Will the Minister give way? No, I shall not, as I have already said. According to the shadow Chancellor, who, as ever, cannot be quiet, low interest rates are a sign of trouble. He would rather have higher interest rates, a bigger squeeze on families and an even bigger fall in living standards. Tackling the deficit in a fair way means that we have to ensure that tax credits are targeted at our poo...

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222

Ayes

286

Noes

Majority

FAIL

Result

Party breakdown

Party	Aye	No	Total
CON Conservative	1	190	191
LAB Labour	169	2	171
UNK Unknown	19	24	43
LD Liberal Democrat	1	42	43
IND Independent	14	16	30
SCO Scottish National Party	5	0	5
THE The Independent Group for Change	3	1	4
DUP Democratic Unionist Party	2	0	2
REF Reform UK	0	1	1
LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party	1	0	1

How MPs voted

491 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 Seabeck	LAB		AYE
Alistair Burt	CON		NO
Alok Sharma			NO
Alun Cairns	CON		NO
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 Percy	CON		NO
Andrew Rosindell	REF	Romford	NO
Andrew Stephenson	CON		NO
Andrew Tyrie			NO
Andy Slaughter	LAB	Hammersmith and Chiswick	AYE
Angus Robertson	SCO		AYE
Ann Clwyd	LAB		AYE
Ann Coffey	THE		AYE
Anna Soubry	THE		NO
Annette Brooke	LD		NO
Austin Mitchell	LAB		AYE
Barbara Keeley			AYE
Ben Gummer	CON		NO
Bill Esterson	LAB	Sefton Central	AYE
Bob Blackman	CON	Harrow East	NO
Caroline Flint	LAB		AYE
Cathy Jamieson	LAB		AYE
Charles Hendry	CON		NO
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 Grayling			NO
Chris Heaton-Harris	CON		NO
Chris Huhne	LD		NO
Chris Kelly	CON		NO
Chris Ruane	LAB		AYE
Chris White	CON		NO
Chris Williamson	IND		AYE
Christopher Pincher	IND		NO
Chuka Umunna	LD		AYE
Claire Perry	CON		NO
Dame Angela Eagle	LAB	Wallasey	AYE
Dame Anne McGuire	LAB		AYE
Dame Caroline Dinenage	CON	Gosport	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 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
Dan Byles	CON		NO
Dan Jarvis	LAB	Barnsley North	AYE
Dan Rogerson	LD		NO
Daniel Kawczynski	CON		NO
David Hanson			AYE
David Heyes	LAB		AYE
David Morris	CON		NO
David Mowat	CON		NO
David Mundell	CON	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	NO
David Rutley	CON		NO
David Simpson	DUP		AYE
David Wright	LAB		AYE
Debbie Abrahams	LAB	Oldham East and Saddleworth	AYE
Derek Twigg	LAB	Widnes and Halewood	AYE
Dominic Raab	CON		NO
Dr Dan Poulter	LAB		NO
Dr Eilidh Whiteford	SCO		AYE
Dr Hywel Francis	LAB		AYE
Dr Jeremy Bray	LAB		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
Ed Miliband	LAB	Doncaster North	AYE
Edward Garnier			NO
Edward Timpson	CON		NO
Elizabeth Truss	CON		NO
Emily Thornberry	LAB	Islington South and Finsbury	AYE
Emma Reynolds	LAB	Wycombe	AYE
Eric Pickles			NO
Esther McVey	CON	Tatton	NO
Fabian Hamilton	LAB	Leeds North East	AYE
Fiona Bruce	CON		NO
Fiona Mactaggart	LAB		AYE
Fiona O'Donnell	LAB		AYE
Frank Dobson	LAB		AYE
Frank Field			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
Glenda Jackson	LAB		AYE
Gloria De Piero	LAB		AYE
Glyn Davies	CON		NO
Gordon Henderson	CON		NO
