It is a pity that none of the events that the Chancellor has sponsored at No. 11 Downing street over the years took its cue from the Adam Smith Institute, but I hope that the Government will see fit to endorse the principle underlying new clause 2. The Financial Secretary cannot argue that a tax is not retrospective just because it was pre-announced. The rise was voted on as part of the Budget res...

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211

Ayes

283

Noes

Majority

FAIL

Result

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One dot per recorded MP, coloured by party — ayes on the left, noes on the right. Hover a dot for the MP.

Party breakdown

Party	Aye	No	Total
LAB Labour	3	231	234
CON Conservative	109	1	110
LD Liberal Democrat	39	2	41
UNK Unknown	17	17	34
IND Independent	12	13	25
THE The Independent Group for Change	0	3	3
PC Plaid Cymru	2	0	2
SPE Speaker	1	1	2
REF Reform UK	1	0	1
CON Independent Conservative	1	0	1
SCO Scottish National Party	1	0	1

How MPs voted

454 recorded

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Adam Afriyie	CON		AYE
Adam Holloway	CON		AYE
Adam Price	PC		AYE
Alan Johnson	LAB		NO
Alan Keen	LAB		NO
Alan Simpson	LAB		NO
Alan Whitehead			NO
Alan Williams	LAB		NO
Albert Owen	LAB		NO
Alistair Burt	CON		AYE
Alun Michael	LAB		NO
Andrew Gwynne	IND		NO
Andrew Mackinlay	LAB		NO
Andrew Miller	LAB		NO
Andrew Rosindell	REF	Romford	AYE
Andrew Selous	CON		AYE
Andrew Tyrie			AYE
Andy Burnham	LAB		NO
Andy Slaughter	LAB	Hammersmith and Chiswick	NO
Angela Smith	LD		NO
Ann Clwyd	LAB		NO
Ann Coffey	THE		NO
Ann Keen	LAB		NO
Ann McKechin	LAB		NO
Ann Winterton	CON		AYE
Anne Milton	IND		AYE
Anne Moffat	LAB		NO
Anne Snelgrove	LAB		NO
Annette Brooke	LD		AYE
Austin Mitchell	LAB		NO
Barbara Follett	LAB		NO
Barbara Keeley			NO
Barry Gardiner	LAB	Brent West	NO
Ben Chapman	LAB		NO
Bill Rammell	LAB		NO
Bob Spink	IND		AYE
Boris Johnson	CON		AYE
Bridget Prentice	LAB		NO
Caroline Flint	LAB		NO
Charles Hendry	CON		AYE
Charlotte Atkins	LAB		NO
Chris Bryant	LAB	Rhondda and Ogmore	NO
Chris Grayling			AYE
Chris Huhne	LD		AYE
Chris Mole	LAB		NO
Chris Ruane	LAB		NO
Christine Russell	LAB		NO
Christopher Fraser	CON		AYE
Claire Ward	LAB		NO
Clive Efford	LAB	Eltham and Chislehurst	NO
Colin Challen	LAB		NO
Crispin Blunt	IND		AYE
Dame Angela Eagle	LAB	Wallasey	NO
Dame Angela Watkinson	CON		AYE
Dame Anne Begg	LAB		NO
Dame Anne McGuire	LAB		NO
Dame Caroline Spelman	CON		AYE
Dame Cheryl Gillan	CON		AYE
Dame Diana Johnson	LAB	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	NO
Dame Joan Ruddock	LAB		NO
Dame Louise Ellman	IND		NO
Dame Maria Miller	CON		AYE
Dame Meg Hillier	LAB	Hackney South and Shoreditch	NO
Dame Nia Griffith	LAB	Llanelli	NO
