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Division 156 · 28 March 2025

Motion to sit in private

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 28 March 2025 by a margin of 44, with 0 Ayes and 44 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 2 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 35 votes. There were 2 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 599 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Chris McDonald. This division took place during a debate on Business without Debate.

0

Ayes

44

Noes

Rejected

Result

50

Voted

Rejected by 44 Ayes 0 / Noes 44

The motion

Proposed by Chris McDonald

I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163)

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Lab Labour Voted No 2 rebels 2 35 369
Con Conservative Voted No 0 10 117
Green Green Party Voted No 0 2 4
Ind Independent No party whip 0 1 13
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 71
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 35
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 9
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 7
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 5
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 4
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
TUV Traditional Unionist Voice No clear majority 0 0 1
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RB Restore Britain No clear majority 0 0 1
UUP Ulster Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 1
YP Your 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
Alicia Kearns No
Alison Taylor No
Amanda Hack No
Andrew Western No
Anna Turley No
Ashley Dalton No
Carla Denyer No
Chris Hinchliff No
Chris McDonald Aye Teller
Claire Coutinho No
Clive Lewis No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dawn Butler No
Dr Ellie Chowns No
Dr Luke Evans No
Ellie Reeves No
Emma Hardy No
Feryal Clark No
Fred Thomas No
Gen Kitchen No Teller
Grahame Morris No
Harriet Cross No
James Murray No
Janet Daby No
Jeremy Corbyn No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jim McMahon No
Joy Morrissey No
Kate Dearden No
Kerry McCarthy No
Laura Kyrke-Smith No
Liam Conlon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Luke Pollard No
Mark Ferguson No
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr James Frith No
Ms Julie Minns No
Neil Coyle No
Noah Law No
Rebecca Paul No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sojan Joseph No
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Doughty No
Stuart Anderson No
Taiwo Owatemi No Teller
Tristan Osborne Aye Teller
Abtisam Mohamed —
Adam Dance —
Adam Jogee —
Adam Thompson —
Adrian Ramsay —
Afzal Khan —
Al Carns —
Alan Gemmell —
Alan Mak —
Alan Strickland —
Alberto Costa —
Alex Baker —
Alex Ballinger —
Alex Brewer —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Easton —
Alex Mayer —
Alex McIntyre —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alice Macdonald —
Alison Bennett —
Alison Griffiths —
Alison Hume —
Alison McGovern —
Alistair Strathern —
Amanda Martin —
Andrew Bowie —
Andrew Cooper —
Andrew George —
Andrew Griffith —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Lewin —
Andrew Pakes —
Andrew Ranger —
Andrew Rosindell —
Andy MacNae —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Ann Davies —
Anna Dixon —
Anna Gelderd —
Anna McMorrin —
Anna Sabine —
Anneliese Dodds —
Anneliese Midgley —
Antonia Bance —
Aphra Brandreth —
Apsana Begum —
Ayoub Khan —
Baggy Shanker —
Bambos Charalambous —
Barry Gardiner —
Becky Gittins —
Bell Ribeiro-Addy —
Ben Coleman —
Ben Goldsborough —
Ben Lake —
Ben Maguire —
Ben Obese-Jecty —
Bill Esterson —
Blair McDougall —
Blake Stephenson —
Bob Blackman —
Bobby Dean —
Bradley Thomas —
Brendan O'Hara —
Brian Leishman —
Brian Mathew —
Bridget Phillipson —
Callum Anderson —
Calum Miller —
Cameron Thomas —
Carla Lockhart —
Caroline Nokes —
Caroline Voaden —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Eccles —
Cat Smith —
Catherine Atkinson —
Catherine Fookes —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlie Dewhirst —
Charlie Maynard —
Charlotte Cane —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bloore —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Coghlan —
Chris Curtis —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Kane —
Chris Law —
Chris Murray —
Chris Philp —
Chris Vince —
Chris Ward —
Chris Webb —
Christian Wakeford —
Christine Jardine —
Claire Hanna —
Claire Hazelgrove —
Claire Hughes —
Claire Young —
Clive Efford —
