Division 141 · 27 April 2018

Motion to sit in private

Tax

At a glance

This division was rejected on 27 April 2018 by a margin of 67, with 2 Ayes and 69 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 2 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 42 votes. There were 3 rebel votes — MPs voting against their party's majority. The 526 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin — enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Philip Davies. This division took place during a debate on Prayers.

2

Ayes

69

Noes

Rejected

Result

72

Voted

Rejected by 67 Ayes 2 / Noes 69

The motion

Proposed by Philip Davies

I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163 ). The House proceeded to a Division .

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 2 rebels 2 42 272
Lab Labour Voted No 1 rebel 1 26 183
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 1 0 36
Ind Independent No party whip 0 0 36
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 28
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 19
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 8
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 5
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 3
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
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
Alex Chalk No
Angela Rayner No
Bambos Charalambous No
Cat Smith No
Chris Bryant No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Philp No
Christopher Pincher No
Craig Tracey No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Meg Hillier No
David Morris Aye Teller
David Warburton No
Dr Rupa Huq No
Edward Argar No
Ellie Reeves No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Johnson Aye Teller
George Eustice No
Graham Stuart No
Guto Bebb No
Henry Smith No
Holly Lynch No
James Cartlidge No
James Heappey No
Jim Fitzpatrick Aye
Jim McMahon No
Jo Stevens No
John Grogan No
Jonathan Reynolds No
Judith Cummins No
Julian Knight No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kevin Foster No
Laura Pidcock No
Laura Smith No
Lesley Laird No
Louise Haigh No
Maggie Throup No
Margot James No
Maria Eagle No
Mark Field No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Jim Cunningham No
Mr Khalid Mahmood No
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Sam Gyimah No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Nick Smith No
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Nigel Huddleston No
Patrick Grady Aye
Rebecca Harris No Teller
Robert Courts No
Rory Stewart No
Sarah Newton No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Stephanie Peacock No
Stephen Crabb No
Tom Pursglove No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Wendy Morton No Teller
Adam Afriyie
Adam Holloway
Afzal Khan
Alan Brown
Alan Mak
Albert Owen
Alberto Costa
Alex Burghart
Alex Cunningham
Alex Norris
Alex Sobel
Alison McGovern
Alison Thewliss
Alistair Burt
Alun Cairns
Amanda Solloway
Amber Rudd
Andrea Leadsom
Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bridgen
Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Gwynne
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
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Anneliese Dodds
Antoinette Sandbach
Barry Gardiner
Ben Bradley
Ben Lake
Bill Esterson
Bill Grant
Bim Afolami
Bob Blackman
Bob Seely
Bob Stewart
Boris Johnson
Brendan O'Hara
Bridget Phillipson
Carol Monaghan
Caroline Ansell
Caroline Flint
Caroline Lucas
Caroline Nokes
Carolyn Harris
Catherine McKinnell
Catherine West
Charlie Elphicke
Chloe Smith
Chris Davies
Chris Elmore
Chris Evans
Chris Green
Chris Hazzard
Chris Law
Chris Ruane
Chris Skidmore
Chris Stephens
Chris Williamson
Christian Matheson
Christina Rees
Christine Jardine
Chuka Umunna
Claire Perry
Clive Efford
Clive Lewis
Colin Clark
Colleen Fletcher
Conor McGinn
Craig Whittaker
Crispin Blunt
Dame Amanda Milling
Dame Andrea Jenkyns
Dame Angela Eagle
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Spelman
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
Dame Louise Ellman
Dame Maria Miller
Dame Nia Griffith
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Tracey Crouch
Damian Collins
Damian Green
Damian Hinds
Damien Moore
Dan Carden
Dan Jarvis
Daniel Kawczynski
Daniel Zeichner
Danielle Rowley
Darren Jones
David Davis
David Duguid
David Linden
David Mundell
David Rutley
David Simpson
David T C Davies
David Tredinnick
Dawn Butler
Debbie Abrahams
Deidre Brock
Derek Thomas
Derek Twigg
Dominic Raab
Douglas Chapman
Douglas Ross
Dr Andrew Murrison
Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Dan Poulter
Dr David Drew
Dr James Davies
Dr Lisa Cameron
Dr Matthew Offord
Dr Paul Williams
Dr Philippa Whitford
Dr Phillip Lee
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Dr Sarah Wollaston
Drew Hendry
Ed Davey
Ed Miliband
Eddie Hughes
Eleanor Smith
Elizabeth Truss
Emily Thornberry
Emma Dent Coad
Emma Hardy
Emma Lewell
Emma Little Pengelly
Emma Reynolds
Esther McVey
