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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 0 115 202
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 30
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 —
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