Division 51 · 1 December 2017

Motion to sit in private

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 1 December 2017 by a margin of 169, with 0 Ayes and 169 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 2 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 115 votes. There were 2 rebel votes — MPs voting against their party's majority. The 435 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin — enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Graham P. Jones. This division took place during a debate on Prayers.

0

Ayes

169

Noes

Rejected

Result

163

Voted

Rejected by 169 Ayes 0 / Noes 169

The motion

Proposed by Graham P. Jones

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 0 115 201
Con Conservative Voted No 2 rebels 2 41 273
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 5 36
Ind Independent No party whip 0 0 31
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 18
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 17
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 8
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 3
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 2
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 2
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

"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
Afzal Khan No
Alex Cunningham No
Alex Norris No
Alison McGovern No
Andrew Gwynne No
Angela Rayner No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Bambos Charalambous No
Bob Stewart No
Caroline Flint No
Carolyn Harris No
Cat Smith No
Catherine McKinnell No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Evans No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris Williamson No
Christopher Pincher No
Chuka Umunna No
Claire Perry No
Clive Efford No
Colleen Fletcher No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Louise Ellman No
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Zeichner No
Darren Jones No
David Linden No
Dawn Butler No
Dr David Drew No
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan No
Dr Rupa Huq No
Edward Argar No
Eleanor Smith No
Ellie Reeves No
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Dent Coad No
Emma Hardy No
Emma Lewell No
Fabian Hamilton No
Faisal Rashid No
Gareth Snell No
Ged Killen No
Gerald Jones No
Gill Furniss No
Gloria De Piero No
Gordon Marsden No
Grahame Morris No
Helen Goodman No
Hilary Benn No
Hugh Gaffney No
Huw Merriman No
Ian Mearns No
Ian Murray No
Imran Hussain No
Jack Dromey No
James Cartlidge No
Jessica Morden No
Jim McMahon No
Jo Platt No
Joanna Cherry No
John Grogan No
John Healey No
Judith Cummins No
Julie Cooper No
Justin Madders No
Karin Smyth No
Kate Green No
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirsty Blackman No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Laura Pidcock No
Laura Smith No
Lesley Laird No
Lilian Greenwood No
Liz McInnes No
Liz Twist No
Louise Haigh No
Lucy Allan Aye Teller
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard No
Maria Eagle No
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin Whitfield No
Mary Glindon No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Western No
Matthew Pennycook No
Melanie Onn No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Amesbury No
Mike Freer No
Mike Gapes No
Mike Hill No
Mike Kane No
Mims Davies No
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Adrian Bailey No
Mr Jim Cunningham No
Mr Khalid Mahmood No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Nicholas Brown No
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Paul Sweeney No
Mr Peter Bone No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Sam Gyimah No
Mr William Wragg No
Ms Karen Buck No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Naz Shah No
Neil Coyle No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith No Teller
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield No
Paul Farrelly No
Paul Flynn No
Peter Dowd No
Peter Kyle No
Rachael Maskell No
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Richard Burgon No
Rishi Sunak No
Rory Stewart No
Rosie Cooper No
