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On the question of operational independence, one could get the impression from Opposition Members that police forces operate and are directed in a political vacuum. Surely, it is entirely appropriate that police authorities should determine whether Tasers, for example, should be used. None of us would expect police to start using water cannon and that sort of operational tactic without political p...

13 December 2010 #13358
232
Ayes
324
Noes
92
Majority
FAIL
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
CON Conservative 1 212 0 213
LAB Labour 180 2 0 182
UNK Unknown 24 30 0 54
LD Liberal Democrat 2 45 0 47
IND Independent 13 18 0 31
THE The Independent Group for Change 3 1 0 4
REF Reform UK 0 1 0 1
GRN Green Party 1 0 0 1
LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party 1 0 0 1
UK UK Independence Party 0 1 0 1
PC Plaid Cymru 1 0 0 1

How MPs voted

536 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON NO
Adam Holloway CON NO
Alan Haselhurst NO
Alan Johnson LAB AYE
Alan Whitehead AYE
Albert Owen LAB AYE
Alex Cunningham LAB AYE
Alison McGovern LAB Birkenhead AYE
Alison Seabeck LAB AYE
Alistair Burt CON NO
Alok Sharma NO
Alun Cairns CON NO
Alun Michael LAB AYE
Amber Rudd IND NO
Anas Sarwar LAB AYE
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 AYE
Andrew Jones CON NO
Andrew Miller LAB AYE
Andrew Percy CON NO
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford NO
Andrew Selous CON NO
Andrew Stephenson CON NO
Andrew Tyrie NO
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick AYE
Angela Smith LD AYE
Ann Clwyd LAB AYE
Ann Coffey THE AYE
Ann McKechin LAB AYE
Anna Soubry THE NO
Anne Marie Morris CON NO
Anne Milton IND NO
Annette Brooke LD NO
Austin Mitchell LAB AYE
Barbara Keeley AYE
Barry Gardiner LAB Brent West AYE
Ben Gummer CON NO
Bill Esterson LAB Sefton Central AYE
Bob Blackman CON Harrow East NO
Bob Stewart CON NO
Bridget Phillipson LAB Houghton and Sunderland South AYE
Caroline Flint LAB AYE
Caroline Lucas GRN AYE
Caroline Nokes CON Romsey and Southampton North NO
Catherine McKinnell LAB Newcastle upon Tyne North AYE
Cathy Jamieson LAB AYE
Charlie Elphicke IND NO
Charlotte Leslie CON NO
Chloe Smith CON NO
Chris Bryant LAB Rhondda and Ogmore AYE
Chris Evans LAB Caerphilly AYE
Chris Huhne LD NO
Chris Kelly CON NO
Chris Ruane LAB AYE
Chris Skidmore CON NO
Chris White CON NO
Chris Williamson IND AYE
Christopher Pincher IND NO
Chuka Umunna LD AYE
Claire Perry CON NO
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst AYE
Craig Whittaker CON NO
Crispin Blunt IND NO
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey AYE
Dame Angela Watkinson CON NO
Dame Anne Begg LAB AYE
Dame Anne McGuire LAB AYE
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 AYE
Dame Diana Johnson LAB Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham AYE
Dame Harriett Baldwin CON West Worcestershire NO
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price CON NO
Dame Joan Ruddock LAB AYE
Dame Karen Bradley CON Staffordshire Moorlands NO
Dame Louise Ellman IND AYE
Dame Maria Miller CON NO
Dame Meg Hillier LAB Hackney South and Shoreditch AYE
Dame Nia Griffith LAB Llanelli AYE
Dame Siobhain McDonagh LAB Mitcham and Morden AYE
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
Danny Alexander LD NO
David Cairns LAB AYE
David Davis CON Goole and Pocklington NO
David Hanson AYE
David Heyes LAB AYE
David Miliband LAB AYE
David Morris CON NO
David Mowat CON NO
David Rutley CON NO
David T C Davies CON NO
David Tredinnick CON NO
David Wright LAB AYE
Derek Twigg LAB Widnes and Halewood AYE
