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Division 101 · 21 September 2020

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Committee of the Whole House Amendment 68

Government Bill Brexit / EU

At a glance

This division was rejected on 21 September 2020 by a margin of 344, with 6 Ayes and 350 Noes. The largest Aye bloc was Democratic Unionist Party with 8 votes. The largest No bloc was Conservative with 327 votes. This motion was proposed by The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means. This division took place during a debate on United Kingdom Internal Market Bill. This division is linked to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Government Bill).

6

Ayes

350

Noes

Rejected

Result

350

Voted

Rejected by 344 Ayes 6 / Noes 350

Bill context

Bill United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
Type Government Bill
Primary sponsor Alok Sharma
Parliament page View bill on Parliament.uk

The motion

Proposed by The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means

I should explain that, in these exceptional circumstances, although the Chair of the Committee would normally sit in the Clerk’s chair during a Committee stage, in order to comply with social distancing requirements, I will remain in the Speaker’s Chair, although I will be carrying out the role not…

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Party breakdown

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Party Party position Ayes Noes Total
Con Conservative Voted No 0 327 350
LD Liberal Democrat Voted No 0 11 11
DUP Democratic Unionist Party Voted Aye 8 0 8
SDLP Social Democratic & Labour Party Voted No 0 2 2
Ind Independent No party whip 0 1 14
APNI Alliance Voted No 0 1 1
Lab Labour No clear majority 0 0 152
SNP Scottish National Party No clear majority 0 0 43
Lab Labour (Co-op) No clear majority 0 0 25
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
Alba Alba Party No clear majority 0 0 2
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
Alan Mak No
Alberto Costa No
Alex Burghart No
Alex Chalk No
Alexander Stafford No
Alicia Kearns No
Alun Cairns No
Amanda Solloway No
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 Selous No
Andrew Stephenson No
Andy Carter No
Angela Richardson No
Anne Marie Morris No
Anne-Marie Trevelyan No
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
Brendan Clarke-Smith No
Carla Lockhart Aye
Caroline Ansell No
Caroline Nokes No
Cherilyn Mackrory No
Chloe Smith No
Chris Clarkson No
Chris Green No
Chris Heaton-Harris No
Chris Loder No
Chris Philp No
Chris Skidmore No
Christian Wakeford No
Christine Jardine No
Christopher Pincher No
Claire Coutinho No
Claire Hanna No
Colum Eastwood No
Craig Whittaker No
Craig Williams No
Daisy Cooper No
Dame Amanda Milling No
Dame Andrea Jenkyns No
Dame Caroline Dinenage No
Dame Cheryl Gillan No
Dame Harriett Baldwin No
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price No
Dame Karen Bradley No
Dame Tracey Crouch No
Damian Collins No
Damian Green No
Damian Hinds No
Damien Moore No
Daniel Kawczynski No
Danny Kruger No
Darren Henry No
David Davis No
David Duguid No
David Johnston No
David Morris No
David Mundell No
David Rutley No
David Simmonds No
David T C Davies No
David Warburton No
Dean Russell No
Dehenna Davison No
Derek Thomas 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 Kieran Mullan No
Dr Luke Evans No
Dr Matthew Offord No
Dr Neil Hudson No
Duncan Baker No
Ed Davey No
Eddie Hughes No
Edward Argar No
Edward Timpson No
Elliot Colburn No
Fay Jones No
Felicity Buchan No
Fiona Bruce No
Gareth Bacon No
Gareth Davies No
Gareth Johnson No
Gary Sambrook No
Gavin Robinson Aye Teller
George Eustice No
George Freeman No
Giles Watling No
Gillian Keegan No
