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Division 57 · 17 June 2020

New Clause 1: Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords] Committee Stage

At a glance

This division was rejected on 17 June 2020 by a margin of 369, with 31 Ayes and 400 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Conservative with 25 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 275 votes. There were 25 rebel votes, MPs voting against their party's majority. This motion was proposed by Fiona Bruce. This division took place during a debate on Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords].

31

Ayes

400

Noes

Rejected

Result

418

Voted

Rejected by 369 Ayes 31 / Noes 400

The motion

Proposed by Fiona Bruce

I beg to move amendment 1, page 2, line 8, leave out “20” and insert “46” This amendment would extend the minimum legal period for a divorce from six months to one year (with the additional six weeks between the conditional and final orders).

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 25 rebels 25 275 350
Lab Labour Voted No 0 100 173
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 8 0 8
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 5 11
PC Plaid Cymru Voted No 0 3 3
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 1 2
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 43
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 9
Ind Independent No party whip 0 0 8
SF Sinn Féin No clear majority 0 0 4
YP Your Party No clear majority 0 0 2
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
RUK Reform UK No clear majority 0 0 1
Spk Speaker No party whip 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
Afzal Khan No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alex Cunningham No
Alex Davies-Jones No
Alex Norris No
Alex Sobel No
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alun Cairns No
Andrea Leadsom No
Andrew Bowie No
Andrew Bridgen No
Andrew Griffith No
Andrew Gwynne No
Andrew Jones No
Andrew Percy No
Andrew Rosindell Aye
Andrew Selous Aye
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Andy McDonald No
Angela Richardson No
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
Anthony Browne No
Anthony Mangnall No
Antony Higginbotham No
Apsana Begum No
Bambos Charalambous No
Bell Ribeiro-Addy No
Ben Bradley No
Ben Everitt No
Ben Lake No
Beth Winter No
Bill Esterson No
Bim Afolami No
Bob Blackman Aye
Bob Seely No
Bob Stewart No
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Nokes No
Cat Smith No
Charlotte Nichols No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Elmore No
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Loder No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Christian Matheson No
Christian Wakeford No
Christina Rees No
Christine Jardine No
Christopher Pincher No
Claire Coutinho No
Claire Hanna No
Clive Lewis No
Craig Tracey No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Crispin Blunt No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Cheryl Gillan No
Dame Chi Onwurah No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Maria Miller No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Dan Carden No
Dan Jarvis No
Daniel Kawczynski No
Darren Henry No
David Davis No
David Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Morris No
David Rutley No Teller
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Dawn Butler No
Dean Russell No
Dehenna Davison No
Derek Thomas Aye
Derek Twigg No
Douglas Ross No
Dr Andrew Murrison 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 Luke Evans No
Dr Matthew Offord Aye
Dr Neil Hudson No
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan No
Duncan Baker No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Elizabeth Truss No
Ellie Reeves No
Elliot Colburn No
Emma Lewell No
Fabian Hamilton No
Fay Jones No
Felicity Buchan No
Feryal Clark No
Fiona Bruce Aye
Fleur Anderson No
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Robinson Aye
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Giles Watling No
Gill Furniss No
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Grahame Morris No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Guy Opperman No
Helen Grant No
Helen Hayes No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith Aye
Holly Lynch No
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Huw Merriman No
Hywel Williams No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Byrne No
Ian Levy No
Ian Murray No
Ian Paisley Aye
Imran Ahmad Khan No
Jack Brereton No
Jack Dromey No
Jacob Young No
James Brokenshire No
James Cartlidge No
James Daly No
James Grundy No
James Heappey No
James Morris No
James Murray No
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jamie Stone No
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Janet Daby No
Jason McCartney No
Jeff Smith No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jess Phillips No
Jessica Morden No
Jim McMahon No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill No
Jo Gideon No
Jo Stevens No
John Glen No
John Howell No
John McDonnell No
John Penrose No
John Stevenson Aye
Johnny Mercer No
Jonathan Gullis No
Joy Morrissey No
Julia Lopez No
Julian Knight No
Julian Sturdy No
Julie Marson No
Justin Madders No
Justin Tomlinson No
Karl McCartney Aye
Karl Turner No
Kate Green No
Kate Hollern No
Kate Kniveton No
Katherine Fletcher No
Kerry McCarthy No
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kim Johnson No
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Laura Farris No
Laura Trott No
Lee Anderson No
Lee Rowley No
Lia Nici No
Liz Saville Roberts No
Liz Twist No
Lloyd Russell-Moyle No
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Lucy Powell No
Luke Hall No
Luke Pollard No
Maggie Throup No
Marco Longhi No
Margaret Greenwood No
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Jenkinson No
Mark Logan No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Marsha De Cordova No
Martin Vickers Aye
Mary Glindon No
