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Division 13 · 28 October 2019

That there shall be an early parliamentary general election

At a glance

This division passed on 28 October 2019 by a margin of 229, with 299 Ayes and 70 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 261 votes. The largest No bloc was Labour with 38 votes. The 259 MPs who did not vote outnumbered the margin, enough to have changed the result. This motion was proposed by The Prime Minister. This division took place during a debate on Early Parliamentary General Election.

299

Ayes

70

Noes

Passed

Result

340

Voted

Passed by 229 Ayes 299 / Noes 70

The motion

Proposed by The Prime Minister

I beg to move, That there shall be an early parliamentary general election. I think it is fair to say that nobody in this House relishes the idea of a general election, because nobody wants to put the public to this inconvenience— [ Interruption. ] —particularly, as one hon. Gentleman says, during t…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted Aye 261 0 271
Lab Labour Voted No 0 38 190
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 17 20
Ind Independent No party whip 11 3 36
IGC The Independent Group for Change Voted No 0 5 5
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 4 4
Green Green Party Voted No 0 1 1
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 36
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 22
DUP Democratic Unionist Party No clear majority 0 0 8
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

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