Gordon Marsden	LAB		AYE
Graeme Morrice	LAB		AYE
Graham Evans			NO
Graham P Jones	LAB		AYE
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 Goodman	LAB		AYE
Helen Grant	CON	Maidstone and Malling	NO
Helen Jones	LAB		AYE
Hilary Benn	LAB	Leeds South	AYE
Hugo Swire			NO
Huw Irranca-Davies	LAB		AYE
Iain McKenzie	LAB		AYE
Iain Stewart	CON		NO
Ian Austin			AYE
Ian C. Lucas	LAB		AYE
Ian Lavery	LAB	Blyth and Ashington	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
Jason McCartney	CON		NO
Jenny Chapman			AYE
Jenny Willott	LD		NO
Jeremy Corbyn	IND	Islington North	AYE
Jeremy Lefroy	CON		NO
Jessica Lee	CON		NO
Jessica Morden	LAB	Newport East	AYE
Jim Dobbin	LAB		AYE
Jim Dowd	LAB		AYE
Jim Fitzpatrick	LAB		AYE
Jim McGovern	LAB		AYE
Jim Sheridan	LAB		AYE
Jo Swinson	LD		NO
Joan Walley	LAB		AYE
John Cryer			AYE
John Healey	LAB	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	AYE
John Hemming	LD		NO
John Howell	CON		NO
John McDonnell	LAB	Hayes and Harlington	AYE
John Pugh	LD		NO
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 Ashworth	LAB		AYE
Jonathan Edwards	IND		AYE
Jonathan Evans	CON		NO
Jonathan Reynolds	LAB	Stalybridge and Hyde	AYE
Joseph Johnson			NO
Julian Sturdy	CON		NO
Julie Hilling	LAB		AYE
Justin Tomlinson	CON		NO
Justine Greening	IND		NO
Karen Lumley	CON		NO
Karl Turner	LAB	Kingston upon Hull East	AYE
Kate Green	LAB		AYE
Kate Hoey			AYE
Kelvin Hopkins	IND		AYE
Kerry McCarthy	LAB	Bristol East	AYE
Kevan Jones			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
Margaret Beckett			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 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
Meg Munn	LAB		AYE
Michael Dugher	LAB		AYE
Michael Fabricant	CON		NO
Michael Moore	LD		NO
Mike Crockart	LD		NO
Mike Freer	CON		NO
Mike Gapes	THE		AYE
Mike Weatherley	CON		NO
Mike Weir	SCO		AYE
Mr Adrian Sanders	LD		NO
Mr Aidan Burley	CON		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 Brooks Newmark	CON		NO
Mr Charles Kennedy	LD		NO
Mr Chris Leslie	THE		AYE
Mr Clive Betts	LAB	Sheffield South East	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 Laws	LD		NO
Mr David Nuttall	CON		NO
Mr David Ruffley	CON		NO
Mr David Winnick	LAB		AYE
Mr Denis MacShane	LAB		AYE
Mr Dennis Skinner	LAB		AYE
Mr Douglas Carswell	IND		NO
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 Graham Allen	LAB		AYE
Mr Iain Wright	LAB		AYE
Mr Ian Davidson	LAB		AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis	IND		AYE
Mr Jack Straw	IND		AYE
Mr James Clappison	CON		NO
Mr Jamie Reed	LAB		AYE
Mr Jeremy Browne	LD		NO
Mr Jim Cunningham	LAB		AYE
Mr Jim Hood	LAB		AYE
Mr Jim Murphy	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 Michael McCann	LAB		AYE
Mr Michael Meacher	LAB		AYE
Mr Mike Hancock	IND		NO
Mr Nicholas Brown	IND		AYE
Mr Nick Raynsford	LAB		AYE
Mr Peter Bone	IND		NO
Mr Philip Hollobone	CON		NO
Mr Richard Bacon	CON		NO
Mr Rob Wilson	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 Shaun Woodward	LAB		AYE
Mr Stephen Dorrell	CON		NO
Mr Stephen Hepburn	IND		AYE
Mr Stephen O'Brien	CON		NO
Mr Steve Baker	CON		NO