Mary Robinson No
Matt Vickers No
Matt Warman No
Matt Western No
Michael Fabricant No
Michael Tomlinson No
Michelle Donelan No
Mick Whitley No
Mike Freer No
Mike Wood No
Mims Davies No
Miss Sarah Dines No
Mohammad Yasin No
Mr Alistair Carmichael No
Mr Barry Sheerman No
Mr Clive Betts No
Mr David Jones No
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger No
Mr John Baron No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly No
Mr Jonathan Lord No
Mr Laurence Robertson No
Mr Marcus Fysh No
Mr Marcus Jones No Teller
Mr Mark Francois No
Mr Nicholas Brown No
Mr Owen Paterson Aye
Mr Peter Bone Aye Teller
Mr Philip Hollobone Aye
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 Toby Perkins No
Mr Virendra Sharma No
Mr William Wragg Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sharon Hodgson No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare No
Ms Diane Abbott No
Ms Marie Rimmer No
Ms Nadine Dorries No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Ms Stella Creasy No
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi No
Navendu Mishra No
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nickie Aiken No
Nicola Richards No
Nigel Adams No
Nigel Huddleston No
Nigel Mills No
Paul Bristow No
Paul Girvan Aye
Paul Holmes No
Paul Maynard Aye
Paul Scully No
Paula Barker No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Gibson No
Peter Kyle No
Philip Dunne No
Preet Kaur Gill No
Rachael Maskell No
Rachel Hopkins No
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Long Bailey No
Rebecca Pow No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Fuller Aye
Richard Graham No
Rob Butler No
Robbie Moore No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Robert Largan No
Robin Millar Aye
Rosie Cooper No
Rosie Duffield No
Royston Smith No
Rushanara Ali No
Ruth Cadbury No
Ruth Edwards No
Ruth Jones No
Sally-Ann Hart Aye
Sam Tarry No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Sarah Jones No
Sarah Owen No
Scott Mann No
Seema Malhotra No
Selaine Saxby No
Shabana Mahmood No
Shailesh Vara No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Hoare No
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Alan Campbell No
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 Christopher Chope Aye Teller
Sir David Amess Aye
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne Aye
Sir Edward Leigh Aye
Sir Gary Streeter No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Geoffrey Cox No
Sir George Howarth No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg No
Sir Jake Berry No
Sir James Cleverly No
Sir James Duddridge No
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson Aye
Sir Jeremy Hunt No
Sir Jeremy Wright No
Sir John Hayes Aye
Sir John Whittingdale No
Sir Julian Lewis No
Sir Julian Smith No
Sir Liam Fox Aye
Sir Mark Hendrick No
Sir Mark Spencer No
Sir Mark Tami No
Sir Mel Stride No
Sir Michael Ellis No
Sir Mike Penning No
Sir Oliver Heald No
Sir Paul Beresford No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Stephen Doughty No
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Stephen Morgan No
Steve Brine No
Stuart Anderson No
Stuart Andrew No
Suella Braverman No
Suzanne Webb No
Tahir Ali No
Theo Clarke No
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Loughton No
Tom Hunt No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Randall No
Tony Lloyd No
Tracy Brabin No
Trudy Harrison No
Vicky Ford No
Vicky Foxcroft No
Victoria Atkins No
Virginia Crosbie No
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wendy Morton No
Wes Streeting No
Will Quince No
Yasmin Qureshi No
Yvonne Fovargue No
Alan Brown —
Alan Mak —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Thewliss —
Allan Dorans —
Alyn Smith —
Amanda Solloway —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Lewer —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
Angus Brendan MacNeil —
Anna McMorrin —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anneliese Dodds —
Barry Gardiner —
Boris Johnson —
Brendan O'Hara —
Bridget Phillipson —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Ansell —
Caroline Lucas —
Carolyn Harris —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Cherilyn Mackrory —
Chloe Smith —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Stephens —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Colleen Fletcher —
Colum Eastwood —
Conor McGinn —
Daisy Cooper —
Dame Angela Eagle —
Dame Diana Johnson —
Dame Meg Hillier —
Dame Nia Griffith —
Dame Siobhain McDonagh —
Dame Tracey Crouch —
Damian Hinds —
Damien Moore —
Daniel Zeichner —
Danny Kruger —
Darren Jones —
Dave Doogan —
David Linden —
David Mundell —
Debbie Abrahams —
Deidre Brock —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Dr Lisa Cameron —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Davey —
Ed Miliband —
Eddie Hughes —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Esther McVey —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Newlands —
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Gerald Jones —
Graham Stringer —
Graham Stuart —
Grant Shapps —
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Ian Lavery —
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Joanna Cherry —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
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Jonathan Edwards —
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Kate Osamor —
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Maria Caulfield —
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Mike Amesbury —
Mike Hill —
Mike Kane —
Miriam Cates —
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Nadia Whittome —
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Owen Thompson —
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Patricia Gibson —
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Richard Thomson —
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Yvette Cooper —
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