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Division 243 · 20 April 2016

Energy Bill: Lords amendment 7T

Government Bill Energy

At a glance

This division passed on 20 April 2016 by a margin of 69, with 293 Ayes and 224 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 259 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 150 votes. The 111 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change. This division took place during a debate on Energy Bill [Lords]. This division is linked to the Energy Act 2008 (Government Bill).

293

Ayes

224

Noes

Passed

Result

469

Voted

Passed by 69 Ayes 293 / Noes 224

Bill context

Bill Energy Act 2008
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Mr John Hutton
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change

I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 7A.

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 259 0 290
Lab Labour Voted No 0 150 191
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 42 54
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 5 12
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 4 0 6
Ind Independent No party whip 0 3 12
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 2 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 2 2
UUP Ulster Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 1
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 5
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 1
SF Sinn Féin 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 Aye
Adam Holloway Aye
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Albert Owen No
Alex Cunningham No
Alison McGovern No
Alistair Burt Aye
Alun Cairns Aye
Amanda Solloway Aye
Amber Rudd Aye
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bingham Aye
Andrew Bridgen Aye
Andrew Griffiths Aye
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Percy Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Burnham No
Andy McDonald No
Andy Slaughter No
Angela Crawley No
Angela Rayner No
Angela Smith No
Angus Brendan MacNeil No
Angus Robertson No
Ann Clwyd No
Ann Coffey No
Anna Soubry Aye
Anna Turley No
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne McLaughlin No
Anne Milton Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Antoinette Sandbach Aye
Ben Gummer Aye
Ben Howlett Aye
Bill Esterson No
Boris Johnson Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Callum McCaig No
Calum Kerr No
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Ansell Aye
Caroline Flint No
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Cat Smith No
Catherine McKinnell No
Catherine West No
Charlie Elphicke Aye
Charlotte Leslie Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Bryant No
Chris Davies Aye
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Philp Aye
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Chris White Aye
Christian Matheson No
Christina Rees No
Christopher Pincher Aye
Chuka Umunna No
Claire Perry Aye
Clive Efford No
Clive Lewis No
Colleen Fletcher No
Corri Wilson No
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Craig Williams Aye
Crispin Blunt Aye
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aye
Dame Angela Eagle No
Dame Angela Watkinson Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage Aye
Dame Caroline Spelman Aye
Dame Cheryl Gillan Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Diana Johnson No
Dame Harriett Baldwin Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye Teller
Dame Karen Bradley Aye
Dame Louise Ellman No
Dame Maria Miller Aye
Dame Meg Hillier No
Dame Nia Griffith No
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
Daniel Zeichner No
Danny Kinahan Aye
David Davis Aye
David Mackintosh Aye
David Morris Aye
David Mowat Aye
David Rutley Aye
David Simpson Aye
David Tredinnick Aye
David Warburton Aye
Debbie Abrahams No
Derek Thomas Aye
Derek Twigg No
Dominic Raab Aye
Dr Alasdair McDonnell No
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Dan Poulter Aye
Dr Eilidh Whiteford No
Dr James Davies Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Dr Phillip Lee Aye
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods No
Dr Sarah Wollaston Aye
Dr Tania Mathias Aye
Drew Hendry No
Ed Miliband No
Edward Argar Aye
Emily Thornberry No
Emma Lewell No
Fabian Hamilton No
Fiona Bruce Aye
Fiona Mactaggart No
Gareth Johnson Aye
Gareth Thomas No
Gavin Newlands No
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Freeman Aye
George Kerevan No
Gerald Jones No
Gloria De Piero No
Glyn Davies Aye
Gordon Henderson Aye
Gordon Marsden No
Graham P Jones No
Graham Stuart Aye
Grahame Morris No
Grant Shapps Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Greg Hands Aye
Greg Mulholland No
Guto Bebb Aye
Guy Opperman Aye Teller
Heidi Alexander No
Heidi Allen Aye
Helen Goodman No
Helen Grant Aye
Helen Hayes No
Helen Jones No
Helen Whately Aye
Henry Smith Aye
Hilary Benn No
Holly Lynch No
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian C. Lucas No
Ian Lavery No
Ian Mearns No
Ian Paisley Aye
Imran Hussain No
Jack Dromey No
Jack Lopresti Aye
James Berry Aye
James Brokenshire Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Gray Aye
James Heappey Aye
James Morris Aye
Jane Ellison Aye
Jason McCartney Aye
Jeff Smith No Teller
Jeremy Lefroy Aye
Jess Phillips No
Jesse Norman Aye
Jessica Morden No
Jim Dowd No
Jim Fitzpatrick No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Jo Cox No
Jo Stevens No
Joan Ryan No
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen Aye
John McNally No
John Nicolson No
John Penrose Aye
John Pugh No
John Stevenson Aye
Johnny Mercer Aye
Jon Cruddas No
Jon Trickett No
Jonathan Ashworth No
Jonathan Reynolds No
Judith Cummins No
Julian Knight Aye
Julian Sturdy Aye
Justin Madders No
Justin Tomlinson Aye
Justine Greening Aye
Karen Lumley Aye
Karin Smyth No
Karl McCartney Aye
Kate Green No
Kelvin Hopkins No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirsten Oswald No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Kris Hopkins Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Lady Hermon No
Lilian Greenwood No
Liz Kendall No
Liz McInnes No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Lucy Allan Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Maggie Throup Aye
Margaret Ferrier No
Margaret Greenwood No
