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Division 194 · 18 April 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading: reasoned amendment

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 18 April 2017 by a margin of 260, with 54 Ayes and 314 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Scottish National Party with 47 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 272 votes. There was 1 rebel vote, MPs voting against their party's majority. This motion was proposed by The Financial Secretary to the Treasury. This division took place during a debate on Finance (No. 2) Bill.

54

Ayes

314

Noes

Rejected

Result

335

Voted

Rejected by 260 Ayes 54 / Noes 314

The motion

Proposed by The Financial Secretary to the Treasury

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This Government have long demonstrated that they can deliver a stronger, more secure economy. The economy is demonstrating robust growth, the employment rate is at a record high and the deficit has been brought down by almost two thirds since i…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 272 292
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 47 0 54
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 6 7
Lab Labour Voted Aye 1 rebel 2 1 161
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 19
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 2 0 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted Aye 2 0 2
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 21
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 15
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
Green Green Party 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 Brown Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Chalk No
Alison Thewliss Aye
Alistair Burt No
Alun Cairns No
Amanda Solloway No
Amber Rudd No
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bingham No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffiths No Teller
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Angela Crawley Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil Aye
Angus Robertson Aye
Anna Soubry No
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne McLaughlin Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Antoinette Sandbach No
Ben Gummer No
Ben Howlett No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Stewart No
Boris Johnson No
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Callum McCaig Aye
Calum Kerr Aye
Carol Monaghan Aye
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Nokes No
Charlie Elphicke No
Charlotte Leslie No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Davies No
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Law Aye
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris Stephens Aye
Chris White No
Christopher Pincher No
Claire Perry No
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Angela Watkinson No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Caroline Spelman No
Dame Cheryl Gillan No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Daniel Kawczynski No
Danny Kinahan No
David Mackintosh No
David Morris No
David Mowat No
David Mundell No
David Rutley No
David Simpson No
David T C Davies No
David Tredinnick No
David Warburton No
Deidre Brock Aye
Derek Thomas No
Dominic Raab No
Douglas Chapman Aye
Dr Alasdair McDonnell Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr Eilidh Whiteford Aye
Dr James Davies No
Dr Lisa Cameron Aye
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Paul Monaghan Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford Aye
Dr Phillip Lee No
Dr Sarah Wollaston No
Dr Tania Mathias No
Drew Hendry Aye
Edward Argar No
Elizabeth Truss No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Johnson No
Gavin Newlands Aye
Gavin Robinson No
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
George Kerevan Aye
Glyn Davies No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stuart No
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Guto Bebb No
Guy Opperman No
Hannah Bardell Aye
Heidi Allen No
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Huw Merriman No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Blackford Aye
Jack Lopresti No
James Berry No
James Brokenshire No
James Cartlidge No
James Gray No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
Jane Ellison No
Jason McCartney No
Jesse Norman No
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Joanna Cherry Aye
John Glen No
John Howell No
John Nicolson Aye
John Penrose No
John Stevenson No
Johnny Mercer No
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Justin Tomlinson No
Justine Greening No
Karl McCartney No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirsten Oswald Aye
Kirsty Blackman Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Kris Hopkins No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Lady Hermon No
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Maggie Throup No
Margaret Ferrier Aye
Margot James No
Maria Caulfield No
Marion Fellows Aye Teller
Mark Durkan Aye
Mark Field No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Mark Pritchard No
Martin Vickers No
Martyn Day Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Warman No
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Michelle Thomson Aye
Mike Freer No
Mike Weir Aye
Mims Davies No
Mr Andrew Turner No
Mr Barry Sheerman No
Mr Ben Wallace No
Mr David Burrowes No
Mr David Gauke No
Mr David Jones No
Mr David Nuttall No
Mr Dennis Skinner Aye
Mr Dominic Grieve No
Mr George Osborne No
Mr Gregory Campbell No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Jonathan Lord No
Mr Keith Simpson No
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Prisk No
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Nigel Evans No
Mr Owen Paterson No
Mr Peter Bone 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 William Wragg No
Mrs Anne Main No
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Aye
Nadhim Zahawi No
Neil Carmichael No
Neil Gray Aye
Neil Parish No
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Oliver Colvile No
Owen Thompson Aye Teller
Patricia Gibson Aye