Ruth Cadbury No
Sir Alan Campbell No Teller
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir George Howarth No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye Teller
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir Kevin Barron No
Sir Mark Hendrick No
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Stephen Timms No
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Kinnock No
Stephen Twigg No
Steve Barclay No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Andrew No
Suella Braverman No
Susan Elan Jones No
Thelma Walker No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Wayne David No
Wendy Morton No
Wes Streeting No
Yvonne Fovargue No
Adam Afriyie
Adam Holloway
Alan Brown
Alan Mak
Albert Owen
Alberto Costa
Alex Burghart
Alex Chalk
Alex Sobel
Alison Thewliss
Alistair Burt
Alun Cairns
Amanda Solloway
Amber Rudd
Andrea Leadsom
Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bridgen
Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Jones
Andrew Lewer
Andrew Percy
Andrew Rosindell
Andrew Selous
Andrew Stephenson
Andy McDonald
Andy Slaughter
Angela Crawley
Angela Smith
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Ann Clwyd
Ann Coffey
Anna McMorrin
Anna Soubry
Anna Turley
Anne Marie Morris
Anne McLaughlin
Anne Milton
Anneliese Dodds
Antoinette Sandbach
Barry Gardiner
Ben Bradley
Ben Lake
Bill Esterson
Bill Grant
Bim Afolami
Bob Blackman
Bob Seely
Boris Johnson
Brendan O'Hara
Bridget Phillipson
Carol Monaghan
Caroline Ansell
Caroline Lucas
Caroline Nokes
Catherine West
Charlie Elphicke
Chris Davies
Chris Green
Chris Hazzard
Chris Law
Chris Ruane
Chris Stephens
Christian Matheson
Christina Rees
Christine Jardine
Clive Lewis
Colin Clark
Conor McGinn
Craig Tracey
Craig Whittaker
Crispin Blunt
Dame Amanda Milling
Dame Andrea Jenkyns
Dame Angela Eagle
Dame Caroline Spelman
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Maria Miller
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Tracey Crouch
Damian Collins
Damian Green
Damian Hinds
Damien Moore
Dan Carden
Daniel Kawczynski
Danielle Rowley
David Davis
David Duguid
David Morris
David Mundell
David Rutley
David Simpson
David T C Davies
David Tredinnick
David Warburton
Debbie Abrahams
Deidre Brock
Derek Thomas
Derek Twigg
Dominic Raab
Douglas Chapman
Douglas Ross
Dr Andrew Murrison
Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Dan Poulter
Dr James Davies
Dr Lisa Cameron
Dr Matthew Offord
Dr Paul Williams
Dr Philippa Whitford
Dr Phillip Lee
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Dr Sarah Wollaston
Drew Hendry
Ed Davey
Ed Miliband
Eddie Hughes
Elizabeth Truss
Emma Little Pengelly
Emma Reynolds
Esther McVey
Fiona Bruce
Fiona Onasanya
Gareth Johnson
Gareth Thomas
Gavin Newlands
Gavin Robinson
George Eustice
George Freeman
Geraint Davies
Giles Watling
Gillian Keegan
Glyn Davies
Gordon Henderson
Graham P Jones
Graham Stringer
Graham Stuart
Grant Shapps
Greg Clark
Greg Hands
Guto Bebb
Guy Opperman
Hannah Bardell
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Allen
Helen Grant
Helen Hayes
Helen Jones
Helen Whately
Henry Smith
Holly Lynch
Hywel Williams
Iain Stewart
Ian Blackford
Ian C. Lucas
Ian Lavery
Ian Paisley
Jack Brereton
Jack Lopresti
James Brokenshire
James Gray
James Heappey
James Morris
Jamie Stone
Jared O'Mara
Jason McCartney
Jeff Smith
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Lefroy
Jess Phillips
Jesse Norman
Jim Fitzpatrick
Jim Shannon
Jo Churchill
Jo Stevens
Jo Swinson
Joan Ryan
John Glen
John Howell
John Lamont
John McDonnell
John McNally
John Penrose
John Stevenson
Johnny Mercer
Jon Cruddas
Jon Trickett
Jonathan Ashworth
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Reynolds
Julia Lopez
Julian Knight
Julian Sturdy
Justin Tomlinson
Justine Greening
Karen Lee
Karl McCartney
Karl Turner
Kate Hollern
Kate Osamor
Keith Vaz
Kelly Tolhurst
Kelvin Hopkins
Kerry McCarthy
Kirsten Oswald
Kirstene Hair
Kit Malthouse
Lady Hermon
Layla Moran
Lee Rowley
Leo Docherty
Liam Byrne
Lisa Nandy
Liz Kendall
Liz Saville Roberts
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Lucy Powell
Luke Graham