Dr Andrew Murrison CON South West Wiltshire NO
Dr Dan Poulter LAB NO
Dr Hywel Francis LAB AYE
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 AYE
Dr Sarah Wollaston LD NO
Duncan Hames LD NO
Ed Balls LAB AYE
Ed Davey LD Kingston and Surbiton NO
Edward Garnier NO
Edward Timpson CON NO
Edward Vaizey NO
Eleanor Laing NO
Emily Thornberry LAB Islington South and Finsbury AYE
Emma Reynolds LAB Wycombe AYE
Eric Ollerenshaw CON NO
Eric Pickles NO
Esther McVey CON Tatton NO
Fiona Bruce CON NO
Fiona Mactaggart LAB AYE
Fiona O'Donnell LAB AYE
Frank Dobson LAB AYE
Gareth Johnson CON NO
Gareth Thomas LAB AYE
Gavin Barwell NO
Gemma Doyle LAB AYE
George Eustice CON NO
George Freeman CON Mid Norfolk NO
Geraint Davies IND AYE
Gisela Stuart AYE
Gloria De Piero LAB AYE
Glyn Davies CON NO
Gordon Banks LAB AYE
Gordon Birtwistle LD NO
Gordon Henderson CON NO
Gordon Marsden LAB AYE
Graeme Morrice LAB AYE
Graham Brady NO
Graham Evans NO
Graham P Jones LAB AYE
Graham Stringer LAB Blackley and Middleton South AYE
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness NO
Grahame Morris LAB Easington AYE
Grant Shapps CON NO
Greg Clark CON NO
Greg Hands CON NO
Greg Mulholland LD NO
Gregg McClymont LAB AYE
Guto Bebb IND NO
Guy Opperman CON NO
Harriet Harman AYE
Hazel Blears LAB AYE
Heidi Alexander LAB Swindon South AYE
Helen Grant CON Maidstone and Malling NO
Helen Jones LAB AYE
Henry Bellingham NO
Henry Smith CON NO
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South AYE
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB AYE
Iain Stewart CON NO
Ian Austin AYE
Ian C. Lucas LAB AYE
Ian Lavery LAB Blyth and Ashington AYE
Ian Mearns LAB AYE
Ian Murray LAB Edinburgh South AYE
Ian Swales LD NO
Jack Dromey LAB AYE
Jack Lopresti CON NO
James Brokenshire CON NO
James Gray CON NO
James Morris CON NO
James Wharton NO
Jane Ellison CON NO
Jason McCartney CON NO
Jenny Chapman AYE
Jenny Willott LD NO
Jeremy Corbyn IND Islington North AYE
Jeremy Lefroy CON NO
Jesse Norman CON Hereford and South Herefordshire NO
Jessica Lee CON NO
Jessica Morden LAB Newport East AYE
Jim Dobbin LAB AYE
Jim Dowd LAB AYE
Jim McGovern LAB AYE
Jim Sheridan LAB AYE
Jo Swinson LD NO
Joan Walley LAB AYE
John Cryer AYE
John Glen CON Salisbury NO
John Healey LAB Rawmarsh and Conisbrough AYE
John Hemming LD NO
John Howell CON NO
John Mann AYE
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington AYE
John Penrose CON NO
John Pugh LD NO
John Robertson LAB AYE
John Spellar AYE
John Stevenson CON NO
John Watts CON AYE
John Woodcock AYE
Jon Cruddas LAB AYE
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth AYE
Jonathan Edwards IND AYE
Jonathan Evans CON NO
Jonathan Reynolds LAB Stalybridge and Hyde AYE
Joseph Johnson NO
Julian Sturdy CON NO
Julie Elliott AYE
Julie Hilling LAB AYE
Justin Tomlinson CON NO
Karen Lumley CON NO
Karl McCartney CON NO
Karl Turner LAB Kingston upon Hull East AYE
Kate Green LAB AYE
Kate Hoey AYE
Kelvin Hopkins IND AYE
Kenneth Clarke NO
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East AYE
Kevan Jones AYE
Kevin Brennan AYE
Kris Hopkins CON NO
Kwasi Kwarteng CON NO
Laura Sandys CON NO
Liam Byrne LAB Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North AYE
Lilian Greenwood LAB Nottingham South AYE
Lindsay Roy LAB AYE
Lisa Nandy LAB Wigan AYE
Liz Kendall LAB Leicester West AYE
Luciana Berger AYE
Lyn Brown AYE
Malcolm Wicks LAB AYE
Margaret Beckett AYE
Margaret Hodge AYE
Margot James CON NO
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston AYE
Mark Durkan LAB AYE
Mark Field CON NO
Mark Garnier CON Wyre Forest NO
Mark Harper NO
Mark Hunter LD NO
Mark Lancaster NO
Mark Lazarowicz LAB AYE