Mr Tim Yeo	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 Pauline Latham	CON		NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	LAB	Washington and Gateshead South	AYE
Ms Diane Abbott	IND	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	AYE
Ms Karen Buck	LAB		AYE
Ms Stella Creasy	LAB	Walthamstow	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
Nigel Adams	CON		NO
Nigel Mills	CON		NO
Norman Baker	LD		NO
Norman Lamb	LD		NO
Oliver Colvile	CON		NO
Owen Smith	LAB		AYE
Pat McFadden	LAB	Wolverhampton South East	AYE
Patrick McLoughlin			NO
Patrick Mercer	IND		NO
Paul Burstow	LD		NO
Paul Farrelly	LAB		AYE
Paul Flynn	LAB		AYE
Paul Goggins	LAB		AYE
Paul Maynard	CON		NO
Paul Uppal	CON		NO
Pete Wishart	SCO	Perth and Kinross-shire	AYE
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 Benyon			NO
Richard Burden	LAB		AYE
Richard Drax	CON		NO
Richard Fuller	CON	North Bedfordshire	NO
Richard Graham	CON		NO
Richard Harrington			NO
Robert Flello	LAB		AYE
Robert Halfon	CON		NO
Rory Stewart	IND		NO
Rosie Cooper	LAB		AYE
Rosie Winterton			AYE
Rushanara Ali	LAB	Bethnal Green and Stepney	AYE
Sadiq Khan	LAB		AYE
Sammy Wilson	DUP	East Antrim	AYE
Sarah Teather	LD		NO
Seema Malhotra	LAB	Feltham and Heston	AYE
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 Duncan	CON		NO
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 Christopher Chope	CON	Christchurch	NO
Sir Conor Burns	CON		NO
Sir David Amess	CON		NO
Sir David Crausby	LAB		AYE
Sir David Evennett	CON		NO
Sir David Lidington	CON		NO
Sir Desmond Swayne	CON	New Forest West	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 Geoffrey Cox	CON	Torridge and Tavistock	NO
Sir George Hollingbery	CON		NO
Sir George Howarth	LAB		AYE
Sir George Younger	CON		NO
Sir Gerald Howarth	CON		NO
Sir Gerald Kaufman	LAB		AYE
Sir Greg Knight	CON		NO
Sir Hugh Bayley	LAB		AYE
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 James Paice	CON		NO
Sir Jeremy Hunt	CON	Godalming and Ash	NO
Sir Jeremy Wright	CON	Kenilworth and Southam	NO
Sir John Redwood	CON		NO
Sir John Whittingdale	CON	Maldon	NO
Sir Julian Brazier	CON		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 Luff	CON		NO
Sir Peter Tapsell	CON		NO
Sir Philip Davies	CON		NO
Sir Richard Ottaway	CON		NO
Sir Richard Shepherd	CON		NO
Sir Robert Buckland	CON		NO
Sir Robert Goodwill	CON		NO
Sir Robert Neill	CON		NO
Sir Robert Smith	LD		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
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 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 Rotheram	LAB		AYE
Steve Webb	LD		NO
Stewart Hosie	SCO		AYE
Stewart Jackson			NO
Stuart Andrew	CON	Daventry	NO
Susan Elan Jones	LAB		AYE
Teresa Pearce	LAB		AYE
Tessa Munt	LD	Wells and Mendip Hills	NO
Theresa Villiers	CON		NO
Thérèse Coffey			NO
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
Tony Lloyd	LAB		AYE
Tristram Hunt	LAB		AYE
Valerie Vaz	LAB	Walsall and Bloxwich	AYE
Vernon Coaker			AYE
Wayne David	LAB		AYE
Yasmin Qureshi	LAB	Bolton South and Walkden	AYE
Yvette Cooper	LAB	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	AYE
Yvonne Fovargue	LAB		AYE
Zac Goldsmith			NO