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Penny Mordaunt No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Aldous No
Peter Grant Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones No
Philip Boswell Aye
Philip Dunne No
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Pow No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Fuller No
Richard Graham No
Rishi Sunak No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Roger Mullin Aye
Ronnie Cowan Aye
Rory Stewart No
Royston Smith No
Sammy Wilson No
Sarah Newton No
Scott Mann No
Seema Kennedy No
Shailesh Vara No
Simon Hoare No
Simon Kirby No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell 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 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 Gerald Howarth 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 Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Brazier No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Liam Fox No
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Michael Fallon No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Oliver Letwin No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Peter Bottomley No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Roger Gale No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Burns No
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Gethins Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No Teller
Steve Double No
Steven Paterson Aye
Stewart Hosie Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Aye
Stuart Andrew No
Stuart Blair Donaldson Aye
Stuart C McDonald Aye
Suella Braverman No
Theresa Villiers No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tommy Sheppard Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Victoria Atkins No
Victoria Borwick No
Wendy Morton No
Will Quince No
Alan Johnson —
Albert Owen —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Salmond —
Alison McGovern —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andy Burnham —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
Angela Smith —
Ann Clwyd —
Ann Coffey —
Anna Turley —
Anne Milton —
Barry Gardiner —
Bill Esterson —
Bridget Phillipson —
Caroline Flint —
Caroline Lucas —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Williamson —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Chuka Umunna —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Corri Wilson —
Dame Andrea Jenkyns —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Chi Onwurah —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Louise Ellman —
Dame Maria Miller —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Zeichner —
David Davis —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Derek Twigg —
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Timpson —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Lewell —
Emma Reynolds —
Fabian Hamilton —
Fiona Mactaggart —
Gareth Snell —
Gareth Thomas —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Gloria De Piero —
Gordon Marsden —
Graham P Jones —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Greg Mulholland —
Heidi Alexander —
Helen Goodman —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Jones —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hywel Williams —
Ian C. Lucas —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Dromey —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jeremy Lefroy —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim Dowd —
Jim Fitzpatrick —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Stevens —
Jo Swinson —
Joan Ryan —
John Healey —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
John Pugh —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
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 —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz McInnes —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
Margaret Greenwood —
Maria Eagle —
Martin Docherty-Hughes —
Mary Creagh —
Mary Glindon —
Matthew Pennycook —
Melanie Onn —
Mhairi Black —
Michael Dugher —
Mike Gapes —
Mike Kane —
Mike Wood —
Mr Adrian Bailey —
Mr Alistair Carmichael —
Mr Andrew Smith —
Mr Ben Bradshaw —
Mr Chris Leslie —
Mr Clive Betts —
Mr David Anderson —
Mr David Lammy —
Mr David Winnick —
Mr Douglas Carswell —
Mr Gavin Shuker —
Mr Geoffrey Robinson —
Mr Graham Allen —
Mr Iain Wright —
Mr Ivan Lewis —
Mr Jim Cunningham —
Mr John Baron —
Mr Khalid Mahmood —
Mr Mark Francois —
Mr Mark Williams —
Mr Nicholas Brown —
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Mr Ronnie Campbell —
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 Nadine Dorries —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Natalie McGarry —
Naz Shah —
Neil Coyle —
Nick Boles —
Nick Gibb —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Norman Lamb —
Owen Smith —
Pat Glass —
Pat McFadden —
Patrick Grady —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Farrelly —
Paul Flynn —
Paul Maskey —
Paula Sherriff —
Peter Dowd —
Peter Kyle —
Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Reeves —
Rebecca Long Bailey —
Richard Arkless —
Richard Burden —
Richard Burgon —
Richard Drax —
Rob Marris —
Robert Flello —
Rosie Cooper —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Olney —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Simon Danczuk —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alan Duncan —
Sir Alan Meale —
Sir Conor Burns —
Sir David Amess —
Sir David Crausby —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Greg Knight —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Kevin Barron —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Tami —
Sir Nicholas Dakin —
Sir Philip Davies —
Sir Stephen Timms —
Sir Vince Cable —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Lloyd —
Stephen Pound —
Stephen Twigg —
Steve Reed —
Steve Rotheram —
Susan Elan Jones —
Teresa Pearce —
Tim Farron —
Tim Loughton —
Tom Blenkinsop —
Tom Brake —
Tracy Brabin —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Wayne David —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
Yvonne Fovargue —
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