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Division 188 · 18 June 2018

Emergency Debate: Sewel Convention

At a glance

This division passed on 18 June 2018 by a margin of 37, with 88 Ayes and 51 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 82 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 31 votes. The 463 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Ian Blackford. This division took place during a debate on Sewel Convention.

88

Ayes

51

Noes

Passed

Result

136

Voted

Passed by 37 Ayes 88 / Noes 51

The motion

Proposed by Ian Blackford

I beg to move, That this House has considered the Sewel Convention. First, if I may, I want to commend all those involved in trying to save the iconic Mac building in the early hours of Saturday morning, and my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) who attended to make sure th…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 82 0 269
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 31 37
Lab Labour Voted No 0 13 182
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 4 4
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 3 20
Ind Independent No party whip 1 0 36
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 1 0 8
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 30
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 5
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 3
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 2
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 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
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alison Thewliss No
Alistair Burt Aye
Alun Cairns Aye
Amber Rudd Aye
Andrea Leadsom Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Griffiths Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Angela Crawley No
Barry Gardiner No
Ben Lake No
Bill Grant Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Lucas No
Carolyn Harris No
Charlie Elphicke Aye
Chris Bryant No
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christine Jardine No
Christopher Pincher Aye
Colin Clark Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Dame Amanda Milling Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Damian Collins Aye
Damian Hinds Aye
Damien Moore Aye
David Linden No Teller
David Mundell Aye
Derek Thomas Aye
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Drew Hendry No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Elizabeth Truss Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Hannah Bardell No
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Ian Murray No
James Cartlidge Aye
James Morris Aye
Jamie Stone No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John McNally No
John Penrose Aye
Jonathan Edwards No
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirstene Hair Aye
Kirsty Blackman No
Kwasi Kwarteng Aye
Lesley Laird No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Luke Graham Aye
Maggie Throup Aye
Marion Fellows No Teller
Mark Garnier Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Martin Whitfield No
Martyn Day No
Mhairi Black No
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye Teller
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael No
Mr Dennis Skinner No
Mr Dominic Grieve Aye
Mr Geoffrey Robinson No
Mr Nick Hurd Aye
Mr Paul Sweeney No
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena Aye
Mrs Kemi Badenoch Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Neil Gray No
Nigel Adams Aye
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No
Paul Masterton Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Grant No
Rebecca Harris Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Ross Thomson Aye
Sarah Newton Aye
Seema Kennedy Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir David Lidington Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir George Hollingbery Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin No
Stephen Gethins No
Stephen Kerr Aye
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Brine Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Andrew Aye
Stuart C McDonald No
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tommy Sheppard No
Wendy Morton Aye Teller
Will Quince Aye
Adam Afriyie —
Adam Holloway —
Afzal Khan —
Albert Owen —
Alex Burghart —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alison McGovern —
Amanda Solloway —
Andrew Bridgen —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andrew Percy —
Andrew Selous —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Rayner —
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 —
Bambos Charalambous —
Ben Bradley —
Bill Esterson —
Bim Afolami —
Bob Blackman —
Bob Seely —
Bob Stewart —
Boris Johnson —
Bridget Phillipson —
Caroline Ansell —
Caroline Flint —
Caroline Nokes —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Davies —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Green —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Philp —
Chris Ruane —
Chris Williamson —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Chuka Umunna —
Claire Perry —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
Craig Tracey —
Crispin Blunt —
Dame Andrea Jenkyns —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Caroline Dinenage —
Dame Caroline Spelman —
Dame Cheryl Gillan —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Harriett Baldwin —
Dame Karen Bradley —
Dame Louise Ellman —
Dame Maria Miller —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damian Green —
Dan Carden —
Dan Jarvis —
Daniel Kawczynski —
Daniel Zeichner —
Danielle Rowley —
Darren Jones —
David Davis —
David Duguid —
David Morris —
David Rutley —
David Simpson —
