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Division 34 · 12 February 2020

Mr Carmichael's amendment to the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill: Business of the House motion

At a glance

This division was rejected on 12 February 2020 by a margin of 265, with 51 Ayes and 316 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Scottish National Party with 42 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 302 votes. This motion was proposed by Mr Alistair Carmichael. This division took place during a debate on Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill (Business of the House).

51

Ayes

316

Noes

Rejected

Result

361

Voted

Rejected by 265 Ayes 51 / Noes 316

The motion

Proposed by Mr Alistair Carmichael

I beg to move a manuscript amendment, in paragraph (6), after sub-paragraph (b) insert— “(ba) the question on any amendment, new clause or new schedule selected by the chairman or Speaker for separate decision;”. The Secretary of State will be aware that the business motion that he has just moved, w…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 302 347
SNP Scottish National Party Voted Aye 42 0 47
LD Liberal Democrat Voted Aye 11 0 11
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted No 0 6 7
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 152
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 25
Ind Independent No party whip 0 0 14
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru No clear majority 0 0 3
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party No clear majority 0 0 2
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 0 0 1
APNI Alliance No clear majority 0 0 1
Alba Alba Party 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
Aaron Bell No
Adam Afriyie No
Adam Holloway No
Alan Brown Aye
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alison Thewliss Aye
Alun Cairns No
Alyn Smith Aye
Amanda Solloway No
Amy Callaghan Aye
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Lewer No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Angela Richardson No
Angus Brendan MacNeil Aye
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne McLaughlin Aye
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Ben Bradley No
Ben Everitt No
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman No
Bob Seely No
Bob Stewart No
Boris Johnson No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Brendan O'Hara Aye
Carla Lockhart No
Carol Monaghan Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Cherilyn Mackrory No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Green No
Chris Loder No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Chris Stephens Aye
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine Aye Teller
Christopher Pincher No
Claire Coutinho No
Craig Tracey No
Craig Williams No
Crispin Blunt No
Daisy Cooper Aye
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Maria Miller No
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Damien Moore No
Daniel Kawczynski No
Dave Doogan Aye
David Johnston No
David Linden Aye
David Morris No
David Rutley No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
Dean Russell No
Dehenna Davison No
Deidre Brock Aye
Derek Thomas No
Douglas Chapman Aye
Douglas Ross No
Dr Ben Spencer No
Dr Caroline Johnson No
Dr Dan Poulter No
Dr James Davies No
Dr Jamie Wallis No
Dr Kieran Mullan No
Dr Lisa Cameron Aye
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Dr Philippa Whitford Aye
Drew Hendry Aye
Duncan Baker No
Ed Davey Aye
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Elizabeth Truss No
Elliot Colburn No
Esther McVey No
Fay Jones No
Felicity Buchan No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Newlands Aye
Gavin Robinson No
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Giles Watling No
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stuart No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Guy Opperman No
Hannah Bardell Aye
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Huw Merriman No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Blackford Aye
Ian Levy No
Ian Paisley No
Imran Ahmad Khan No
Jack Brereton No
Jacob Young No
James Brokenshire No
James Cartlidge No
James Daly No
James Gray No
James Grundy No
James Heappey No
James Morris No Teller
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jamie Stone Aye Teller
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Jason McCartney No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jesse Norman No
Jo Churchill No
Jo Gideon No
John Glen No
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John Nicolson Aye
John Stevenson No
Johnny Mercer No
Jonathan Gullis No
Joy Morrissey No
Julia Lopez No
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Marson No
Justin Tomlinson No
Karl McCartney No
Kate Kniveton No
Katherine Fletcher No
Kelly Tolhurst No
Kenny MacAskill Aye
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kirsten Oswald Aye
Kirsty Blackman Aye
Kit Malthouse No
Laura Farris No
Laura Trott No
Layla Moran Aye
Lee Anderson No
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty No
Lia Nici No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Maggie Throup No
Margaret Ferrier Aye
Maria Caulfield No
Marion Fellows Aye
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Logan No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Mark Pritchard No
Martin Docherty-Hughes Aye
Martin Vickers No
Martyn Day Aye
Mary Robinson No
Matt Hancock No
Matt Warman No
Mhairi Black Aye
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mike Freer No
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Miriam Cates No
Miss Sarah Dines No
Mr Alistair Carmichael Aye
Mr David Jones No
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Gregory Campbell No
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr John Baron No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Owen Paterson No
Mr Peter Bone No
Mr Philip Hollobone No
Mr Ranil Jayawardena No
Mr Richard Bacon No
Mr Richard Holden No
Mr Rob Roberts No
Mr Robin Walker No
Mr Steve Baker No
Mr Tobias Ellwood No
Mr William Wragg No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Nadine Dorries No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Munira Wilson Aye
Nadhim Zahawi No
Neil Gray Aye
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nick Fletcher No
Nick Gibb No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No Teller
Nigel Mills No
Owen Thompson Aye
Patricia Gibson Aye
Patrick Grady Aye
Paul Bristow No
Paul Girvan No
Paul Holmes No
Paul Howell No
Paul Maynard No
Penny Mordaunt No
Pete Wishart Aye
Peter Aldous No
Peter Gibson No
Peter Grant Aye
Philip Dunne No
Priti Patel No
Rebecca Harris No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Drax No
Richard Fuller No
Richard Thomson Aye
Rishi Sunak No
Rob Butler No
Robbie Moore No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Robert Largan No
Ronnie Cowan Aye
Royston Smith No
Sally-Ann Hart No
Sammy Wilson No
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Sarah Olney Aye
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Shailesh Vara No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Hoare No
Simon Jupp No
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir David Amess No
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 Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir James Duddridge No
Sir Jeremy Quin No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Hayes No
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Oliver Dowden No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Roger Gale No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Flynn Aye
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Steven Bonnar Aye
Stewart Hosie Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald Aye
Stuart Anderson No
Stuart Andrew No
Stuart C McDonald Aye
Suella Braverman No
Suzanne Webb No
Theo Clarke No
Tim Farron Aye
Tim Loughton No
Tom Hunt No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Randall No
Tom Tugendhat No
Tommy Sheppard Aye
Trudy Harrison No
Vicky Ford No
Victoria Atkins No
Wendy Chamberlain Aye
Wendy Morton No
Wera Hobhouse Aye
Will Quince No
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Gill Furniss —
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Grahame Morris —
Grant Shapps —
Helen Hayes —
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Holly Lynch —
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