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Essentially, the argument is about whether the word "habitat" goes far enough in protecting our marine environment or whether it should be added to with the word "ecosystem". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "habitat" means "the natural home or environment of an organism," whereas "ecosystem" is defined as "a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment."...

26 October 2009 #13014
160
Ayes
248
Noes
88
Majority
FAIL
Result

How did your MP vote?

The House

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 Other Total
LAB Labour 9 200 0 209
CON Conservative 90 1 0 91
UNK Unknown 12 14 0 26
IND Independent 12 13 0 25
LD Liberal Democrat 20 1 0 21
SCO Scottish National Party 1 2 0 3
THE The Independent Group for Change 0 2 0 2
REF Reform UK 1 0 0 1
CON Independent Conservative 1 0 0 1
DUP Democratic Unionist Party 1 0 0 1
SPE Speaker 0 1 0 1

How MPs voted

381 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON AYE
Adam Holloway CON AYE
Alan Johnson LAB NO
Alan Keen LAB NO
Albert Owen LAB NO
Alistair Burt CON AYE
Alun Michael LAB NO
Andrew George LD St Ives AYE
Andrew Gwynne IND NO
Andrew Miller LAB NO
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford AYE
Andrew Selous CON AYE
Andy Burnham LAB NO
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick NO
Angela Smith LD NO
Angus Brendan MacNeil IND NO
Angus Robertson SCO 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
Barbara Follett LAB NO
Barbara Keeley NO
Ben Chapman LAB NO
Ben Gummer CON AYE
Bill Etherington LAB NO
Bill Rammell LAB NO
Bob Spink IND NO
Bridget Prentice LAB NO
Caroline Flint LAB NO
Charlotte Atkins LAB NO
Chloe Smith CON AYE
Chris Huhne LD AYE
Chris McCafferty LAB NO
Chris Mole LAB NO
Chris Ruane LAB NO
Christine Russell LAB NO
Claire Ward LAB NO
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst NO
Colin Burgon LAB NO
Crispin Blunt IND AYE
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Angela Watkinson 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 Siobhain McDonagh LAB Mitcham and Morden NO
Damian Green CON AYE
Dan Norris IND North East Somerset and Hanham NO
Dan Rogerson LD AYE
Daniel Kawczynski CON AYE
David Cairns LAB NO
David Davis CON Goole and Pocklington AYE
David Hanson NO
David Heyes LAB NO
David Lepper LAB NO
David Mundell CON Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale AYE
David T C Davies CON AYE
David Taylor LAB 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 David Drew LAB AYE
Dr Desmond Turner LAB NO
Dr Doug Naysmith LAB NO
Dr Hywel Francis LAB NO
Dr Kim Howells LAB NO
Dr Nick Palmer LAB NO
Dr Phyllis Starkey LAB NO
Dr Richard Taylor IND AYE
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods LAB NO
Dr Rudi Vis LAB NO
Dr Stephen Ladyman LAB NO
Dr Tony Wright LAB NO
Ed Miliband LAB Doncaster North NO
Edward Garnier AYE
Edward Timpson CON AYE
Edward Vaizey AYE
Emily Thornberry LAB Islington South and Finsbury NO
Eric Joyce IND NO
Ernest Armstrong LAB NO
Frank Cook LAB NO
Frank Dobson LAB NO
Gareth Thomas LAB NO
Geraldine Smith LAB NO
Gordon Banks LAB NO
Gordon Marsden LAB NO
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness AYE
Grant Shapps CON AYE
Greg Clark CON AYE
Greg Mulholland LD AYE
Gwyn Prosser LAB NO
Harriet Harman NO
Hazel Blears LAB NO
Helen Goodman LAB NO
Helen Jones LAB NO