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 AYE
Martin Horwood LD NO
Martin Vickers CON Brigg and Immingham NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East AYE
Mary Glindon LAB Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend AYE
Mary Macleod CON NO
Matt Hancock CON NO
Michael Connarty LAB AYE
Michael Dugher LAB AYE
Michael Fabricant CON NO
Michael Gove NO
Mike Crockart LD NO
Mike Freer CON NO
Mike Gapes THE AYE
Mike Weatherley CON NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB AYE
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 AYE
Mr Andrew Smith LAB AYE
Mr Andrew Turner CON NO
Mr Barry Sheerman LAB AYE
Mr Ben Bradshaw LAB AYE
Mr Ben Wallace CON NO
Mr Bob Ainsworth LAB AYE
Mr Brian Binley CON NO
Mr Brian H. Donohoe LAB AYE
Mr Brooks Newmark CON NO
Mr Chris Leslie THE AYE
Mr Clive Betts LAB Sheffield South East AYE
Mr Dai Havard LAB AYE
Mr David Anderson LAB AYE
Mr David Burrowes CON NO
Mr David Gauke IND NO
Mr David Hamilton LAB AYE
Mr David Heath LD NO
Mr David Jones CON NO
Mr David Lammy LAB Tottenham AYE
Mr David Laws LD NO
Mr David Nuttall CON NO
Mr David Ruffley CON NO
Mr David Ward LD NO
Mr David Winnick LAB AYE
Mr Dennis Skinner LAB AYE
Mr Dominic Grieve IND NO
Mr Douglas Alexander LAB Lothian East AYE
Mr Douglas Carswell IND NO
Mr Elfyn Llwyd PC AYE
Mr Eric Illsley IND AYE
Mr Frank Doran LAB AYE
Mr Frank Roy LAB AYE
Mr Gavin Shuker IND AYE
Mr Geoffrey Robinson LAB AYE
Mr George Mudie LAB AYE
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LAB AYE
Mr Ian Davidson LAB AYE
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger CON NO
Mr Jack Straw IND AYE
Mr James Clappison CON NO
Mr Jeremy Browne LD NO
Mr Jim Cunningham LAB AYE
Mr Jim Murphy LAB AYE
Mr Joe Benton LAB AYE
Mr John Baron CON NO
Mr John Denham LAB AYE
Mr John Leech LD NO
Mr Jonathan Djanogly CON NO
Mr Jonathan Lord CON NO
Mr Keith Simpson CON NO
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 Marsha Singh LAB AYE
Mr Michael McCann LAB AYE
Mr Michael Meacher LAB AYE
Mr Mike Hancock IND NO
Mr Nicholas Brown IND AYE
Mr Nick Hurd CON NO
Mr Nick Raynsford LAB AYE
Mr Owen Paterson CON NO
Mr Peter Bone IND NO
Mr Philip Hollobone CON NO
Mr Richard Bacon CON NO
Mr Robin Walker CON NO
Mr Roger Godsiff LAB AYE
Mr Ronnie Campbell LAB AYE
Mr Russell Brown LAB AYE
Mr Sam Gyimah LD NO
Mr Stephen Dorrell CON NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien CON NO
Mr Steve Baker CON NO
Mr Tim Yeo CON NO
Mr Tobias Ellwood CON NO
Mr Toby Perkins LAB Chesterfield AYE
Mr Tom Clarke LAB AYE
Mr Tom Harris LAB AYE
Mr Virendra Sharma LAB AYE
Mr William Bain LAB AYE
Mrs Anne Main CON NO
Mrs Heather Wheeler CON NO
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB AYE
Mrs Louise Mensch CON NO
Mrs Madeleine Moon LAB AYE
Mrs Pauline Latham CON NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson LAB Washington and Gateshead South AYE
Mrs Sheryll Murray CON NO
Mrs Siân C. James LAB AYE
Ms Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington AYE
Ms Karen Buck LAB AYE
Nadhim Zahawi CON NO
Natascha Engel LAB AYE
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 AYE
Nicky Morgan NO
Nicola Blackwood NO
Nigel Adams CON NO
Nigel Mills CON NO
Norman Baker LD NO
Oliver Colvile CON NO
Owen Smith LAB AYE
Pamela Nash LAB Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke AYE
Pat Glass LAB AYE
Pat McFadden LAB Wolverhampton South East AYE
Patrick McLoughlin NO
Patrick Mercer IND NO
Paul Blomfield LAB AYE
Paul Burstow LD NO
Paul Farrelly LAB AYE
Paul Flynn LAB AYE
Paul Goggins LAB AYE
Paul Maynard CON NO
Paul Uppal CON NO
Penny Mordaunt CON NO
Peter Aldous CON NO