Clive Jones —
Colum Eastwood —
Connor Naismith —
Dáire Hughes —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Damian Hinds —
Damien Egan —
Dan Aldridge —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Dan Norris —
Dan Tomlinson —
Daniel Francis —
Daniel Zeichner —
Danny Beales —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Darren Paffey —
Dave Doogan —
Dave Robertson —
David Baines —
David Burton-Sampson —
David Chadwick —
David Davis —
David Mundell —
David Pinto-Duschinsky —
David Reed —
David Simmonds —
David Smith —
David Taylor —
David Williams —
Debbie Abrahams —
Deirdre Costigan —
Derek Twigg —
Douglas McAllister —
Dr Al Pinkerton —
Dr Allison Gardner —
Dr Andrew Murrison —
Dr Beccy Cooper —
Dr Ben Spencer —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Danny Chambers —
Dr Jeevun Sandher —
Dr Kieran Mullan —
Dr Lauren Sullivan —
Dr Marie Tidball —
Dr Neil Hudson —
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst —
Dr Peter Prinsley —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Roz Savage —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Dr Sam Rushworth —
Dr Scott Arthur —
Dr Simon Opher —
Dr Zubir Ahmed —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Edward Morello —
Elaine Stewart —
Emily Darlington —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Foody —
Emma Lewell —
Emma Reynolds —
Esther McVey —
Euan Stainbank —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Frank McNally —
Freddie van Mierlo —
Gareth Bacon —
Gareth Davies —
Gareth Snell —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
George Freeman —
Georgia Gould —
Gerald Jones —
Gideon Amos —
Gill Furniss —
Gill German —
Gordon McKee —
Graeme Downie —
Graham Leadbitter —
Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Greg Smith —
Gregor Poynton —
Gregory Stafford —
Gurinder Singh Josan —
Harpreet Uppal —
Heidi Alexander —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Maguire —
Helen Morgan —
Helen Whately —
Helena Dollimore —
Henry Tufnell —
Hilary Benn —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Murray —
Ian Roome —
Ian Sollom —
Imogen Walker —
Imran Hussain —
Iqbal Mohamed —
Irene Campbell —
Jack Abbott —
Jack Rankin —
Jacob Collier —
Jade Botterill —
Jake Richards —
James Asser —
James Cartlidge —
James MacCleary —
James McMurdock —
James Naish —
James Wild —
Jamie Stone —
Jas Athwal —
Jayne Kirkham —
Jeff Smith —
Jen Craft —
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter —
Jess Asato —
Jess Brown-Fuller —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Morden —
Jessica Toale —
Jim Allister —
Jim Dickson —
Jim Shannon —
Jo Platt —
Jo Stevens —
Jo White —
Joani Reid —
Jodie Gosling —
Joe Morris —
Joe Powell —
Joe Robertson —
Johanna Baxter —
John Cooper —
John Finucane —
John Glen —
John Grady —
John Healey —
John Lamont —
John McDonnell —
John Milne —
John Slinger —
John Whitby —
Jon Pearce —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Davies —
Jonathan Hinder —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Josh Babarinde —
Josh Dean —
Josh Fenton-Glynn —
Josh MacAlister —
Josh Newbury —
Josh Simons —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Buckley —
Julia Lopez —
Juliet Campbell —
Justin Madders —
Kanishka Narayan —
Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Osamor —
Kate Osborne —
Katie Lam —
Katie White —
Katrina Murray —
Keir Mather —
Kenneth Stevenson —
Kevin Bonavia —
Kevin Hollinrake —
Kevin McKenna —
Kim Johnson —
Kim Leadbeater —
Kirith Entwistle —
Kirsteen Sullivan —
Kirsty Blackman —
Kirsty McNeill —
Kit Malthouse —
Laura Trott —
Lauren Edwards —
Laurence Turner —
Layla Moran —
Lee Anderson —
Lee Barron —
Lee Pitcher —
Leigh Ingham —
Lewis Atkinson —
Lewis Cocking —
Liam Byrne —
Lillian Jones —
Lincoln Jopp —
Linsey Farnsworth —
Lisa Nandy —
Lisa Smart —
Liz Jarvis —
Liz Kendall —
Liz Saville Roberts —
Liz Twist —
Lizzi Collinge —
Llinos Medi —
Lloyd Hatton —
Lola McEvoy —
Lorraine Beavers —
Louise Haigh —
Louise Sandher-Jones —
Lucy Powell —
Lucy Rigby —
Luke Akehurst —
Luke Murphy —
Luke Myer —
Luke Taylor —
Manuela Perteghella —
Margaret Mullane —
Maria Eagle —
Marie Goldman —
Mark Garnier —
Mark Pritchard —
Mark Sewards —
Markus Campbell-Savours —
Marsha De Cordova —
Martin McCluskey —
Martin Rhodes —
Martin Vickers —
Martin Wrigley —
Mary Creagh —
Mary Glindon —
Mary Kelly Foy —
Matt Bishop —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Turmaine —
Matt Vickers —
Matt Western —
Matthew Patrick —
Matthew Pennycook —
Maureen Burke —
Max Wilkinson —