Gordon Henderson No
Graham Stuart No
Grant Shapps No
Greg Clark No
Greg Hands No
Greg Smith No
Guy Opperman No
Helen Grant No
Helen Whately No
Henry Smith No
Holly Mumby-Croft No
Huw Merriman No
Iain Stewart No
Ian Levy No
Ian Paisley Aye
Imran Ahmad Khan No
Jack Brereton No
Jack Lopresti 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
James Sunderland No
James Wild No
Jamie Stone No
Jane Hunt No
Jane Stevenson No
Jason McCartney No
Jerome Mayhew No
Jesse Norman No
Jim Shannon Aye
Jo Churchill No
Jo Gideon No
John Glen No
John Howell No
John Lamont No
John Penrose No
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
Kevin Foster No
Kevin Hollinrake No
Kit Malthouse No
Kwasi Kwarteng No
Laura Farris No
Laura Trott No
Layla Moran No
Lee Anderson No
Lee Rowley No
Leo Docherty No Teller
Lia Nici No
Lucy Allan No
Lucy Frazer No
Luke Hall No
Maggie Throup No Teller
Marco Longhi No
Maria Caulfield No
Mark Eastwood No
Mark Fletcher No
Mark Garnier No
Mark Logan No
Mark Menzies No
Mark Pawsey No
Martin Vickers No
Mary Robinson No
Matt Vickers No
Matt Warman No
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 No
Mr Ben Wallace No
Mr David Jones No
Mr Gagan Mohindra No
Mr Gregory Campbell Aye Teller
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
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 Flick Drummond No
Mrs Heather Wheeler No
Mrs Kemi Badenoch No
Mrs Natalie Elphicke No
Mrs Pauline Latham No
Mrs Sheryll Murray No
Ms Nusrat Ghani No
Munira Wilson No
Nadhim Zahawi No
Neil O'Brien No
Neil Parish No
Nick Fletcher No
Nick Gibb 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 Howell No
Paul Maynard No
Paul Scully No
Penny Mordaunt No
Peter Aldous No
Peter Gibson No
Philip Dunne No
Rebecca Harris No
Rebecca Pow No
Rehman Chishti No
Richard Drax No
Richard Fuller No
Richard Graham No
Rob Butler No
Robbie Moore No
Robert Courts No
Robert Halfon No
Robert Jenrick No
Robert Largan No
Robin Millar No
Royston Smith No
Ruth Edwards No
Sally-Ann Hart No
Sammy Wilson Aye
Saqib Bhatti No
Sara Britcliffe No
Sarah Atherton No
Sarah Olney No
Scott Benton No
Scott Mann No
Selaine Saxby No
Shailesh Vara No
Shaun Bailey No
Simon Baynes No
Simon Fell No
Simon Jupp No
Siobhan Baillie No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke No
Sir Andrew Mitchell No
Sir Bernard Jenkin No
Sir Bill Wiggin No
Sir Brandon Lewis No
Sir Christopher Chope No
Sir Conor Burns No
Sir David Amess No
Sir David Evennett No
Sir Desmond Swayne No
Sir Edward Leigh No
Sir Gavin Williamson No
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown No
Sir Greg Knight No
Sir Iain Duncan Smith No
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 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 Peter Bottomley No
Sir Robert Buckland No
Sir Robert Goodwill No
Sir Robert Neill No
Sir Robert Syms No
Sir Sajid Javid No
Sir Simon Clarke No
Sir William Cash No
Stephen Crabb No
Stephen Farry No
Stephen Hammond No
Stephen McPartland No
Stephen Metcalfe No
Steve Barclay No
Steve Brine No
Steve Double No
Stuart Anderson No
Stuart Andrew No
Suella Braverman No
Suzanne Webb No
Theo Clarke No
Theresa Villiers No
Tim Farron No
Tim Loughton No
Tom Hunt No
Tom Pursglove No
Tom Randall No
Tom Tugendhat No
Trudy Harrison No
Vicky Ford No
Victoria Atkins No
Virginia Crosbie No
Wendy Chamberlain No
Wendy Morton No
Wera Hobhouse No
Will Quince No
Afzal Khan —
Alan Brown —
Alex Cunningham —
Alex Davies-Jones —
Alex Norris —
Alex Sobel —
Alison McGovern —
Alison Thewliss —
Allan Dorans —
Alyn Smith —
Amy Callaghan —
Andrew Gwynne —
Andy McDonald —
Andy Slaughter —
Angela Crawley —
Angela Rayner —
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Anna McMorrin —
Anne McLaughlin —
Anneliese Dodds —
