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Division 126 · 18 January 2017

Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017

At a glance

This division passed on 18 January 2017 by a margin of 293, with 299 Ayes and 6 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 253 votes. The largest No bloc was Liberal Democrat with 4 votes. There was 1 rebel vote, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 316 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This division took place during a debate on Deferred Division.

299

Ayes

6

Noes

Passed

Result

268

Voted

Passed by 293 Ayes 299 / Noes 6

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 253 0 289
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 4 16
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 6
Lab Labour Voted Aye 1 rebel 2 1 165
Ind Independent No party whip 1 0 22
UKIP UK Independence Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 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 19
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 4
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 2
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 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 Aye
Alan Mak Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alistair Burt Aye
Alun Cairns Aye
Amanda Solloway Aye
Amber Rudd Aye
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bingham Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffiths Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Percy Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Anna Soubry Aye
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne Milton Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Antoinette Sandbach Aye
Ben Gummer Aye
Ben Howlett Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Lucas Aye
Caroline Nokes Aye
Charlie Elphicke Aye
Charlotte Leslie Aye
Chris Davies Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris White Aye
Christopher Pincher Aye
Claire Perry Aye
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Caroline Spelman Aye
Dame Cheryl Gillan Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Danny Kinahan Aye
David Davis Aye
David Mackintosh Aye
David Morris Aye
David Mowat Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Rutley Aye
David Simpson Aye
David T C Davies Aye
David Tredinnick Aye
David Warburton Aye
Derek Thomas Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Phillip Lee Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston Aye
Dr Tania Mathias Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Elizabeth Truss Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Johnson Aye
George Eustice Aye
George Freeman Aye
Glyn Davies Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Graham Stuart Aye
Grant Shapps Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Mulholland No
Guto Bebb Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Heidi Allen Aye
Helen Whately Aye
Henry Smith Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Iain Stewart Aye
Jack Lopresti Aye
James Berry Aye
James Brokenshire Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Gray Aye
James Heappey Aye
James Morris Aye
Jane Ellison Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jeremy Lefroy Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
John Glen Aye
John Howell Aye
John Penrose Aye
John Pugh No
Johnny Mercer Aye
Julian Knight Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Justine Greening Aye
Karl McCartney Aye
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kit Malthouse Aye
Kris Hopkins Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Lady Hermon Aye
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Maggie Throup Aye
Margot James Aye
Maria Caulfield Aye
Mark Field Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Mark Pawsey Aye
Mark Pritchard Aye
Martin Vickers Aye
Mary Robinson Aye
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Mr Andrew Turner Aye
Mr Barry Sheerman Aye
Mr David Burrowes Aye
Mr David Gauke Aye
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr David Nuttall Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner No
Mr Dominic Grieve Aye
Mr Douglas Carswell Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger Aye
Mr John Baron Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Keith Simpson Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Mark Prisk Aye
Mr Nick Hurd Aye
Mr Nigel Evans Aye
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Peter Bone Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Rob Wilson Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Anne Main Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Nadine Dorries Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Neil Carmichael Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nigel Adams Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Norman Lamb No
Oliver Colvile Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones Aye
Philip Dunne Aye
Priti Patel Aye
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Rishi Sunak Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Robert Halfon Aye
Rory Stewart Aye
Royston Smith Aye
Sammy Wilson Aye
Sarah Newton Aye
Sarah Olney No
Scott Mann Aye
Seema Kennedy Aye
Shailesh Vara Aye
Simon Hoare Aye
Simon Kirby Aye
Sir Alan Duncan Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir Brandon Lewis Aye
Sir Conor Burns Aye
Sir David Amess Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir David Lidington Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gary Streeter Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir George Hollingbery Aye
Sir Gerald Howarth Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir Jake Berry Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir Jeremy Wright Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Brazier Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Michael Fallon Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Oliver Letwin Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Robert Buckland Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Neill Aye
Sir Roger Gale Aye
Sir Sajid Javid Aye
Sir Simon Burns Aye
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephen Crabb Aye
