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Division 414 · 10 April 2019

Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent

At a glance

This division passed on 10 April 2019 by a margin of 208, with 241 Ayes and 33 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 180 votes. The largest No bloc was Scottish National Party with 30 votes. The 345 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Secretary of State for Defence. This division took place during a debate on Continuous At-Sea Deterrent.

241

Ayes

33

Noes

Passed

Result

254

Voted

Passed by 208 Ayes 241 / Noes 33

The motion

Proposed by The Secretary of State for Defence

I beg to move, That this House has considered the 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent. Half a century ago, HMS Resolution glided into the Clyde and sailed into the history books. That was the start of our longest sustained military operation—Operation Relentless—and the beginning of…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 180 0 277
SNP Scottish National Party Voted No 0 30 37
Lab Labour Voted Aye 29 0 188
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 7 0 9
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 4 4
Ind Independent No party whip 3 0 28
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 26
LD Liberal Democrat No clear majority 0 0 18
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 4
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.

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No
Did not vote

Individual votes

MP Vote
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Brown No
Alan Mak Aye
Alberto Costa Aye
Alex Chalk Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alison Thewliss No
Alistair Burt Aye
Amber Rudd Aye
Andrew Bowie Aye
Andrew Griffiths Aye
Andrew Jones Aye
Andrew Lewer Aye
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Stephenson Aye
Andy Slaughter Aye
Anna Soubry Aye
Anne Marie Morris Aye
Anne Milton Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan Aye
Antoinette Sandbach Aye
Bambos Charalambous Aye
Ben Lake No
Bill Grant Aye
Bim Afolami Aye
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely Aye
Boris Johnson Aye
Brendan O'Hara No
Carol Monaghan No
Caroline Lucas No
Caroline Nokes Aye
Chloe Smith Aye
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Davies Aye
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Green Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris Aye
Chris Law No
Chris Skidmore Aye
Chris Stephens No
Christian Matheson Aye
Christina Rees Aye
Christopher Pincher Aye
Claire Perry Aye
Craig Tracey Aye
Craig Whittaker Aye
Dame Amanda Milling Aye Teller
Dame Caroline Spelman Aye
Dame Cheryl Gillan Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price Aye
Dame Nia Griffith Aye
Damian Green Aye
Damien Moore Aye
Daniel Kawczynski Aye
David Davis Aye
David Duguid Aye
David Linden No
David Morris Aye
David Mundell Aye
David Rutley Aye
David Simpson Aye
Deidre Brock No
Douglas Chapman No
Douglas Ross Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron No
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Philippa Whitford No
Dr Sarah Wollaston Aye
Drew Hendry No
Eddie Hughes Aye
Edward Argar Aye
Emma Little Pengelly Aye
Fiona Bruce Aye
Gareth Snell Aye
Gavin Newlands No
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Eustice Aye
George Freeman Aye
Gerald Jones Aye
Gillian Keegan Aye
Greg Clark Aye
Guto Bebb Aye
Guy Opperman Aye
Hannah Bardell No
Henry Smith Aye
Huw Merriman Aye
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart Aye
Ian Blackford No
Jack Lopresti Aye
James Brokenshire Aye
James Cartlidge Aye
James Gray Aye
James Morris Aye
Jeremy Lefroy Aye
Jesse Norman Aye
Jim Shannon Aye
Joanna Cherry No
John Glen Aye
John Healey Aye
John Lamont Aye
John McNally No
John Penrose Aye
John Stevenson Aye
Jonathan Edwards No
Julia Lopez Aye
Julian Knight Aye
Kelly Tolhurst Aye
Kevin Foster Aye
Kevin Hollinrake Aye
Kirstene Hair Aye
Kirsty Blackman No
Kit Malthouse Aye
Lady Hermon Aye
Lee Rowley Aye
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist Aye
Lucy Frazer Aye
Luke Graham Aye
Luke Hall Aye
Luke Pollard Aye
Maggie Throup Aye
Margot James Aye
Maria Caulfield Aye
Marion Fellows No Teller
Mark Field Aye
Mark Garnier Aye
Mark Menzies Aye
Marsha De Cordova Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes No
Martin Vickers Aye
Martyn Day No
Mary Creagh Aye
Matt Warman Aye
Matt Western Aye
Michael Fabricant Aye
Michael Tomlinson Aye
Michelle Donelan Aye
Mike Freer Aye
Mike Wood Aye
Mims Davies Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Gauke Aye
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr Dominic Grieve Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson Aye
Mr Marcus Jones Aye
Mr Mark Francois Aye
Mr Mark Prisk Aye
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Nick Hurd Aye
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Richard Bacon Aye
Mr Steve Baker Aye
Mr Tobias Ellwood Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler Aye
Mrs Madeleine Moon Aye
Mrs Pauline Latham Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani Aye
Neil Gray No
Neil O'Brien Aye
Neil Parish Aye
Nick Gibb Aye
Nick Smith Aye
Nigel Adams Aye
Nigel Huddleston Aye
Patricia Gibson No
Patrick Grady No Teller
Paul Girvan Aye
Paul Masterton Aye
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully Aye
Penny Mordaunt Aye
Peter Aldous Aye
Peter Grant No
Peter Heaton-Jones Aye
Philip Dunne Aye
Priti Patel Aye
Rebecca Harris Aye Teller
Rebecca Pow Aye
Rehman Chishti Aye
Richard Graham Aye
Rishi Sunak Aye
Robert Courts Aye
Ronnie Cowan No
Rory Stewart Aye
Rosie Cooper Aye
Ross Thomson Aye
Royston Smith Aye
Sarah Newton Aye
Seema Kennedy Aye
Shailesh Vara Aye
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Bernard Jenkin Aye
Sir Bill Wiggin Aye
Sir Charles Walker Aye
Sir Conor Burns Aye
Sir David Amess Aye
Sir David Lidington Aye
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Gavin Williamson Aye
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg Aye
Sir Jake Berry Aye
Sir James Cleverly Aye
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin Aye
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale Aye
Sir Julian Lewis Aye
Sir Julian Smith Aye
Sir Mark Spencer Aye
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride Aye
Sir Michael Ellis Aye
Sir Michael Fallon Aye
Sir Mike Penning Aye
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Letwin Aye
Sir Paul Beresford Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley Aye
Sir Robert Buckland Aye
Sir Robert Neill Aye
Sir Sajid Javid Aye
Sir Simon Clarke Aye
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephen Gethins No
Stephen Hammond Aye
Stephen Kerr Aye
Steve Double Aye
Stewart Hosie No
Stewart Malcolm McDonald No
Stuart Andrew Aye
Stuart C McDonald No
Theresa Villiers Aye
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Pursglove Aye
Tom Tugendhat Aye
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tracy Brabin Aye
Vicky Ford Aye
Wayne David Aye
Wendy Morton Aye
Will Quince Aye
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