Peter Lilley NO
Phil Wilson AYE
Philip Dunne CON NO
Philip Hammond NO
Priti Patel CON Witham NO
Rachel Reeves LAB Leeds West and Pudsey AYE
Rebecca Harris CON Castle Point NO
Rehman Chishti CON NO
Richard Burden LAB AYE
Richard Fuller CON North Bedfordshire NO
Richard Graham CON NO
Richard Harrington NO
Robert Flello LAB AYE
Robert Halfon CON NO
Roger Williams LD NO
Rosie Cooper LAB AYE
Rosie Winterton AYE
Rushanara Ali LAB Bethnal Green and Stepney AYE
Sandra Osborne LAB AYE
Sarah Newton CON NO
Shabana Mahmood LAB Birmingham Ladywood AYE
Shailesh Vara CON NO
Sheila Gilmore LAB AYE
Simon Danczuk IND AYE
Simon Hart NO
Simon Hughes LD NO
Simon Kirby CON NO
Simon Wright LD NO
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth AYE
Sir Alan Meale LAB AYE
Sir Alec Shelbrooke CON Wetherby and Easingwold NO
Sir Andrew Mitchell CON Sutton Coldfield NO
Sir Bernard Jenkin CON Harwich and North Essex NO
Sir Bill Wiggin CON NO
Sir Bob Russell LD NO
Sir Brandon Lewis CON NO
Sir Charles Walker CON NO
Sir Conor Burns CON NO
Sir David Crausby LAB AYE
Sir David Evennett CON NO
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West NO
Sir Edward Leigh CON Gainsborough NO
Sir Gary Streeter CON NO
Sir Gavin Williamson CON Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge NO
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown CON North Cotswolds NO
Sir George Hollingbery CON NO
Sir George Howarth LAB AYE
Sir George Younger CON NO
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB AYE
Sir Greg Knight CON NO
Sir Hugh Robertson CON NO
Sir Iain Duncan Smith CON Chingford and Woodford Green NO
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg CON NO
Sir Jake Berry CON NO
Sir James Duddridge CON NO
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson IND NO
Sir Jeremy Hunt CON Godalming and Ash NO
Sir John Hayes CON South Holland and The Deepings NO
Sir John Redwood CON NO
Sir John Stanley CON NO
Sir John Whittingdale CON Maldon NO
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East NO
Sir Julian Smith CON Skipton and Ripon NO
Sir Kevin Barron LAB AYE
Sir Liam Fox CON NO
Sir Malcolm Rifkind IND NO
Sir Mark Hendrick LAB Preston AYE
Sir Mark Spencer CON NO
Sir Mark Tami LAB Alyn and Deeside AYE
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 AYE
Sir Nick Harvey LD NO
Sir Oliver Heald CON NO
Sir Oliver Letwin IND NO
Sir Paul Beresford CON NO
Sir Peter Bottomley CON NO
Sir Peter Luff CON NO
Sir Peter Soulsby LAB AYE
Sir Richard Ottaway CON NO
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 Roger Gale CON Herne Bay and Sandwich NO
Sir Sajid Javid CON NO
Sir Simon Burns CON NO
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham AYE
Sir Stuart Bell LAB AYE
Sir Tony Baldry CON NO
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB AYE
Sir Vince Cable LD NO
Sir William Cash CON NO
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 AYE
Stephen Twigg LAB AYE
Stephen Williams LD NO
Steve Barclay CON North East Cambridgeshire NO
Steve Brine CON NO
Steve McCabe AYE
Steve Rotheram LAB AYE
Steve Webb LD NO
Stewart Jackson NO
Stuart Andrew CON Daventry NO
Susan Elan Jones LAB AYE
Teresa Pearce LAB AYE
Theresa May NO
Theresa Villiers CON NO
Thérèse Coffey NO
Thomas Docherty LAB AYE
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale NO
Tim Loughton CON NO
Tom Blenkinsop LAB AYE
Tom Brake LD NO
Tom Greatrex LAB AYE
Tom Randall CON NO
Tom Watson AYE
Tony Lloyd LAB AYE
Tristram Hunt LAB AYE
Valerie Vaz LAB Walsall and Bloxwich AYE
Vernon Coaker AYE
Wayne David LAB AYE
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley AYE
Yvonne Fovargue LAB AYE
Zac Goldsmith NO