Maya Ellis —
Melanie Onn —
Melanie Ward —
Miatta Fahnbulleh —
Michael Payne —
Michael Shanks —
Michael Wheeler —
Michelle Scrogham —
Michelle Welsh —
Mike Kane —
Mike Martin —
Mike Reader —
Mike Tapp —
Mike Wood —
Mims Davies —
Mohammad Yasin —
Monica Harding —
Mr Adnan Hussain —
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis —
Mr Alistair Carmichael —
Mr Andrew Snowden —
Mr Angus MacDonald —
Mr Bayo Alaba —
Mr Calvin Bailey —
Mr Cathal Mallaghan —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr Connor Rand —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr Douglas Alexander —
Mr Gregory Campbell —
Mr Hamish Falconer —
Mr Jonathan Brash —
Mr Joshua Reynolds —
Mr Lee Dillon —
Mr Louie French —
Mr Luke Charters —
Mr Mark Francois —
Mr Paul Foster —
Mr Paul Kohler —
Mr Peter Bedford —
Mr Richard Holden —
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
Mr Toby Perkins —
Mr Will Forster —
Mrs Elsie Blundell —
Mrs Kemi Badenoch —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare —
Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Nusrat Ghani —
Ms Polly Billington —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Munira Wilson —
Nadia Whittome —
Natalie Fleet —
Natasha Irons —
Naushabah Khan —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neil Duncan-Jordan —
Neil O'Brien —
Nesil Caliskan —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Nick Timothy —
Nigel Farage —
Nigel Huddleston —
Oliver Ryan —
Olivia Bailey —
Olivia Blake —
Olly Glover —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Pam Cox —
Pamela Nash —
Pat Cullen —
Pat McFadden —
Patricia Ferguson —
Patrick Hurley —
Patrick Spencer —
Paul Davies —
Paul Holmes —
Paul Maskey —
Paul Waugh —
Paula Barker —
Paulette Hamilton —
Perran Moon —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Fortune —
Peter Kyle —
Peter Lamb —
Peter Swallow —
Phil Brickell —
Pippa Heylings —
Preet Kaur Gill —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Blake —
Rachel Gilmour —
Rachel Hopkins —
Rachel Reeves —
Rachel Taylor —
Rebecca Harris —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Rebecca Smith —
Richard Baker —
Richard Burgon —
Richard Foord —
Richard Fuller —
Richard Quigley —
Richard Tice —
Rishi Sunak —
Robbie Moore —
Robert Jenrick —
Robin Swann —
Rosie Duffield —
Rosie Wrighting —
Rupert Lowe —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth Jones —
Sadik Al-Hassan —
Sally Jameson —
Sam Carling —
Samantha Dixon —
Samantha Niblett —
Sammy Wilson —
Saqib Bhatti —
Sarah Bool —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Coombes —
Sarah Dyke —
Sarah Edwards —
Sarah Gibson —
Sarah Green —
Sarah Hall —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Sarah Owen —
Sarah Russell —
Sarah Sackman —
Sarah Smith —
Satvir Kaur —
Seamus Logan —
Sean Woodcock —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shaun Davies —
Shivani Raja —
Shockat Adam —
Siân Berry —
Simon Hoare —
Simon Lightwood —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alec Shelbrooke —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Ashley Fox —
Sir Bernard Jenkin —
Sir Christopher Chope —
Sir Desmond Swayne —
Sir Edward Leigh —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir Iain Duncan Smith —
Sir James Cleverly —
Sir Jeremy Hunt —
Sir Jeremy Wright —
Sir John Hayes —
Sir John Whittingdale —
Sir Julian Lewis —
Sir Julian Smith —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mel Stride —
Sir Nicholas Dakin —
Sir Oliver Dowden —
Sir Roger Gale —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Sonia Kumar —
Sorcha Eastwood —
Steff Aquarone —
Stephen Flynn —
Stephen Gethins —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Morgan —
Steve Barclay —
Steve Darling —
Steve Race —
Steve Reed —
Steve Witherden —
Steve Yemm —
Stuart Andrew —
Suella Braverman —
Sureena Brackenridge —
Susan Murray —
Tahir Ali —
Terry Jermy —
Tessa Munt —
Tim Farron —
Tim Roca —
Tom Collins —
Tom Gordon —
Tom Hayes —
Tom Morrison —
Tom Rutland —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tonia Antoniazzi —
Tony Vaughan —
Torcuil Crichton —
Torsten Bell —
Tracy Gilbert —
Tulip Siddiq —
Uma Kumaran —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Victoria Atkins —
Victoria Collins —
Vikki Slade —
Warinder Juss —
Wendy Chamberlain —
Wendy Morton —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Will Stone —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yuan Yang —
Yvette Cooper —
Zarah Sultana —
Zöe Franklin —
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