Salmond —
Alison Thewliss —
Alun Cairns —
Andrew Bridgen —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andy McDonald —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Angus Robertson —
Anne McLaughlin —
Barry Gardiner —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan O'Hara —
Bridget Phillipson —
Callum McCaig —
Calum Kerr —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Flint —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Law —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Stephens —
Chris Williamson —
Clive Lewis —
Conor McGinn —
Corri Wilson —
Dame Angela Watkinson —
Dame Diana Johnson —
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David Mundell —
David Tredinnick —
Dawn Butler —
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Deidre Brock —
Douglas Chapman —
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