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This is a very important point. There was an old rule right through history that with proposals for a big change, those who did not vote were expressing that they were satisfied with the existing arrangements. Does my hon. Friend agree that if one believes in change, one votes for change, and that if one does not believe in change there is no incentive to do so because one is consenting to the exi...

2 November 2010 #13315
33
Ayes
551
Noes
518
Majority
FAIL
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
CON Conservative 14 203 0 217
LAB Labour 4 177 0 181
UNK Unknown 7 50 0 57
LD Liberal Democrat 1 52 0 53
IND Independent 3 33 0 36
SCO Scottish National Party 0 5 0 5
THE The Independent Group for Change 0 4 0 4
DUP Democratic Unionist Party 2 0 0 2
PC Plaid Cymru 0 2 0 2
REF Reform UK 0 1 0 1
GRN Green Party 0 1 0 1
LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party 0 1 0 1
UK UK Independence Party 0 1 0 1

How MPs voted

561 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON NO
Adam Holloway CON NO
Alan Haselhurst NO
Alan Johnson LAB NO
Alan Whitehead NO
Albert Owen LAB NO
Alex Cunningham LAB NO
Alison McGovern LAB Birkenhead NO
Alison Seabeck LAB NO
Alistair Burt CON NO
Alok Sharma NO
Alun Cairns CON NO
Alun Michael LAB NO
Amber Rudd IND NO
Andrea Leadsom CON NO
Andrew Bingham CON NO
Andrew Bridgen IND NO
Andrew George LD St Ives NO
Andrew Griffiths CON NO
Andrew Gwynne IND NO
Andrew Jones CON NO
Andrew Miller LAB NO
Andrew Percy CON AYE
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford NO
Andrew Selous CON NO
Andrew Stephenson CON NO
Andrew Tyrie 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 McKechin LAB NO
Anna Soubry THE NO
Anne Marie Morris CON NO
Anne Milton IND NO
Annette Brooke LD NO
Austin Mitchell LAB NO
Ben Gummer CON NO
Bill Esterson LAB Sefton Central NO
Bob Blackman CON Harrow East NO
Bob Stewart CON NO
Bridget Phillipson LAB Houghton and Sunderland South NO
Caroline Flint LAB NO
Caroline Lucas GRN NO
Caroline Nokes CON Romsey and Southampton North NO
Catherine McKinnell LAB Newcastle upon Tyne North NO
Cathy Jamieson LAB NO
Charles Hendry CON NO
Charlie Elphicke IND NO
Charlotte Leslie CON NO
Chloe Smith CON NO
Chris Bryant LAB Rhondda and Ogmore NO
Chris Evans LAB Caerphilly NO
Chris Grayling NO
Chris Heaton-Harris CON NO
Chris Huhne LD NO
Chris Kelly CON NO
Chris Ruane LAB NO
Chris Skidmore CON NO
Chris Williamson IND NO
Christopher Pincher IND NO
Chuka Umunna LD NO
Claire Perry CON NO
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst NO
Craig Whittaker CON NO
Crispin Blunt IND NO
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Angela Watkinson CON NO
Dame Anne Begg LAB NO
Dame Anne McGuire LAB NO
Dame Caroline Dinenage CON Gosport NO
Dame Caroline Spelman CON NO
Dame Cheryl Gillan CON NO
Dame Chi Onwurah LAB Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West NO
Dame Diana Johnson LAB Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham NO
Dame Harriett Baldwin CON West Worcestershire NO
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price CON NO
Dame Joan Ruddock LAB NO