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	LAB	Mitcham and Morden	NO
Damian Green	CON		AYE
Dan Rogerson	LD		AYE
Daniel Kawczynski	CON		AYE
Danny Alexander	LD		AYE
David Cairns	LAB		NO
David Davis	CON	Goole and Pocklington	AYE
David Hanson			NO
David Heyes	LAB		NO
David Lepper	LAB		NO
David Miliband	LAB		NO
David T C Davies	CON		AYE
David Taylor	LAB		NO
David Tredinnick	CON		AYE
David Wright	LAB		NO
Dawn Butler	LAB	Brent East	NO
Derek Conway	CON		AYE
Derek Twigg	LAB	Widnes and Halewood	NO
Derek Wyatt	LAB		NO
Dr Andrew Murrison	CON	South West Wiltshire	AYE
Dr Ashok Kumar	LAB		NO
Dr Brian Iddon	LAB		NO
Dr Desmond Turner	LAB		NO
Dr Doug Naysmith	LAB		NO
Dr Evan Harris	LD		AYE
Dr Gavin Strang	LAB		NO
Dr Ian Gibson	LAB		NO
Dr Nick Palmer	LAB		NO
Dr Phyllis Starkey	LAB		NO
Dr Richard Taylor	IND		AYE
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods	LAB		NO
Dr Stephen Ladyman	LAB		NO
Dr Tony Wright	LAB		NO
Ed Balls	LAB		NO
Ed Davey	LD	Kingston and Surbiton	AYE
Ed Miliband	LAB	Doncaster North	NO
Edward Garnier			AYE
Eleanor Laing			AYE
Emily Thornberry	LAB	Islington South and Finsbury	NO
Eric Joyce	IND		NO
Eric Pickles			AYE
Ernest Armstrong	LAB		NO
Fabian Hamilton	LAB	Leeds North East	NO
Fiona Mactaggart	LAB		NO
Frank Cook	LAB		NO
Frank Field			NO
Gareth Thomas	LAB		NO
Gisela Stuart			NO
Glenda Jackson	LAB		NO
Gordon Banks	LAB		NO
Gordon Marsden	LAB		NO
Graham Stringer	LAB	Blackley and Middleton South	NO
Greg Clark	CON		AYE
Greg Hands	CON		AYE
Greg Mulholland	LD		AYE
Gwyn Prosser	LAB		NO
Harriet Harman			NO
Harry Cohen	LAB		NO
Hazel Blears	LAB		NO
Helen Goodman	LAB		AYE
Helen Jones	LAB		NO
Helen Southworth	LAB		NO
Henry Bellingham			AYE
Hilary Benn	LAB	Leeds South	NO
Hugo Swire			AYE
Huw Irranca-Davies	LAB		NO
Ian Austin			NO
Ian C. Lucas	LAB		NO
Ian Pearson	LAB		NO
James Brokenshire	CON		AYE
Jane Kennedy	LAB		NO
Janet Anderson	LAB		NO
Jeff Ennis	LAB		NO
Jenny Willott	LD		AYE
Jeremy Corbyn	IND	Islington North	NO
Jim Cousins	LAB		NO
Jim Dobbin	LAB		NO
Jim Dowd	LAB		NO
Jim Fitzpatrick	LAB		NO
Jim McGovern	LAB		NO
Jim Sheridan	LAB		NO
Jo Swinson	LD		AYE
Joan Ryan	THE		NO
Joan Walley	LAB		NO
John Bercow	SPE		AYE
John Cummings	LAB		NO
John Grogan	LAB		NO
John Healey	LAB	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	NO
John Hemming	LD		AYE
John Mann			NO
John McDonnell	LAB	Hayes and Harlington	NO
John Penrose	CON		AYE
John Pugh	LD		AYE
John Robertson	LAB		NO
John Smith	LAB		NO
John Spellar			NO
John Watts	CON		NO
Jon Cruddas	LAB		NO
Jonathan Shaw	LAB		NO
Julia Goldsworthy	LD		AYE
Julie Kirkbride	CON		AYE
Julie Morgan	LAB		NO
Justine Greening	IND		AYE
Kali Mountford	LAB		NO
Kate Hoey			NO
Keith Hill	LAB		NO
Keith Vaz	LAB		NO
Kelvin Hopkins	IND		NO