Margot James Aye
Maria Caulfield Aye
Maria Eagle No
Marion Fellows No
Mark Durkan No
Mark Field Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Mark Pawsey Aye
Martin Vickers Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Creagh No
Mary Glindon No
Mary Robinson Aye
Matt Hancock Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Matthew Pennycook No
Melanie Onn No
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
Michelle Thomson No
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Gapes No
Mike Kane No
Mike Weir No
Mims Davies Aye
Mr Adrian Bailey No
Mr Andrew Smith No
Mr Andrew Turner Aye
Mr Barry Sheerman No
Mr Ben Bradshaw No
Mr Ben Wallace Aye
Mr Chris Leslie No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr David Burrowes Aye
Mr David Gauke Aye
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr David Nuttall Aye
Mr David Winnick No
Mr Dennis Skinner No
Mr Dominic Grieve Aye
Mr Gavin Shuker No
Mr Geoffrey Robinson No
Mr George Osborne Aye
Mr Graham Allen No
Mr Iain Wright No
Mr Ivan Lewis No
Mr Jamie Reed No
Mr Jim Cunningham No
Mr John Baron Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord Aye
Mr Keith Simpson Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Mark Prisk Aye
Mr Mark Williams No
Mr Nicholas Brown No
Mr Nick Hurd Aye
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Peter Bone Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Rob Wilson Aye
Mr Robin Walker Aye
Mr Ronnie Campbell No
Mr Sam Gyimah Aye
Mr Stephen Hepburn No
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr Tobias Ellwood Aye
Mr Toby Perkins No
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Anne Main Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler Aye
Mrs Madeleine Moon No
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Ms Stella Creasy No
Nadhim Zahawi Aye
Natalie McGarry No
Naz Shah No
Neil Carmichael Aye
Neil Gray No
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Boles Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nick Smith No
Nick Thomas-Symonds No
Nigel Adams Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Nigel Mills Aye
Norman Lamb No
Oliver Colvile Aye
Owen Thompson No
Pat McFadden No
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Blomfield No
Paul Farrelly No
Paul Flynn No
Paul Maynard Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Pete Wishart No
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Dowd No
Peter Grant No
Peter Heaton-Jones Aye
Peter Kyle No
Philip Boswell No
Priti Patel Aye
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Reeves No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Arkless No
Richard Burden No
Richard Burgon No
Richard Drax Aye
Richard Fuller Aye
Rishi Sunak Aye
Rob Marris No
Robert Flello No
Robert Halfon Aye
Robert Jenrick Aye
Roger Mullin No
Ronnie Cowan No
Rory Stewart Aye
Rosie Cooper No
Royston Smith Aye
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Sarah Newton Aye
Scott Mann Aye
Seema Kennedy Aye
Shabana Mahmood No
Shailesh Vara Aye
Simon Hoare Aye
Simon Kirby Aye
Sir Alan Campbell No
Sir Alan Duncan Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir Brandon Lewis Aye
Sir Charles Walker Aye
Sir Christopher Chope Aye
Sir Conor Burns Aye
Sir David Amess Aye
Sir David Evennett Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Gary Streeter Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir George Hollingbery Aye
Sir Gerald Howarth Aye
Sir Gerald Kaufman No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir Jake Berry Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir James Duddridge Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir Jeremy Wright Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Brazier Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Keir Starmer No
Sir Kevin Barron No
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Michael Fallon Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Sir Oliver Dowden Aye
Sir Oliver Heald Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Robert Buckland Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill Aye
Sir Robert Syms Aye
Sir Sajid Javid Aye
Sir Simon Burns Aye
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephen Crabb Aye
Stephen Doughty No
Stephen Gethins No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen McPartland Aye
Stephen Metcalfe Aye
Stephen Phillips Aye
Stephen Pound No
Stephen Twigg No
Steve Barclay Aye
Steve Brine Aye
Steve Double Aye
Steve Reed No
Steve Rotheram No
Steven Paterson No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Andrew Aye
Stuart Blair Donaldson No
Stuart C McDonald No
Suella Braverman Aye
Susan Elan Jones No
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Blenkinsop No
Tom Brake No
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tristram Hunt No
Valerie Vaz No
Vicky Foxcroft No Teller
Victoria Atkins Aye
Victoria Borwick Aye
Wayne David No
Wendy Morton Aye
Wes Streeting No
Will Quince Aye
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yvette Cooper No
Yvonne Fovargue No
Alan Johnson —
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Alex Chalk —
Alex Salmond —
Alison Thewliss —
Andrew Rosindell —
Barry Gardiner —
Bob Blackman —
Bob Stewart —
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Carolyn Harris —
Chris Evans —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Williamson —
Conor McGinn —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
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David Mundell —
David T C Davies —
Dawn Butler —
Deidre Brock —
Douglas Chapman —
Dr Paul Monaghan —
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Elizabeth Truss —
Emma Reynolds —
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Graham Stringer —
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Ian Murray —
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Jo Swinson —
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John McDonnell —
Jonathan Edwards —
Julie Cooper —
Karl Turner —
Kate Hollern —
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Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
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Mike Wood —
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Sarah Champion —
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