Dame Karen Bradley CON Staffordshire Moorlands NO
Dame Louise Ellman IND NO
Dame Maria Miller CON NO
Dame Meg Hillier LAB Hackney South and Shoreditch NO
Dame Nia Griffith LAB Llanelli NO
Dame Siobhain McDonagh LAB Mitcham and Morden NO
Dame Tracey Crouch CON NO
Damian Collins CON NO
Damian Green CON NO
Damian Hinds CON East Hampshire NO
Dan Byles CON NO
Dan Rogerson LD NO
Daniel Kawczynski CON NO
Danny Alexander LD NO
David Cairns LAB NO
David Cameron NO
David Hanson NO
David Heyes LAB NO
David Mowat CON NO
David Mundell CON Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale NO
David Rutley CON NO
David Simpson DUP AYE
David T C Davies CON NO
David Tredinnick CON NO
David Wright LAB NO
Derek Twigg LAB Widnes and Halewood NO
Dr Andrew Murrison CON South West Wiltshire NO
Dr Dan Poulter LAB NO
Dr Eilidh Whiteford SCO NO
Dr Hywel Francis LAB NO
Dr Jeremy Bray LAB NO
Dr Julian Huppert LD NO
Dr Matthew Offord CON NO
Dr Phillip Lee LD NO
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods LAB NO
Dr Sarah Wollaston LD AYE
Duncan Hames LD NO
Ed Balls LAB NO
Ed Davey LD Kingston and Surbiton NO
Edward Garnier NO
Edward Timpson CON NO
Edward Vaizey NO
Eleanor Laing AYE
Elizabeth Truss CON NO
Emily Thornberry LAB Islington South and Finsbury NO
Emma Reynolds LAB Wycombe NO
Eric Joyce IND NO
Eric Ollerenshaw CON NO
Eric Pickles NO
Esther McVey CON Tatton NO
Fabian Hamilton LAB Leeds North East NO
Fiona Bruce CON NO
Fiona Mactaggart LAB NO
Fiona O'Donnell LAB NO
Frank Dobson LAB NO
Frank Field AYE
Gareth Johnson CON NO
Gareth Thomas LAB NO
Gavin Barwell NO
Gemma Doyle LAB NO
George Eustice CON NO
George Freeman CON Mid Norfolk NO
Geraint Davies IND NO
Gisela Stuart NO
Glenda Jackson LAB NO
Gloria De Piero LAB NO
Glyn Davies CON NO
Gordon Banks LAB NO
Gordon Birtwistle LD NO
Gordon Henderson CON NO
Gordon Marsden LAB NO
Graeme Morrice LAB NO
Graham Brady AYE
Graham Evans NO
Graham P Jones LAB NO
Graham Stringer LAB Blackley and Middleton South AYE
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness NO
Grahame Morris LAB Easington NO
Grant Shapps CON NO
Greg Clark CON NO
Greg Hands CON NO
Greg Mulholland LD NO
Gregg McClymont LAB NO
Guto Bebb IND NO
Guy Opperman CON NO
Harriet Harman NO
Hazel Blears LAB NO
Heidi Alexander LAB Swindon South NO
Helen Goodman LAB NO
Helen Grant CON Maidstone and Malling NO
Helen Jones LAB NO
Henry Bellingham NO
Henry Smith CON NO
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Hugo Swire NO
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB NO
Hywel Williams PC NO
Iain Stewart CON NO
Ian C. Lucas LAB NO
Ian Lavery LAB Blyth and Ashington NO
Ian Mearns LAB NO
Ian Murray LAB Edinburgh South NO
Ian Swales LD NO
Jack Dromey LAB NO
James Brokenshire CON NO
James Gray CON AYE
James Morris CON NO
James Wharton NO
Jane Ellison CON NO
Jason McCartney CON NO
Jenny Chapman NO
Jenny Willott LD NO
Jeremy Corbyn IND Islington North NO
Jesse Norman CON Hereford and South Herefordshire NO
Jessica Lee CON NO
Jessica Morden LAB Newport East NO
Jim Dobbin LAB NO
Jim Fitzpatrick LAB NO
Jim McGovern LAB NO
Jim Shannon DUP Strangford AYE
Jo Swinson LD NO
Joan Walley LAB NO
John Cryer NO
John Glen CON Salisbury NO
John Hemming LD NO