Helen Southworth LAB NO
Henry Bellingham AYE
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB NO
Ian C. Lucas LAB NO
Ian Pearson LAB NO
Ian Stewart LAB NO
James Brokenshire CON AYE
James Gray CON AYE
Janet Anderson LAB NO
Jeff Ennis LAB NO
Jeremy Corbyn IND Islington North AYE
Jessica Morden LAB Newport East NO
Jim Cousins LAB NO
Jim Dobbin LAB NO
Jim Fitzpatrick LAB NO
Jim McGovern LAB NO
Jim Sheridan LAB NO
Joan Ryan THE NO
Joan Walley LAB AYE
John Austin LAB NO
John Cummings LAB NO
John Healey LAB Rawmarsh and Conisbrough NO
John Hemming LD AYE
John Howell CON AYE
John Mann NO
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington AYE
John Penrose CON AYE
John Robertson LAB NO
John Spellar NO
John Watts CON NO
Jon Cruddas LAB NO
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth NO
Jonathan Shaw LAB NO
Judy Mallaber LAB NO
Julie Kirkbride CON AYE
Julie Morgan LAB NO
Justine Greening IND AYE
Keith Hill LAB NO
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Kevan Jones NO
Kevin Brennan NO
Kitty Ussher LAB NO
Laura Moffatt LAB NO
Lembit Öpik LD AYE
Liam Byrne LAB Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North NO
Linda Gilroy LAB NO
Lindsay Roy LAB NO
Liz Blackman LAB NO
Lyn Brown NO
Lynda Waltho LAB NO
Lynne Jones LAB AYE
Malcolm Wicks LAB NO
Margaret Beckett NO
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston NO
Mark Harper AYE
Mark Lancaster AYE
Mark Lazarowicz LAB NO
Mark Pritchard CON The Wrekin AYE
Mark Simmonds CON AYE
Martin Caton LAB NO
Martin Horwood LD AYE
Martin Linton LAB NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East NO
Meg Munn LAB NO
Michael Connarty LAB NO
Michael Fabricant CON AYE
Miss Ann Widdecombe CON AYE
Mr Adam Ingram LAB NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Adrian Sanders LD AYE
Mr Alan Reid LD AYE
Mr Andrew Dismore LAB NO
Mr Andrew Mackay CON AYE
Mr Andrew Pelling IND AYE
Mr Andrew Smith LAB NO
Mr Andy Reed LAB NO
Mr Ben Wallace CON AYE
Mr Bob Blizzard LAB NO
Mr Bob Laxton LAB NO
Mr Brian Binley CON AYE
Mr Brian H. Donohoe LAB NO
Mr Brian Jenkins LAB NO
Mr Bruce George LAB NO
Mr Charles Clarke LAB NO
Mr Chris Mullin LAB NO
Mr Clive Betts LAB Sheffield South East NO
Mr Dai Davies IND AYE
Mr Dai Havard LAB NO
Mr David Anderson LAB NO
Mr David Chaytor IND NO
Mr David Clelland LAB NO
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 Ruffley CON AYE
Mr David S. Borrow LAB NO
Mr David Winnick LAB NO
Mr Dennis Skinner LAB NO
Mr Dominic Grieve IND AYE
Mr Doug Henderson LAB NO
Mr Edward O'Hara LAB NO
Mr Elliot Morley LAB NO
Mr Eric Martlew LAB NO
Mr Frank Doran LAB NO
Mr Fraser Kemp LAB NO
Mr Geoffrey Hoon IND NO
Mr Geoffrey Robinson LAB NO
Mr George Mudie LAB NO
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LAB NO
Mr Graham Allen LAB NO
Mr Gregory Campbell DUP East Londonderry AYE
Mr Humfrey Malins CON AYE
Mr Ian Cawsey LAB NO
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger CON AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis IND NO
Mr Jack Straw IND NO
Mr James Plaskitt LAB NO
Mr Jim Cunningham LAB NO
Mr Joe Benton LAB NO
Mr John Baron CON AYE
Mr John Denham LAB NO
Mr John Greenway CON AYE
Mr John Heppell LAB NO
Mr John Leech LD AYE
Mr Jonathan Djanogly CON AYE
Mr Keith Simpson CON AYE
Mr Ken Purchase LAB NO
Mr Laurence Robertson CON AYE
Mr Mark Prisk CON AYE
Mr Mark Todd LAB NO
Mr Mark Williams LD AYE
Mr Martyn Jones LAB NO