Kerry McCarthy	LAB	Bristol East	NO
Kevan Jones			NO
Kevin Brennan			NO
Laura Moffatt	LAB		NO
Lembit Öpik	LD		AYE
Liam Byrne	LAB	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	NO
Linda Gilroy	LAB		NO
Liz Blackman	LAB		NO
Lyn Brown			NO
Lynda Waltho	LAB		NO
Margaret Hodge			NO
Mark Field	CON		AYE
Mark Harper			AYE
Mark Lancaster			AYE
Mark Pritchard	CON	The Wrekin	AYE
Mark Simmonds	CON		AYE
Martin Caton	LAB		NO
Martin Linton	LAB		NO
Martin Salter	LAB		NO
Mary Creagh	LAB	Coventry East	NO
Meg Munn	LAB		NO
Michael Connarty	LAB		NO
Michael Fabricant	CON		AYE
Michael Gove			AYE
Michael Jabez Foster	LAB		NO
Michael Moore	LD		AYE
Mike Gapes	THE		NO
Miss Ann Widdecombe	CON		AYE
Mr Adrian Sanders	LD		AYE
Mr Alan Milburn	LAB		NO
Mr Alan Reid	LD		AYE
Mr Alistair Carmichael	LD	Orkney and Shetland	AYE
Mr Andrew Dismore	LAB		NO
Mr Andrew Love	LAB		NO
Mr Andrew Mackay	CON		AYE
Mr Andrew Pelling	IND		AYE
Mr Andrew Smith	LAB		NO
Mr Andy Reed	LAB		NO
Mr Anthony Steen	CON		AYE
Mr Barry Sheerman	LAB		NO
Mr Ben Bradshaw	LAB		NO
Mr Ben Wallace	CON		AYE
Mr Bill Olner	LAB		NO
Mr Bob Ainsworth	LAB		NO
Mr Bob Blizzard	LAB		NO
Mr Brian H. Donohoe	LAB		NO
Mr Brian Jenkins	LAB		NO
Mr Brooks Newmark	CON		AYE
Mr Bruce George	LAB		NO
Mr Charles Clarke	LAB		NO
Mr Charles Kennedy	LD		AYE
Mr Chris Mullin	LAB		NO
Mr Dai Havard	LAB		NO
Mr David Anderson	LAB		NO
Mr David Burrowes	CON		AYE
Mr David Chaytor	IND		NO
Mr David Curry	CON		AYE
Mr David Gauke	IND		AYE
Mr David Hamilton	LAB		NO
Mr David Heath	LD		AYE
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory	CON		AYE
Mr David Jones	CON		AYE
Mr David Kidney	LAB		NO
Mr David Lammy	LAB	Tottenham	NO
Mr David Laws	LD		AYE
Mr David Ruffley	CON		AYE
Mr David S. Borrow	LAB		NO
Mr David Winnick	LAB		NO
Mr Denis Murphy	LAB		NO
Mr Dennis Skinner	LAB		NO
Mr Dominic Grieve	IND		AYE
Mr Douglas Alexander	LAB	Lothian East	NO
Mr Douglas Carswell	IND		AYE
Mr Elfyn Llwyd	PC		AYE
Mr Elliot Morley	LAB		NO
Mr Frank Doran	LAB		NO
Mr Frank Roy	LAB		NO
Mr Fraser Kemp	LAB		NO
Mr Geoffrey Robinson	LAB		NO
Mr George Mudie	LAB		NO
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe	LAB		NO
Mr Graham Allen	LAB		NO
Mr Greg Pope	LAB		NO
Mr Iain Wright	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Cawsey	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Davidson	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	CON		AYE
Mr Ian Taylor	CON		AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis	IND		NO
Mr Jack Straw	IND		NO
Mr James Plaskitt	LAB		NO
Mr Jamie Reed	LAB		NO
Mr Jeremy Browne	LD		AYE
Mr Jim Cunningham	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Devine	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Hood	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Murphy	LAB		NO