John Howell CON NO
John Mann AYE
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington NO
John Penrose CON NO
John Robertson LAB NO
John Spellar NO
John Stevenson CON NO
John Watts CON NO
John Woodcock NO
Jon Cruddas LAB NO
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth NO
Jonathan Edwards IND NO
Jonathan Evans CON NO
Jonathan Reynolds LAB Stalybridge and Hyde NO
Joseph Johnson NO
Julian Sturdy CON NO
Julie Elliott NO
Julie Hilling LAB NO
Justin Tomlinson CON NO
Justine Greening IND NO
Karen Lumley CON NO
Karl McCartney CON NO
Kate Green LAB NO
Kate Hoey AYE
Keith Vaz LAB NO
Kelvin Hopkins IND AYE
Kenneth Clarke NO
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Kevan Jones NO
Kevin Brennan NO
Kris Hopkins CON NO
Kwasi Kwarteng CON NO
Lady Hermon IND AYE
Laura Sandys CON NO
Liam Byrne LAB Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North NO
Lilian Greenwood LAB Nottingham South NO
Lindsay Roy LAB NO
Lisa Nandy LAB Wigan NO
Liz Kendall LAB Leicester West NO
Luciana Berger NO
Lyn Brown NO
Malcolm Wicks LAB NO
Margaret Hodge NO
Margaret Ritchie NO
Margot James CON NO
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston NO
Mark Durkan LAB NO
Mark Field CON NO
Mark Garnier CON Wyre Forest NO
Mark Harper NO
Mark Hunter LD NO
Mark Lancaster NO
Mark Lazarowicz LAB NO
Mark Menzies IND NO
Mark Pawsey CON NO
Mark Pritchard CON The Wrekin NO
Mark Reckless UK NO
Mark Simmonds CON NO
Martin Caton LAB NO
Martin Horwood LD NO
Martin Vickers CON Brigg and Immingham NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East NO
Mary Glindon LAB Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend NO
Mary Macleod CON NO
Matt Hancock CON NO
Meg Munn LAB NO
Michael Connarty LAB NO
Michael Dugher LAB NO
Michael Fabricant CON NO
Michael Moore LD NO
Mike Crockart LD NO
Mike Freer CON NO
Mike Gapes THE NO
Mike Weatherley CON NO
Mike Weir SCO NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Adrian Sanders LD NO
Mr Aidan Burley CON NO
Mr Alan Reid LD NO
Mr Alistair Carmichael LD Orkney and Shetland NO
Mr Andrew Love LAB NO
Mr Andrew Smith LAB NO
Mr Andrew Turner CON AYE
Mr Barry Sheerman LAB NO
Mr Ben Bradshaw LAB NO
Mr Ben Wallace CON NO
Mr Bob Ainsworth LAB NO
Mr Brian Binley CON NO
Mr Brian H. Donohoe LAB NO
Mr Brooks Newmark CON NO
Mr Charles Kennedy LD NO
Mr Chris Leslie THE NO
Mr Clive Betts LAB Sheffield South East NO
Mr Dai Havard LAB NO
Mr David Anderson LAB NO
Mr David Burrowes CON NO
Mr David Gauke IND NO
Mr David Hamilton LAB NO
Mr David Heath LD NO
Mr David Jones CON NO
Mr David Lammy LAB Tottenham NO
Mr David Laws LD NO
Mr David Nuttall CON AYE
Mr David Ruffley CON NO
Mr David Ward LD NO
Mr David Winnick LAB NO
Mr Dennis Skinner LAB NO
Mr Dominic Grieve IND NO
Mr Douglas Alexander LAB Lothian East NO
Mr Douglas Carswell IND NO
Mr Elfyn Llwyd PC NO
Mr Eric Illsley IND NO
Mr Frank Roy LAB NO
Mr Gavin Shuker IND NO
Mr Geoffrey Robinson LAB NO
Mr George Mudie LAB NO
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LAB NO
Mr Iain Wright LAB NO
Mr Ian Davidson LAB NO
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger CON NO
Mr Ivan Lewis IND NO
Mr Jack Straw IND NO
Mr James Clappison CON NO