Maggie Throup
Margaret Ferrier
Margaret Greenwood
Margot James
Maria Caulfield
Marion Fellows
Mark Field
Mark Garnier
Mark Menzies
Mark Pawsey
Mark Pritchard
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Martin Vickers
Martyn Day
Mary Creagh
Mary Robinson
Matt Rodda
Matt Warman
Mhairi Black
Michael Fabricant
Michael Tomlinson
Mike Wood
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Barry Sheerman
Mr Ben Bradshaw
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Chris Leslie
Mr Clive Betts
Mr David Gauke
Mr David Jones
Mr David Lammy
Mr Dennis Skinner
Mr Dominic Grieve
Mr Gavin Shuker
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Mr Gregory Campbell
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
Mr Ivan Lewis
Mr James Frith
Mr John Baron
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Mr Jonathan Lord
Mr Keith Simpson
Mr Laurence Robertson
Mr Marcus Fysh
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Prisk
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Owen Paterson
Mr Ranil Jayawardena
Mr Richard Bacon
Mr Robin Walker
Mr Roger Godsiff
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Mr Steve Baker
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Toby Perkins
Mr Virendra Sharma
Mrs Anne Main
Mrs Heather Wheeler
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Madeleine Moon
Mrs Pauline Latham
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Mrs Sheryll Murray
Ms Diane Abbott
Ms Nadine Dorries
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Ms Stella Creasy
Nadhim Zahawi
Neil Gray
Neil O'Brien
Neil Parish
Nick Boles
Nigel Adams
Nigel Huddleston
Nigel Mills
Norman Lamb
Owen Smith
Owen Thompson
Pat McFadden
Patricia Gibson
Paul Girvan
Paul Maskey
Paul Masterton
Paul Maynard
Paul Scully
Paula Sherriff
Penny Mordaunt
Pete Wishart
Peter Aldous
Peter Grant
Peter Heaton-Jones
Philip Dunne
Preet Kaur Gill
Priti Patel
Rachel Reeves
Rebecca Pow
Rehman Chishti
Richard Burden
Richard Drax
Richard Graham
Robert Courts
Robert Halfon
Robert Jenrick
Ronnie Cowan
Rosie Duffield
Ross Thomson
Royston Smith
Rushanara Ali
Ruth George
Sammy Wilson
Sandy Martin
Sarah Champion
Sarah Jones
Sarah Newton
Sarah Olney
Scott Mann
Seema Kennedy
Seema Malhotra
Shabana Mahmood
Shailesh Vara
Simon Hoare
Sir Alan Duncan
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Bill Wiggin
Sir Charles Walker
Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Conor Burns
Sir David Amess
Sir David Crausby
Sir David Evennett
Sir David Lidington
Sir Desmond Swayne
Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Gary Streeter
Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir George Hollingbery
Sir Greg Knight
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Jake Berry
Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Duddridge
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Quin
Sir John Hayes
Sir John Whittingdale
Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Smith
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Liam Fox
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Sir Mark Spencer
Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mel Stride
Sir Michael Ellis
Sir Michael Fallon
Sir Mike Penning
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Oliver Heald
Sir Oliver Letwin
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Peter Bottomley
Sir Philip Davies
Sir Robert Buckland
Sir Robert Goodwill
Sir Robert Neill
Sir Robert Syms
Sir Roger Gale
Sir Sajid Javid
Sir Simon Clarke
Sir Vince Cable
Sir William Cash
Stephen Crabb
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Gethins
Stephen Hammond
Stephen Kerr
Stephen Lloyd
Stephen McPartland
Stephen Metcalfe
Stephen Morgan
Stephen Pound
Steve Brine
Steve Double
Steve Reed
Stewart Hosie
Stuart C McDonald
Teresa Pearce
Theresa Villiers
Tim Farron
Tim Loughton
Tom Brake
Tom Pursglove
Tom Tugendhat
Tommy Sheppard
Tonia Antoniazzi
Tony Lloyd
Tracy Brabin
Trudy Harrison
Tulip Siddiq
Valerie Vaz
Vicky Ford
Victoria Atkins
Wera Hobhouse
Will Quince
Yasmin Qureshi
Yvette Cooper
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