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Barry Gardiner —
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Ben Lake —
Beth Winter —
Bill Esterson —
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Brendan O'Hara —
Bridget Phillipson —
Carol Monaghan —
Caroline Lucas —
Carolyn Harris —
Cat Smith —
Catherine McKinnell —
Catherine West —
Charlotte Nichols —
Chris Bryant —
Chris Elmore —
Chris Evans —
Chris Hazzard —
Chris Law —
Chris Stephens —
Christian Matheson —
Christina Rees —
Claudia Webbe —
Clive Efford —
Clive Lewis —
Colleen Fletcher —
Conor McGinn —
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Dave Doogan —
David Linden —
Dawn Butler —
Debbie Abrahams —
Deidre Brock —
Derek Twigg —
Dominic Raab —
Douglas Chapman —
Dr Jamie Wallis —
Dr Lisa Cameron —
Dr Philippa Whitford —
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan —
Dr Rupa Huq —
Drew Hendry —
Ed Miliband —
Elizabeth Truss —
Ellie Reeves —
Emily Thornberry —
Emma Hardy —
Emma Lewell —
Esther McVey —
Fabian Hamilton —
Feryal Clark —
Fleur Anderson —
Florence Eshalomi —
Gareth Thomas —
Gavin Newlands —
Geraint Davies —
Gerald Jones —
Gill Furniss —
Graham Stringer —
Grahame Morris —
Hannah Bardell —
Helen Hayes —
Hilary Benn —
Holly Lynch —
Hywel Williams —
Ian Blackford —
Ian Byrne —
Ian Lavery —
Ian Mearns —
Ian Murray —
Imran Hussain —
Jack Dromey —
James Murray —
Janet Daby —
Jeff Smith —
Jeremy Corbyn —
Jess Phillips —
Jessica Morden —
Jim McMahon —
Jo Stevens —
Joanna Cherry —
John Finucane —
John Healey —
John McDonnell —
John McNally —
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Jon Cruddas —
Jon Trickett —
Jonathan Ashworth —
Jonathan Edwards —
Jonathan Reynolds —
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Justin Madders —
Karin Smyth —
Karl Turner —
Kate Green —
Kate Hollern —
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Louise Haigh —
Lucy Powell —
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Maria Eagle —
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Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi —
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Mr Virendra Sharma —
Mrs Sharon Hodgson —
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Ms Diane Abbott —
Ms Karen Buck —
Ms Marie Rimmer —
Ms Nadine Dorries —
Ms Stella Creasy —
Nadia Whittome —
Navendu Mishra —
Naz Shah —
Neale Hanvey —
Neil Coyle —
Neil Gray —
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Olivia Blake —
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Owen Thompson —
Pat McFadden —
Patricia Gibson —
Patrick Grady —
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Paul Maskey —
Paula Barker —
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Peter Dowd —
Peter Grant —
Peter Kyle —
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Priti Patel —
Rachael Maskell —
Rachel Hopkins —
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Richard Burgon —
Richard Thomson —
Rishi Sunak —
Ronnie Cowan —
Rosie Cooper —
Rosie Duffield —
Rushanara Ali —
Ruth Cadbury —
Ruth Jones —
Sam Tarry —
Sarah Champion —
Sarah Jones —
Sarah Owen —
Seema Malhotra —
Shabana Mahmood —
Simon Hoare —
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Sir Geoffrey Cox —
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Sir Liam Fox —
Sir Lindsay Hoyle —
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Sir Philip Davies —
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Stephanie Peacock —
Stephen Doughty —
Stephen Flynn —
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Stephen Morgan —
Steve Reed —
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Yasmin Qureshi —
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Yvonne Fovargue —
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