Mr Jeremy Browne LD NO
Mr Jim Cunningham LAB NO
Mr Jim Murphy LAB NO
Mr Joe Benton LAB NO
Mr John Denham LAB NO
Mr John Leech LD NO
Mr Jonathan Lord CON NO
Mr Keith Simpson CON AYE
Mr Laurence Robertson CON NO
Mr Lee Scott CON NO
Mr Marcus Jones CON NO
Mr Mark Francois CON Rayleigh and Wickford NO
Mr Mark Hoban CON NO
Mr Mark Prisk CON NO
Mr Mark Williams LD NO
Mr Michael McCann LAB NO
Mr Mike Hancock IND NO
Mr Nicholas Brown IND NO
Mr Nick Clegg LD NO
Mr Nick Hurd CON NO
Mr Nick Raynsford LAB NO
Mr Owen Paterson CON NO
Mr Peter Bone IND AYE
Mr Philip Hollobone CON AYE
Mr Richard Bacon CON NO
Mr Rob Wilson CON NO
Mr Robert Walter CON NO
Mr Robin Walker CON NO
Mr Roger Godsiff LAB NO
Mr Ronnie Campbell LAB AYE
Mr Russell Brown LAB NO
Mr Sam Gyimah LD NO
Mr Shaun Woodward LAB NO
Mr Stephen Dorrell CON NO
Mr Stephen Hepburn IND NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien CON NO
Mr Toby Perkins LAB Chesterfield NO
Mr Tom Clarke LAB NO
Mr Tom Harris LAB NO
Mr Virendra Sharma LAB NO
Mr William Bain LAB NO
Mrs Anne Main CON NO
Mrs Heather Wheeler CON NO
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB NO
Mrs Louise Mensch CON NO
Mrs Madeleine Moon LAB NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson LAB Washington and Gateshead South NO
Mrs Sheryll Murray CON NO
Ms Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington NO
Ms Karen Buck LAB NO
Ms Nadine Dorries CON NO
Ms Stella Creasy LAB Walthamstow NO
Nadhim Zahawi CON NO
Natascha Engel LAB NO
Neil Carmichael CON NO
Neil Parish CON NO
Nicholas Soames NO
Nick Boles IND NO
Nick de Bois CON NO
Nick Gibb CON NO
Nick Herbert NO
Nick Smith LAB Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney NO
Nicky Morgan NO
Nicola Blackwood NO
Nigel Adams CON NO
Nigel Dodds AYE
Nigel Mills CON NO
Norman Baker LD NO
Norman Lamb LD NO
Oliver Colvile CON NO
Owen Smith LAB NO
Pamela Nash LAB Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke NO
Pat Glass LAB NO
Pat McFadden LAB Wolverhampton South East NO
Patrick McLoughlin NO
Patrick Mercer IND NO
Paul Blomfield LAB NO
Paul Burstow LD NO
Paul Farrelly LAB NO
Paul Flynn LAB NO
Paul Goggins LAB NO
Paul Maynard CON NO
Paul Uppal CON NO
Paula Barker LAB Liverpool Wavertree NO
Penny Mordaunt CON NO
Pete Wishart SCO Perth and Kinross-shire NO
Peter Aldous CON NO
Peter Lilley NO
Phil Wilson NO
Philip Dunne CON NO
Philip Hammond NO
Priti Patel CON Witham NO
Rachel Reeves LAB Leeds West and Pudsey NO
Rebecca Harris CON Castle Point NO
Rehman Chishti CON NO
Richard Benyon NO
Richard Drax CON NO
Richard Fuller CON North Bedfordshire NO
Richard Graham CON NO
Richard Harrington NO
Robert Flello LAB NO
Robert Halfon CON NO
Roger Williams LD NO
Rory Stewart IND NO
Rosie Cooper LAB NO
Rosie Winterton NO
Rushanara Ali LAB Bethnal Green and Stepney NO
Sadiq Khan LAB NO
Sandra Osborne LAB NO
Sarah Newton CON NO
Sarah Teather LD NO
Shabana Mahmood LAB Birmingham Ladywood NO
Shailesh Vara CON NO
Sheila Gilmore LAB NO
Simon Danczuk IND NO
Simon Hart NO
Simon Hughes LD NO
Simon Kirby CON NO
Simon Reevell CON NO
Simon Wright LD NO
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth NO
Sir Alan Duncan CON NO
Sir Alan Meale LAB NO
