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Division 113 · 31 January 2018

Restoration and Renewal (No. 1) (as amended)

What this vote was about

The Palace of Westminster, the historic building housing the House of Commons and House of Lords, needs major repairs to its ageing electrics, plumbing, stonework and fire safety. On 31 January 2018 MPs debated how to carry out this "restoration and renewal" work, choosing between doing a limited amount while Parliament stayed put or committing to a fuller programme. This division was on the motion as amended by an amendment moved by Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee. The amended motion committed the House to the more comprehensive approach: a full "decant", meaning MPs and peers would temporarily move out so the whole building could be refurbished, overseen by a dedicated delivery authority and sponsor body modelled on the way the London Olympics were delivered. The House agreed the amended motion by 234 votes to 185, backing the full move-out option and the creation of the bodies to manage the project.

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At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 148 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 155 votes. There were 68 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 210 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).

234

Ayes

185

Noes

Passed

Result

388

Voted

Passed by 49 Ayes 234 / Noes 185

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 60 rebels 60 155 282
Lab Labour Voted Aye 7 rebels 148 7 217
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 7 0 17
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 1 rebel 1 5 9
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 2 36
Ind Independent No party whip 1 1 21
Green Green Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 7
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 3
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
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 Mak No
Albert Owen Aye
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alex Norris Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alistair Burt Aye
Andrea Leadsom 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 Smith Aye
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
Bill Esterson Aye
Bill Grant No
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Seely Aye
Bob Stewart No
Boris Johnson No
Bridget Phillipson Aye
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 Philp No
Chris Skidmore Aye
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 Aye
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 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 Mundell Aye
David Rutley No
David Simpson No
David Tredinnick Aye
Derek Thomas No
Derek Twigg Aye
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Paul Williams Aye
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Aye
Dr Sarah Wollaston Aye
Ed Davey Aye
Ed Miliband Aye
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Elizabeth Truss No
Emma Hardy Aye
Emma Lewell Aye
Esther McVey No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Johnson No
Gareth Snell Aye
Gareth Thomas Aye
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 Clark No
Greg Hands No
Helen Goodman No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith Aye
Hilary Benn Aye
Holly Lynch Aye
Hugh Gaffney Aye
Iain Stewart 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 Lefroy Aye
Jess Phillips Aye
Jessica Morden Aye
Jim Fitzpatrick Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Stevens Aye
John Glen No
John Grogan Aye
John Healey Aye
John Howell No
John Lamont Aye
John McDonnell Aye
John Penrose No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jonathan Ashworth Aye
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
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 Twist Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer 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 Vickers No
Martin Whitfield Aye
Mary Creagh Aye
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Warman No
Matt Western Aye
Melanie Onn Aye
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 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 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 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
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Farrelly Aye
Paul Girvan No
Paul Masterton Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Paula Sherriff Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones Aye
Peter Kyle 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
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 Alan Duncan Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis 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 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 Hammond Aye
Stephen Kerr No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Morgan Aye
Stephen Twigg Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Stuart Andrew 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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Alun Cairns —
Amanda Solloway —
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Andrew Selous —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
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Ann Clwyd —
Anne Marie Morris —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anne Milton —
Ben Lake —
Brendan O'Hara —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Ansell —
Caroline Nokes —
Catherine West —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Stephens —
Chuka Umunna —
Claire Perry —
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Colleen Fletcher —
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