Mr Joe Benton	LAB		NO
Mr John Baron	CON		AYE
Mr John Denham	LAB		NO
Mr John Heppell	LAB		NO
Mr John Leech	LD		AYE
Mr Keith Simpson	CON		AYE
Mr Ken Purchase	LAB		NO
Mr Khalid Mahmood	LAB		NO
Mr Laurence Robertson	CON		AYE
Mr Lee Scott	CON		AYE
Mr Malcolm Moss	CON		AYE
Mr Mark Francois	CON	Rayleigh and Wickford	AYE
Mr Mark Hoban	CON		AYE
Mr Mark Prisk	CON		AYE
Mr Mark Todd	LAB		NO
Mr Mark Williams	LD		AYE
Mr Marsha Singh	LAB		NO
Mr Martyn Jones	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Clapham	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Foster	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Jack	CON		AYE
Mr Michael Mates	CON		AYE
Mr Michael Meacher	LAB		NO
Mr Mike Hall	LAB		NO
Mr Mike O'Brien	LAB		NO
Mr Neil Gerrard	LAB		NO
Mr Neil Turner	LAB		NO
Mr Nicholas Brown	IND		NO
Mr Nick Clegg	LD		AYE
Mr Nick Hurd	CON		AYE
Mr Nick Raynsford	LAB		NO
Mr Nigel Waterson	CON		AYE
Mr Owen Paterson	CON		AYE
Mr Parmjit Dhanda	LAB		NO
Mr Peter Atkinson	CON		AYE
Mr Peter Bone	IND		AYE
Mr Peter Kilfoyle	LAB		NO
Mr Phil Woolas	LAB		NO
Mr Philip Hollobone	CON		AYE
Mr Richard Bacon	CON		AYE
Mr Rob Wilson	CON		AYE
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews	LAB		NO
Mr Robert N. Wareing	IND		NO
Mr Ronnie Campbell	LAB		NO
Mr Russell Brown	LAB		NO
Mr Shahid Malik	LAB		NO
Mr Shaun Woodward	LAB		NO
Mr Siôn Simon	LAB		NO
Mr Stephen Hepburn	IND		NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien	CON		AYE
Mr Terry Rooney	LAB		NO
Mr Tobias Ellwood	CON		AYE
Mr Tom Clarke	LAB		NO
Mr Tom Harris	LAB		NO
Mr Tony McNulty	LAB		NO
Mrs Ann Cryer	LAB		NO
Mrs Anne Main	CON		AYE
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas	LAB		NO
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody	LAB		NO
Mrs Janet Dean	LAB		NO
Mrs Joan Humble	LAB		NO
Mrs Madeleine Moon	LAB		NO
Mrs Siân C. James	LAB		NO
Ms Celia Barlow	LAB		NO
Ms Dari Taylor	LAB		NO
Ms Diane Abbott	IND	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	NO
Ms Karen Buck	LAB		NO
Ms Nadine Dorries	CON		AYE
Ms Patricia Hewitt	IND		NO
Natascha Engel	LAB		NO
Nicholas Soames			AYE
Nick Ainger	LAB		NO
Nick Gibb	CON		AYE
Nick Herbert			AYE
Nigel Griffiths	LAB		NO
Norman Baker	LD		AYE
Norman Hogg	LAB		AYE
Norman Lamb	LD		AYE
Paddy Tipping	LAB		NO
Pat McFadden	LAB	Wolverhampton South East	NO
Patrick Hall	LAB		NO
Patrick McLoughlin			AYE
Patrick Mercer	IND		AYE
Paul Burstow	LD		AYE
Paul Clark	LAB		NO
Paul Farrelly	LAB		NO
Paul Rowen	LD		AYE
Paula Barker	LAB	Liverpool Wavertree	AYE
Phil Hope	LAB		NO
Philip Dunne	CON		AYE
Philip Hammond			AYE
Richard Benyon			AYE
Richard Burden	LAB		NO
Richard Younger-Ross	LD		AYE
Rob Marris	LAB		NO
Robert Key	CON		AYE