Sir Alec Shelbrooke CON Wetherby and Easingwold NO
Sir Andrew Mitchell CON Sutton Coldfield NO
Sir Bill Wiggin CON NO
Sir Bob Russell LD NO
Sir Brandon Lewis CON NO
Sir Charles Walker CON NO
Sir Christopher Chope CON Christchurch AYE
Sir Conor Burns CON NO
Sir David Amess CON NO
Sir David Crausby LAB NO
Sir David Evennett CON NO
Sir David Lidington CON NO
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West NO
Sir Edward Leigh CON Gainsborough AYE
Sir Gavin Williamson CON Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge NO
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown CON North Cotswolds NO
Sir Geoffrey Cox CON Torridge and Tavistock AYE
Sir George Hollingbery CON NO
Sir George Howarth LAB AYE
Sir George Younger CON NO
Sir Gerald Howarth CON NO
Sir Greg Knight CON NO
Sir Hugh Robertson CON NO
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg CON AYE
Sir Jake Berry CON NO
Sir James Duddridge CON NO
Sir James Paice CON NO
Sir Jeremy Hunt CON Godalming and Ash NO
Sir Jeremy Wright CON Kenilworth and Southam NO
Sir John Hayes CON South Holland and The Deepings NO
Sir John Stanley CON NO
Sir John Whittingdale CON Maldon NO
Sir Julian Brazier CON NO
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East AYE
Sir Julian Smith CON Skipton and Ripon NO
Sir Kevin Barron LAB NO
Sir Liam Fox CON NO
Sir Malcolm Rifkind IND NO
Sir Mark Spencer CON NO
Sir Mark Tami LAB Alyn and Deeside NO
Sir Mel Stride CON Central Devon NO
Sir Michael Ellis CON NO
Sir Michael Fallon CON NO
Sir Mike Penning CON NO
Sir Nicholas Dakin LAB Scunthorpe NO
Sir Nick Harvey LD NO
Sir Oliver Heald CON NO
Sir Paul Beresford CON NO
Sir Peter Bottomley CON NO
Sir Peter Luff CON NO
Sir Peter Soulsby LAB NO
Sir Philip Davies CON AYE
Sir Richard Ottaway CON NO
Sir Richard Shepherd CON AYE
Sir Robert Buckland CON NO
Sir Robert Goodwill CON NO
Sir Robert Neill CON NO
Sir Robert Smith LD NO
Sir Robert Syms CON NO
Sir Sajid Javid CON NO
Sir Simon Burns CON NO
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Sir Stuart Bell LAB NO
Sir Tony Baldry CON NO
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB NO
Sir Vince Cable LD NO
Sir William Cash CON AYE
Stephen Crabb CON NO
Stephen Gilbert LD NO
Stephen Hammond CON NO
Stephen Lloyd LD NO
Stephen McPartland CON NO
Stephen Metcalfe CON NO
Stephen Mosley CON NO
Stephen Phillips CON NO
Stephen Pound LAB NO
Stephen Twigg LAB NO
Stephen Williams LD NO
Steve Brine CON NO
Steve Darling LD Torbay NO
Steve McCabe NO
Steve Rotheram LAB NO
Steve Webb LD NO
Stewart Hosie SCO NO
Stewart Jackson NO
Stuart Andrew CON Daventry NO
Susan Elan Jones LAB NO
Teresa Pearce LAB NO
Tessa Munt LD Wells and Mendip Hills NO
Theresa May NO
Theresa Villiers CON NO
Thérèse Coffey NO
Thomas Docherty LAB NO
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale NO
Tim Loughton CON NO
Tom Blenkinsop LAB NO
Tom Brake LD NO
Tom Greatrex LAB NO
Tom Randall CON NO
Tom Watson NO
Tony Lloyd LAB NO
Tristram Hunt LAB NO
Valerie Vaz LAB Walsall and Bloxwich NO
Vernon Coaker NO
Wayne David LAB NO
Yasmin Qureshi LAB Bolton South and Walkden AYE
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley NO
Yvonne Fovargue LAB NO
Zac Goldsmith NO