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Division 434 · 15 July 2019

High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Report Stage New Clause 5

What this vote was about

This vote came during the report stage of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill, which authorised the next phase of the HS2 railway. New Clause 5, tabled by Conservative backbencher Antoinette Sandbach with cross-party support, sought to curb HS2 Ltd's use of non-disclosure agreements by having an independent assessor review them and letting only those genuinely justified on commercial-confidentiality grounds stand, so that whistleblowers and elected representatives could speak more freely about the project. The clause was rejected by 246 votes to 217, so the restriction was not added to the Bill.

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At a glance

The largest Aye bloc was Labour with 172 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 220 votes. There were 11 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. The 175 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by Rachael Maskell. This division took place during a debate on High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill.

217

Ayes

246

Noes

Rejected

Result

423

Voted

Rejected by 29 Ayes 217 / Noes 246

Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 11 rebels 11 220 282
Lab Labour Voted Aye 172 0 210
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 7 0 16
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 6 9
Ind Independent No party whip 4 1 18
PC Plaid Cymru Voted Aye 2 0 4
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 36
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 11
IGC The Independent Group for Change No clear majority 0 0 5
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 3
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
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
Adam Holloway No
Afzal Khan Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham Aye
Alex Norris Aye
Alex Sobel Aye
Alison McGovern Aye
Alistair Burt No
Alun Cairns No
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Griffiths No
Andrew Gwynne Aye
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Lewer No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy McDonald Aye
Angela Rayner Aye
Anna McMorrin Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne Milton No
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
Bridget Phillipson Aye
Caroline Flint Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Carolyn Harris Aye
Cat Smith Aye
Catherine West Aye
Charlie Elphicke No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Bryant Aye
Chris Elmore Aye
Chris Evans Aye
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Philp No
Chris Ruane Aye
Chris Skidmore No
Christian Matheson Aye
Christopher Pincher No
Chuka Umunna Aye
Clive Efford Aye
Clive Lewis Aye
Colin Clark No
Colleen Fletcher Aye Teller
Conor McGinn Aye
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No Teller
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Angela Eagle Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Caroline Spelman No
Dame Cheryl Gillan Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah Aye
Dame Diana Johnson Aye
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Louise Ellman Aye
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Meg Hillier Aye
Dame Siobhain McDonagh Aye
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Damien Moore No
Dan Carden Aye
Dan Jarvis Aye
Daniel Kawczynski No
Daniel Zeichner Aye
Darren Jones Aye
David Duguid No
David Morris No
David Rutley No
David Simpson No
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Dawn Butler Aye
Debbie Abrahams Aye
Derek Thomas No
Douglas Ross No
Dr Andrew Murrison No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods Aye
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan Aye
Dr Rupa Huq Aye
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Eleanor Smith Aye
Elizabeth Truss No
Emily Thornberry Aye
Emma Hardy Aye
Emma Lewell Aye
Emma Reynolds Aye
Esther McVey Aye
Fabian Hamilton Aye
Faisal Rashid Aye
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Johnson No
Gareth Snell Aye
Gavin Robinson No
Ged Killen Aye
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Gerald Jones Aye
Giles Watling No
Gill Furniss Aye
Gillian Keegan No
Gloria De Piero Aye
Glyn Davies No
Gordon Henderson No
Gordon Marsden Aye
Graham P Jones Aye
Graham Stringer Aye
Graham Stuart No
Grahame Morris Aye
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Guy Opperman No
Heidi Allen Aye
Helen Goodman Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Hayes Aye
Helen Jones Aye
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Hilary Benn Aye
Hugh Gaffney Aye
Huw Merriman No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Lavery Aye
Ian Mearns Aye
Ian Murray Aye
Ian Paisley No
Imran Hussain Aye
Jack Brereton No
Jack Dromey Aye
Jack Lopresti No
James Brokenshire No
James Cartlidge No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
Jamie Stone Aye
Janet Daby Aye
Jeff Smith Aye Teller
Jeremy Lefroy Aye
Jess Phillips Aye
Jesse Norman No
Jim Fitzpatrick Aye
Jim McMahon Aye
Jim Shannon No
Jo Churchill No
Jo Platt Aye
John Glen No
John Grogan Aye
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John Penrose No