Mr Michael Clapham LAB NO
Mr Michael Foster LAB NO
Mr Mike Hall LAB NO
Mr Mike O'Brien LAB NO
Mr Neil Gerrard LAB AYE
Mr Nicholas Brown IND NO
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 Paul Truswell LAB AYE
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 Caborn LAB NO
Mr Rob Wilson CON AYE
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews LAB AYE
Mr Russell Brown LAB NO
Mr Shahid Malik LAB NO
Mr Siôn Simon LAB NO
Mr Terry Rooney LAB NO
Mr Tim Yeo CON AYE
Mr Tom Clarke LAB NO
Mr Tom Harris LAB NO
Mrs Ann Cryer LAB NO
Mrs Anne Main CON AYE
Mrs Betty Williams LAB NO
Mrs Jacqui Lait CON AYE
Mrs Janet Dean LAB NO
Mrs Joan Humble LAB NO
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB AYE
Mrs Madeleine Moon LAB NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson LAB Washington and Gateshead South NO
Mrs Siân C. James LAB NO
Ms Celia Barlow LAB NO
Ms Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington NO
Ms Karen Buck LAB NO
Ms Patricia Hewitt IND NO
Ms Sally Keeble LAB NO
Natascha Engel LAB NO
Nick Ainger LAB NO
Nick Herbert AYE
Nigel Griffiths LAB NO
Paddy Tipping LAB NO
Pat McFadden LAB Wolverhampton South East NO
Patrick Hall LAB NO
Patrick McLoughlin AYE
Patrick Mercer IND AYE
Paul Clark LAB NO
Paul Farrelly LAB NO
Paul Flynn LAB NO
Paul Holmes LD AYE
Paul Rowen LD AYE
Pete Wishart SCO Perth and Kinross-shire NO
Peter Lilley AYE
Phil Hope LAB NO
Phil Wilson NO
Philip Boswell SCO AYE
Philip Dunne CON AYE
Philip Hammond AYE
Richard Benyon AYE
Richard Younger-Ross LD AYE
Rob Marris LAB NO
Robert Flello LAB NO
Robert Key CON AYE
Roger Berry LAB NO
Rosemary McKenna LAB NO
Rosie Winterton NO
Sadiq Khan LAB NO
Sarah McCarthy-Fry LAB NO
Sarah Teather LD AYE
Shailesh Vara CON AYE
Shona McIsaac LAB NO
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth NO
Sir Alan Meale LAB NO
Sir Andrew Mitchell CON Sutton Coldfield AYE
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 David Amess CON AYE
Sir David Crausby LAB NO
Sir David Lidington CON AYE
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West AYE
Sir Gary Streeter CON AYE
Sir George Howarth LAB NO
Sir Gerald Howarth CON AYE
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB NO
Sir Greg Knight CON AYE
Sir Hugh Robertson CON AYE
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 Whittingdale CON Maldon AYE
Sir Julian Brazier CON AYE
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East AYE
Sir Kevin Barron LAB NO
Sir Lindsay Hoyle SPE Chorley NO
Sir Mark Tami LAB Alyn and Deeside NO
Sir Michael Fallon CON AYE
Sir Nicholas Winterton CON AYE
Sir Oliver Heald CON AYE
Sir Oliver Letwin IND AYE
Sir Peter Bottomley CON AYE
Sir Peter Viggers CON AYE
Sir Philip Davies CON AYE
Sir Richard Ottaway CON AYE
Sir Robert Goodwill CON AYE
Sir Robert Neill CON AYE
Sir Robert Smith LD AYE
Sir Robert Syms CON AYE
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Sir Tony Baldry CON AYE
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB NO
Sir William Cash CON AYE
Stephen Hammond CON AYE
Stephen Hesford LAB NO
Stephen Pound LAB NO
Steve McCabe NO
Stewart Jackson AYE
Theresa May AYE
Theresa Villiers CON AYE
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale AYE
Tim Loughton CON AYE
Tom Randall CON AYE
Tom Watson NO
Tony Lloyd LAB NO
Vera Baird LAB NO
Vernon Coaker NO
Wayne David LAB NO
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley NO