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Division 112 · 31 January 2018

Restoration and Renewal (No. 1) amdt (b)

What this vote was about

This vote concerned how to carry out the major repair and restoration of the Palace of Westminster, the ageing and increasingly unsafe home of Parliament. MPs were considering a government-backed motion that favoured a cautious approach, keeping options open and delaying a firm commitment. Amendment (b), supported by senior members including the Public Accounts Committee, instead called for MPs and peers to fully move out of the building (a "full decant") so the works could be done more quickly, safely and cheaply, in line with an expert Joint Committee's recommendation. MPs approved amendment (b) by 236 votes to 220, a majority of 16. The practical effect was that Parliament committed to temporarily vacating the Palace of Westminster during the restoration rather than trying to stay in place while the work went on around them.

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At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 151 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 152 votes. There were 69 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 173 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Leader of the House of Commons. This division took place during a debate on Restoration and Renewal (Report of the Joint Committee).

236

Ayes

220

Noes

Passed

Result

425

Voted

Passed by 16 Ayes 236 / Noes 220

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 59 rebels 59 152 281
Lab Labour Voted Aye 9 rebels 151 9 219
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 34 38
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 7 0 17
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 1 rebel 1 5 9
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 4 4
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 18
Green Green Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 7
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 2
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
IGC The Independent Group for Change 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
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak No
Albert Owen Aye
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alex Norris Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alison Thewliss No
Alistair Burt Aye
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffiths No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Lewer No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy McDonald Aye
Andy Slaughter Aye
Angela Crawley No
Angela Rayner Aye
Angela Smith Aye
Angus Brendan MacNeil No
Ann Coffey Aye
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anna Soubry Aye
Anna Turley Aye Teller
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Anneliese Dodds Aye
Antoinette Sandbach Aye
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Barry Gardiner Aye
Ben Bradley No
Ben Lake No
Bill Esterson Aye
Bill Grant No
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Seely Aye
Bob Stewart No
Brendan O'Hara No
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Flint Aye
Caroline Lucas Aye
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine McKinnell Aye
Charlie Elphicke No
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Davies No
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Law No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Chris Williamson Aye
Christian Matheson Aye
Christina Rees Aye
Christine Jardine Aye
Christopher Pincher No
Clive Efford Aye Teller
Colin Clark No
Conor McGinn Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Caroline Spelman Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds No
Damien Moore No
Dan Carden Aye
Dan Jarvis Aye
Daniel Kawczynski No
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Danielle Rowley Aye
Darren Jones Aye
David Duguid No
David Linden No
David Mundell Aye
David Rutley No
David Simpson No
David Tredinnick Aye
Deidre Brock No
Derek Thomas No
Derek Twigg Aye
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Paul Williams Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston Aye
Drew Hendry No
Ed Davey Aye
Ed Miliband Aye
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Emma Hardy Aye
Emma Lewell Aye
Esther McVey No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Johnson No
Gareth Snell Aye
Gareth Thomas Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Gavin Robinson No
Ged Killen Aye
George Freeman Aye
Geraint Davies Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Giles Watling No
Gill Furniss Aye
Gillian Keegan No
Graham Stringer No
Graham Stuart No
Greg Hands No
Hannah Bardell No
Helen Goodman No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Hilary Benn Aye
Holly Lynch Aye
Hugh Gaffney Aye
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Blackford No
Ian C. Lucas Aye
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Paisley Aye
Jack Lopresti No
James Cartlidge No
James Gray No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
Jeff Smith Aye
Jeremy Corbyn Aye
Jeremy Lefroy Aye
Jess Phillips Aye
Jessica Morden Aye
Jim Fitzpatrick Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Stevens Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen No
John Grogan Aye
John Healey Aye
John Howell No
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell Aye
John McNally No
John Penrose No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jonathan Ashworth Aye
Jonathan Edwards No
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Justin Madders Aye
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Karen Lee Aye
Karin Smyth Aye
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Green Aye
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kelvin Hopkins Aye
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirstene Hair Aye
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Laura Pidcock Aye
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty No
Lesley Laird Aye
Liam Byrne Aye
Lilian Greenwood Aye
Liz Kendall Aye
Liz McInnes Aye
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Luke Graham Aye
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard Aye
Maggie Throup No
Margot James Aye
Maria Caulfield No
Maria Eagle Aye
Mark Field No
Mark Menzies Aye
Mark Pawsey Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martin Vickers No
Martin Whitfield Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Creagh Aye
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Warman No
Matt Western Aye
Melanie Onn Aye
Mhairi Black No
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Gapes Aye
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Mr Adrian Bailey Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Barry Sheerman Aye
Mr Ben Bradshaw Aye
Mr Chris Leslie Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Gauke Aye
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr David Lammy Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner No
Mr Dominic Grieve Aye
Mr Gavin Shuker Aye
Mr Geoffrey Robinson No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr James Frith Aye
Mr Jim Cunningham Aye
Mr John Baron No
Mr Khalid Mahmood Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Mark Prisk Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Nigel Evans No
Mr Paul Sweeney Aye
Mr Peter Bone No
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Stephen Hepburn No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi No
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Anne Main No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Madeleine Moon Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Ms Karen Buck Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Neil Coyle Aye
Neil Gray No
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nick Gibb Aye
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Pat McFadden Aye
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Farrelly Aye
Paul Girvan No
Paul Masterton Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Paula Sherriff Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Grant No
Peter Heaton-Jones Aye
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Dunne Aye
Priti Patel No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Reeves Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Pow No
Richard Burden Aye
Richard Drax No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Rosie Cooper No
Rosie Duffield Aye
Ross Thomson No
Royston Smith No
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth Cadbury Aye
Sandy Martin Aye
Sarah Champion Aye
Sarah Jones Aye
Scott Mann No
Seema Kennedy No
Seema Malhotra Aye
Shabana Mahmood Aye
Shailesh Vara No
Simon Hoare No Teller
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir Conor Burns No
Sir David Amess No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir David Lidington Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gary Streeter Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir George Howarth No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jake Berry No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir James Duddridge No Teller
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Kevin Barron Aye
Sir Mark Hendrick Aye
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Philip Davies No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Neill Aye
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sir Vince Cable Aye
Sir William Cash No
Stephanie Peacock Aye
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen Gethins No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen Kerr No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Morgan Aye
Stephen Pound No
Stephen Twigg Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Stewart Hosie No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Andrew No
Stuart C McDonald No
Suella Braverman No
Susan Elan Jones Aye
Thelma Walker Aye
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Loughton No
Tom Brake Aye
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tommy Sheppard No
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tony Lloyd Aye
Tracy Brabin Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Valerie Vaz Aye
Vicky Ford No
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Atkins No
Wayne David Aye
Wendy Morton No
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Wes Streeting Aye
Will Quince No
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