Jon Cruddas Aye
Jonathan Ashworth Aye
Jonathan Edwards Aye
Jonathan Reynolds Aye
Julia Lopez No
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Cooper Aye
Justin Madders Aye
Justin Tomlinson No
Karen Lee Aye
Karin Smyth Aye
Karl Turner Aye
Kate Green Aye
Kate Hollern Aye
Kate Osamor Aye
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kelvin Hopkins Aye
Kerry McCarthy Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirstene Hair No
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Laura Pidcock Aye
Laura Smith Aye
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty No
Lilian Greenwood Aye
Lisa Nandy Aye
Liz McInnes Aye
Liz Saville Roberts Aye
Liz Twist Aye
Louise Haigh Aye
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Graham No
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard Aye
Maggie Throup No
Margaret Greenwood Aye
Maria Caulfield No
Maria Eagle Aye
Mark Field No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Marsha De Cordova Aye
Martin Vickers No
Mary Creagh Aye
Mary Glindon Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Rodda Aye
Matt Warman No
Matthew Pennycook Aye
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Amesbury Aye
Mike Freer No Teller
Mike Hill Aye
Mike Kane Aye
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Mohammad Yasin Aye
Mr Adrian Bailey Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr Clive Betts Aye
Mr David Gauke No
Mr David Jones Aye
Mr Dennis Skinner Aye
Mr Gavin Shuker Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr Ivan Lewis Aye
Mr James Frith Aye
Mr Jim Cunningham Aye
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Keith Simpson No
Mr Khalid Mahmood Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Prisk No
Mr Nicholas Brown Aye
Mr Nick Hurd No
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Paul Sweeney Aye
Mr Peter Bone No
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Richard Bacon No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Sam Gyimah No
Mr Stephen Hepburn Aye
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Aye
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr Toby Perkins Aye
Mr Virendra Sharma Aye
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Anne Main No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Madeleine Moon Aye
Mrs Sharon Hodgson Aye
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Diane Abbott Aye
Ms Lisa Forbes Aye
Ms Marie Rimmer Aye
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy Aye
Nadhim Zahawi No
Naz Shah Aye
Neil Coyle Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nick Gibb No
Nick Smith Aye
Nick Thomas-Symonds Aye
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Norman Lamb Aye
Owen Smith Aye
Pat McFadden Aye
Paul Blomfield Aye
Paul Masterton No
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Paula Sherriff Aye
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Dowd Aye
Peter Heaton-Jones No
Peter Kyle Aye
Philip Dunne No
Priti Patel No
Rachael Maskell Aye
Rachel Reeves Aye
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey Aye
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Burden Aye
Richard Burgon Aye
Richard Drax No
Richard Graham No
Rishi Sunak No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Rosie Cooper Aye
Rosie Duffield Aye
Ross Thomson No
Royston Smith No
Rushanara Ali Aye
Ruth George Aye
Ruth Jones Aye
Sandy Martin Aye
Sarah Champion Aye
Sarah Jones Aye
Sarah Newton No
Scott Mann No
Seema Kennedy No
Simon Hoare No
Sir Alan Campbell Aye
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir Charles Walker No
Sir David Amess No
Sir David Crausby Aye
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Geoffrey Cox No
Sir George Hollingbery No
Sir George Howarth Aye
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jake Berry No
Sir James Cleverly No
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 Liam Fox No
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mark Tami Aye
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Nicholas Dakin Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Oliver Letwin No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Roger Gale No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir Stephen Timms Aye
Sir Vince Cable Aye
Sir William Cash Aye
Stephanie Peacock Aye
Stephen Doughty Aye
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen Kinnock Aye
Stephen Lloyd No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Morgan Aye
Stephen Pound Aye
Steve Barclay No
Steve Double No
Steve Reed Aye
Stuart Andrew No
Suella Braverman No
Susan Elan Jones Aye
Thelma Walker Aye
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Loughton Aye
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tonia Antoniazzi Aye
Tony Lloyd Aye
Tracy Brabin Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Tulip Siddiq Aye
Valerie Vaz Aye
Vicky Ford No
Vicky Foxcroft Aye
Victoria Atkins No
Wendy Morton No
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Wes Streeting Aye
Will Quince No
Yasmin Qureshi Aye
Yvette Cooper Aye
Yvonne Fovargue Aye
Adam Afriyie —
Alan Brown —
Albert Owen —
Alison Thewliss —
Amanda Solloway —
Amber Rudd —
Andrea Leadsom —
Andrew Bridgen —
Andrew Selous —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Crawley —
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Anne McLaughlin —
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