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Steve Barclay Aye
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye
Stuart Andrew Aye
Suella Braverman Aye
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Victoria Atkins Aye
Victoria Borwick Aye
Wendy Morton Aye
Will Quince Aye
Adam Holloway —
Alan Brown —
Alan Johnson —
Albert Owen —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Salmond —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Thewliss —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andrew Stephenson —
Andy Burnham —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
Angela Smith —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Angus Robertson —
Ann Clwyd —
Ann Coffey —
Anna Turley —
Anne McLaughlin —
Barry Gardiner —
Bill Esterson —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan O'Hara —
Bridget Phillipson —
Callum McCaig —
Calum Kerr —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Flint —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Green —
Chris Law —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Stephens —
Chris Williamson —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Chuka Umunna —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Corri Wilson —
Crispin Blunt —
Dame Andrea Jenkyns —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Angela Watkinson —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Louise Ellman —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damian Hinds —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Daniel Zeichner —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Dr Alasdair McDonnell —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Eilidh Whiteford —
Dr Lisa Cameron —
Dr Paul Monaghan —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Timpson —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Lewell —
Emma Reynolds —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fiona Mactaggart —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Newlands —
Gavin Robinson —
George Kerevan —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Gloria De Piero —
Gordon Marsden —
Graham P Jones —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Hannah Bardell —
Heidi Alexander —
Helen Goodman —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Jones —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hywel Williams —
Ian Blackford —
Ian C. Lucas —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Dromey —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim Dowd —
Jim Fitzpatrick —
Jo Stevens —
Jo Swinson —
Joan Ryan —
Joanna Cherry —
John Healey —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
John Nicolson —
John Stevenson —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Edwards —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Judith Cummins —
Julie Cooper —
Justin Madders —
Karen Lumley —
Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Green —
Kate Hollern —
Kate Osamor —
Keith Vaz —
Kelvin Hopkins —
Kerry McCarthy —
Kirsten Oswald —
Kirsty Blackman —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz McInnes —
Liz Saville Roberts —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Margaret Ferrier —
Margaret Greenwood —
Maria Eagle —
Marion Fellows —
Mark Durkan —
Martin Docherty-Hughes —
Martyn Day —
Mary Creagh —
Mary Glindon —
Matthew Pennycook —
Melanie Onn —
Mhairi Black —
Michael Dugher —
Michael Fabricant —
Michelle Thomson —
Mike Gapes —
Mike Kane —
Mike Weir —
Mr Adrian Bailey —
Mr Alistair Carmichael —
Mr Andrew Smith —
Mr Ben Bradshaw —
Mr Ben Wallace —
Mr Chris Leslie —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr David Anderson —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr David Winnick —
Mr Gavin Shuker —
Mr Geoffrey Robinson —
Mr George Osborne —
Mr Graham Allen —
Mr Iain Wright —
Mr Ivan Lewis —
Mr Jamie Reed —
Mr Jim Cunningham —
Mr Jonathan Lord —
Mr Khalid Mahmood —
Mr Mark Williams —
Mr Nicholas Brown —
Mr Nick Clegg —
Mr Roger Godsiff —
Mr Ronnie Campbell —
Mr Sam Gyimah —
Mr Stephen Hepburn —
Mr Tobias Ellwood —
Mr Toby Perkins —
Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mrs Madeleine Moon —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh —
Nadhim Zahawi —
Natalie McGarry —
Naz Shah —
Neil Coyle —
Neil Gray —
Neil Parish —
Nick Boles —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Owen Smith —
Owen Thompson —
Pat Glass —
Pat McFadden —
Patricia Gibson —
Patrick Grady —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Farrelly —
Paul Flynn —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Sherriff —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Grant —
Peter Kyle —
Philip Boswell —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Richard Arkless —
Richard Burden —
Richard Burgon —
Rob Marris —
Robert Flello —
Robert Jenrick —
Roger Mullin —
Ronnie Cowan —
Rosie Cooper —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Sarah Champion —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Simon Danczuk —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alan Meale —
Sir Charles Walker —
Sir Christopher Chope —
Sir David Crausby —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Gerald Kaufman —
Sir Greg Knight —
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson —
Sir John Hayes —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Kevin Barron —
Sir Liam Fox —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Tami —
Sir Nicholas Dakin —
Sir Philip Davies —
Sir Robert Syms —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Sir Vince Cable —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Gethins —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Lloyd —
Stephen McPartland —
Stephen Pound —
Stephen Twigg —
Steve Reed —
Steve Rotheram —
Steven Paterson —
Stewart Hosie —
Stewart Malcolm McDonald —
Stuart Blair Donaldson —
Stuart C McDonald —
Susan Elan Jones —
Teresa Pearce —
Tim Farron —
Tom Blenkinsop —
Tom Brake —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tommy Sheppard —
Tracy Brabin —
Tristram Hunt —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Wayne David —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
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