David T C Davies —
David Tredinnick —
David Warburton —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Dr Caroline Johnson —
Dr Dan Poulter —
Dr David Drew —
Dr James Davies —
Dr Matthew Offord —
Dr Paul Williams —
Dr Phillip Lee —
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Dr Sarah Wollaston —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Edward Argar —
Eleanor Smith —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Dent Coad —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Emma Little Pengelly —
Emma Reynolds —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Faisal Rashid —
Fiona Bruce —
Fiona Onasanya —
Gareth Johnson —
Gareth Snell —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Robinson —
Ged Killen —
George Eustice —
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 —
Graham Stuart —
Grahame Morris —
Grant Shapps —
Greg Clark —
Greg Hands —
Guto Bebb —
Guy Opperman —
Heidi Allen —
Helen Goodman —
Helen Grant —
Helen Hayes —
Helen Jones —
Helen Whately —
Henry Smith —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hugh Gaffney —
Huw Merriman —
Ian C. Lucas —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Paisley —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Brereton —
Jack Dromey —
Jack Lopresti —
James Brokenshire —
James Gray —
James Heappey —
Janet Daby —
Jared O'Mara —
Jason McCartney —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jeremy Lefroy —
Jess Phillips —
Jesse Norman —
Jessica Morden —
Jim Fitzpatrick —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Platt —
Jo Stevens —
Jo Swinson —
Joan Ryan —
John Glen —
John Grogan —
John Healey —
John Howell —
John Lamont —
John McDonnell —
John Stevenson —
Johnny Mercer —
Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Reynolds —
Judith Cummins —
Julia Lopez —
Julian Knight —
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 —
Kirsten Oswald —
Kit Malthouse —
Lady Hermon —
Laura Pidcock —
Laura Smith —
Layla Moran —
Lee Rowley —
Leo Docherty —
Liam Byrne —
Lilian Greenwood —
Lisa Nandy —
Liz Kendall —
Liz McInnes —
Liz Twist —
Lloyd Russell-Moyle —
Louise Haigh —
Lucy Allan —
Lucy Frazer —
Lucy Powell —
Luke Hall —
Luke Pollard —
Margaret Ferrier —
Margaret Greenwood —
Margot James —
Maria Caulfield —
Maria Eagle —
Mark Field —
Mark Menzies —
Mark Pawsey —
Mark Pritchard —
Marsha De Cordova —
Mary Creagh —
Mary Glindon —
Mary Robinson —
Matt Hancock —
Matt Rodda —
Matt Warman —
Matt Western —
Matthew Pennycook —
Melanie Onn —
Michael Fabricant —
Michael Tomlinson —
Mike Amesbury —
Mike Gapes —
Mike Hill —
Mike Kane —
Mohammad Yasin —
Mr Adrian Bailey —
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 Gavin Shuker —
Mr Gregory Campbell —
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger —
Mr Ivan Lewis —
Mr James Frith —
Mr Jim Cunningham —
Mr John Baron —
Mr Jonathan Djanogly —
Mr Jonathan Lord —
Mr Keith Simpson —
Mr Khalid Mahmood —
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 Peter Bone —
Mr Richard Bacon —
Mr Robin Walker —
Mr Roger Godsiff —
Mr Ronnie Campbell —
Mr Sam Gyimah —
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 Madeleine Moon —
Mrs Sheryll Murray —
Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Nadine Dorries —
Ms Nusrat Ghani —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Nadhim Zahawi —
Naz Shah —
Neil Coyle —
Neil O'Brien —
Neil Parish —
Nick Boles —
Nick Gibb —
Nick Smith —
Nick Thomas-Symonds —
Nigel Huddleston —
Nigel Mills —
Norman Lamb —
Órfhlaith Begley —
Owen Smith —
Owen Thompson —
Pat McFadden —
Paul Blomfield —
Paul Farrelly —
Paul Flynn —
Paul Girvan —
Paul Maskey —
Paul Scully —
Paula Sherriff —
Pete Wishart —
Peter Dowd —
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 Courts —
Robert Halfon —
Robert Jenrick —
Rory Stewart —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
Royston Smith —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth George —
Sammy Wilson —
Sandy Martin —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Olney —
Scott Mann —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Shailesh Vara —
Simon Hoare —
Sir Alan Campbell —
Sir Alan Duncan —
Sir Andrew Mitchell —
Sir Brandon Lewis —
Sir Charles Walker —
Sir Christopher Chope —
Sir Conor Burns —
Sir David Amess —
Sir David Crausby —
Sir David Evennett —
Sir Edward Leigh —
Sir Gary Streeter —
Sir Gavin Williamson —
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown —
Sir Geoffrey Cox —
Sir George Howarth —
Sir Greg Knight —
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg —
Sir Jake Berry —
Sir James Cleverly —
Sir James Duddridge —
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson —
Sir Jeremy Hunt —
Sir Jeremy Quin —
Sir Jeremy Wright —
Sir John Whittingdale —
Sir Keir Starmer —
Sir Kevin Barron —
Sir Liam Fox —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
Sir Mark Hendrick —
Sir Mark Tami —
Sir Mel Stride —
Sir Michael Ellis —
Sir Michael Fallon —
Sir Mike Penning —
Sir Oliver Dowden —
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 —
Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Crabb —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Hammond —
Stephen Kinnock —
Stephen Lloyd —
Stephen McPartland —
Stephen Metcalfe —
Stephen Pound —
Stephen Twigg —
Steve Barclay —
Steve Double —
Steve Reed —
Stewart Hosie —
Suella Braverman —
Susan Elan Jones —
Teresa Pearce —
Thelma Walker —
Tim Farron —
Tom Brake —
Tom Tugendhat —
Tonia Antoniazzi —
Tony Lloyd —
Tracy Brabin —
Trudy Harrison —
Tulip Siddiq —
Valerie Vaz —
Vicky Ford —
Vicky Foxcroft —
Victoria Atkins —
Wayne David —
Wera Hobhouse —
Wes Streeting —
Yasmin Qureshi —
Yvette Cooper —
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