Roger Williams	LD		AYE
Rosemary McKenna	LAB		NO
Rosie Winterton			NO
Ruth Kelly	LAB		NO
Sadiq Khan	LAB		NO
Sandra Gidley	LD		AYE
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	LAB		NO
Sarah Teather	LD		AYE
Shailesh Vara	CON		AYE
Simon Hughes	LD		AYE
Sir Alan Campbell	LAB	Tynemouth	NO
Sir Bernard Jenkin	CON	Harwich and North Essex	AYE
Sir Bill Wiggin	CON		AYE
Sir Bob Russell	LD		AYE
Sir Charles Walker	CON		AYE
Sir Christopher Chope	CON	Christchurch	AYE
Sir David Amess	CON		AYE
Sir David Crausby	LAB		NO
Sir David Evennett	CON		AYE
Sir Edward Leigh	CON	Gainsborough	AYE
Sir Gary Streeter	CON		AYE
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	CON	North Cotswolds	AYE
Sir George Howarth	LAB		NO
Sir George Younger	CON		AYE
Sir Gerald Howarth	CON		AYE
Sir Gerald Kaufman	LAB		NO
Sir Hugh Bayley	LAB		NO
Sir Hugh Robertson	CON		AYE
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	CON	Chingford and Woodford Green	AYE
Sir Ian McCartney	LAB		NO
Sir James Duddridge	CON		AYE
Sir James Paice	CON		AYE
Sir Jeremy Hunt	CON	Godalming and Ash	AYE
Sir Jeremy Wright	CON	Kenilworth and Southam	AYE
Sir John Butterfill	CON		AYE
Sir John Hayes	CON	South Holland and The Deepings	AYE
Sir John Redwood	CON		AYE
Sir John Stanley	CON		AYE
Sir John Whittingdale	CON	Maldon	AYE
Sir Julian Brazier	CON		AYE
Sir Julian Lewis	CON	New Forest East	AYE
Sir Kevin Barron	LAB		NO
Sir Liam Fox	CON		AYE
Sir Lindsay Hoyle	SPE	Chorley	NO
Sir Mark Hendrick	LAB	Preston	NO
Sir Mark Tami	LAB	Alyn and Deeside	NO
Sir Michael Fallon	CON		AYE
Sir Mike Penning	CON		AYE
Sir Nicholas Winterton	CON		AYE
Sir Nick Harvey	LD		AYE
Sir Oliver Heald	CON		AYE
Sir Oliver Letwin	IND		AYE
Sir Paul Beresford	CON		AYE
Sir Peter Bottomley	CON		AYE
Sir Peter Soulsby	LAB		NO
Sir Peter Tapsell	CON		AYE
Sir Peter Viggers	CON		AYE
Sir Philip Davies	CON		AYE
Sir Richard Shepherd	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Goodwill	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Neill	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Smith	LD		AYE
Sir Robert Syms	CON		AYE
Sir Simon Burns	CON		AYE
Sir Stephen Timms	LAB	East Ham	NO
Sir Stuart Bell	LAB		NO
Sir Tony Cunningham	LAB		NO
Sir Vince Cable	LD		AYE
Sir William Cash	CON		AYE
Stephen Crabb	CON		AYE
Stephen Hammond	CON		AYE
Stephen Hesford	LAB		NO
Stephen Pound	LAB		NO
Stephen Williams	LD		AYE
Steve Darling	LD	Torbay	NO
Steve McCabe			NO
Steve Webb	LD		AYE
Stewart Hosie	SCO		AYE
Stewart Jackson			AYE
Theresa May			AYE
Theresa Villiers	CON		AYE
Tim Loughton	CON		AYE
Tom Levitt	LAB		NO
Tom Randall	CON		AYE
Tony Lloyd	LAB		NO
Vera Baird	LAB		NO
Vernon Coaker			NO
Wayne David	LAB		NO
Yvette Cooper	LAB	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	NO