Fabian Hamilton
Faisal Rashid
Fiona Onasanya
Gareth Snell
Gareth Thomas
Gavin Newlands
Gavin Robinson
Ged Killen
George Freeman
Geraint Davies
Gerald Jones
Giles Watling
Gill Furniss
Gillian Keegan
Gloria De Piero
Glyn Davies
Gordon Henderson
Gordon Marsden
Graham P Jones
Graham Stringer
Grahame Morris
Grant Shapps
Greg Clark
Greg Hands
Guy Opperman
Hannah Bardell
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Allen
Helen Goodman
Helen Grant
Helen Hayes
Helen Jones
Helen Whately
Hilary Benn
Hugh Gaffney
Huw Merriman
Hywel Williams
Iain Stewart
Ian Blackford
Ian C. Lucas
Ian Lavery
Ian Mearns
Ian Murray
Ian Paisley
Imran Hussain
Jack Brereton
Jack Dromey
Jack Lopresti
James Brokenshire
James Gray
James Morris
Jamie Stone
Jared O'Mara
Jason McCartney
Jeff Smith
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Lefroy
Jess Phillips
Jesse Norman
Jessica Morden
Jim Shannon
Jo Churchill
Jo Platt
Jo Swinson
Joan Ryan
Joanna Cherry
John Glen
John Healey
John Howell
John Lamont
John McDonnell
John McNally
John Penrose
John Stevenson
Johnny Mercer
Jon Cruddas
Jon Trickett
Jonathan Ashworth
Jonathan Edwards
Julia Lopez
Julian Sturdy
Julie Cooper
Justin Madders
Justin Tomlinson
Justine Greening
Karen Lee
Karin Smyth
Karl McCartney
Karl Turner
Kate Green
Kate Hollern
Kate Osamor
Keith Vaz
Kelvin Hopkins
Kerry McCarthy
Kevin Hollinrake
Kirsten Oswald
Kirstene Hair
Kirsty Blackman
Kit Malthouse
Kwasi Kwarteng
Lady Hermon
Layla Moran
Lee Rowley
Leo Docherty
Liam Byrne
Lilian Greenwood
Lisa Nandy
Liz Kendall
Liz McInnes
Liz Saville Roberts
Liz Twist
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Lucy Allan
Lucy Frazer
Lucy Powell
Luke Graham
Luke Hall
Luke Pollard
Margaret Ferrier
Margaret Greenwood
Maria Caulfield
Marion Fellows
Mark Garnier
Mark Menzies
Mark Pawsey
Mark Pritchard
Marsha De Cordova
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Martin Vickers
Martin Whitfield
Martyn Day
Mary Creagh
Mary Glindon
Mary Robinson
Matt Hancock
Matt Rodda
Matt Warman
Matt Western
Matthew Pennycook
Melanie Onn
Mhairi Black
Michael Fabricant
Mike Amesbury
Mike Freer
Mike Gapes
Mike Hill
Mike Kane
Mike Wood
Mims Davies
Mr Adrian Bailey
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 Marcus Jones
Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Prisk
Mr Nicholas Brown
Mr Nigel Evans
Mr Owen Paterson
Mr Paul Sweeney
Mr Peter Bone
Mr Ranil Jayawardena
Mr Richard Bacon
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
Mr William Wragg
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 Karen Buck
Ms Marie Rimmer
Ms Nadine Dorries
Ms Stella Creasy
Nadhim Zahawi
Naz Shah
Neil Coyle
Neil Gray
Neil O'Brien
Neil Parish
Nick Boles
Nick Gibb
Nigel Adams
Nigel Mills
Norman Lamb
Owen Smith
Owen Thompson
Pat McFadden
Patricia Gibson
Paul Blomfield
Paul Farrelly
Paul Flynn
Paul Girvan
Paul Maskey
Paul Masterton
Paul Maynard
Paul Scully
Paula Sherriff
Penny Mordaunt
Pete Wishart
Peter Aldous
Peter Dowd
Peter Grant
Peter Heaton-Jones
Peter Kyle
Philip Dunne
Preet Kaur Gill
Priti Patel
Rachael Maskell
Rachel Reeves
Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Pow
Rehman Chishti
Richard Burden
Richard Burgon
Richard Drax
Richard Graham
Rishi Sunak
Robert Halfon
Robert Jenrick
Ronnie Cowan
Rosie Cooper
Rosie Duffield
Ross Thomson
Royston Smith
Rushanara Ali
Ruth Cadbury
Ruth George
Sammy Wilson
Sandy Martin
Sarah Champion
Sarah Jones
Sarah Olney
Scott Mann
Seema Kennedy
Seema Malhotra
Shabana Mahmood
Shailesh Vara
Simon Hoare
Sir Alan Campbell
Sir Alan Duncan
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bill Wiggin
Sir Brandon Lewis
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 George Howarth
Sir Greg Knight
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Jake Berry
Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Duddridge
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Sir John Hayes
Sir John Whittingdale
Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Smith
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Kevin Barron
Sir Liam Fox
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Spencer
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 Stephen Timms
Sir Vince Cable
Sir William Cash
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Gethins
Stephen Hammond
Stephen Kerr
Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Lloyd
Stephen McPartland
Stephen Metcalfe
Stephen Morgan
Stephen Pound
Stephen Twigg
Steve Barclay
Steve Brine
Steve Double
Steve Reed
Stewart Hosie
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Stuart Andrew
Stuart C McDonald
Suella Braverman
Susan Elan Jones
Teresa Pearce
Thelma Walker
Theresa Villiers
Tim Farron
Tim Loughton
Tom Brake
Tom Tugendhat
Tommy Sheppard
Tonia Antoniazzi
Tony Lloyd
Tracy Brabin
Trudy Harrison
Tulip Siddiq
Valerie Vaz
Vicky Ford
Victoria Atkins
Wayne David
Wera Hobhouse
Wes Streeting
Will Quince
Yasmin Qureshi
Yvette Cooper
Yvonne Fovargue
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