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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision to introduce leave, pay and allowance arrangements for parents of children born to surrogate mothers equal to those available to parents whose children are born to them; and for connected purposes. Today is the day when I hope the House will take the first step to closing this legal loophole. I am grateful for the support that I have had fro...

17 April 2012 #13729
301
Ayes
245
Noes
56
Majority
PASS
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
CON Conservative 205 1 0 206
LAB Labour 2 183 0 185
UNK Unknown 27 23 0 50
LD Liberal Democrat 35 3 0 38
IND Independent 18 14 0 32
THE The Independent Group for Change 1 3 0 4
DUP Democratic Unionist Party 0 4 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru 0 2 0 2
SCO Scottish National Party 0 2 0 2
REF Reform UK 1 0 0 1
GRN Green Party 0 1 0 1
LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party 0 1 0 1
UK UK Independence Party 1 0 0 1
ALL Alliance 0 1 0 1

How MPs voted

528 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON AYE
Adam Holloway CON AYE
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 AYE
Alok Sharma AYE
Alun Cairns CON AYE
Alun Michael LAB NO
Amber Rudd IND AYE
Andrea Leadsom CON AYE
Andrew Bingham CON AYE
Andrew Bridgen IND AYE
Andrew George LD St Ives AYE
Andrew Griffiths CON AYE
Andrew Gwynne IND NO
Andrew Jones CON AYE
Andrew Miller LAB NO
Andrew Percy CON AYE
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford AYE
Andrew Selous CON AYE
Andrew Stephenson CON AYE
Andrew Tyrie AYE
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick NO
Angela Smith LD NO
Ann Coffey THE NO
Ann McKechin LAB NO
Anna Soubry THE AYE
Anne Marie Morris CON AYE
Anne Milton IND AYE
Austin Mitchell LAB NO
Barbara Keeley NO
Barry Gardiner LAB Brent West NO
Ben Gummer CON AYE
Bill Esterson LAB Sefton Central NO
Bob Blackman CON Harrow East AYE
Bob Stewart CON AYE
Caroline Flint LAB NO
Caroline Lucas GRN NO
Caroline Nokes CON Romsey and Southampton North AYE
Catherine McKinnell LAB Newcastle upon Tyne North NO
Cathy Jamieson LAB NO
Charles Hendry CON AYE
Charlie Elphicke IND AYE
Charlotte Leslie CON AYE
Chloe Smith CON AYE
Chris Bryant LAB Rhondda and Ogmore NO
Chris Evans LAB Caerphilly NO
Chris Grayling AYE
Chris Heaton-Harris CON AYE
Chris Kelly CON AYE
Chris Skidmore CON AYE
Chris White CON AYE
Chris Williamson IND NO
Christopher Pincher IND AYE
Chuka Umunna LD NO
Claire Perry CON AYE
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst NO
Craig Whittaker CON AYE
Crispin Blunt IND AYE
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Angela Watkinson CON AYE
Dame Anne McGuire LAB NO
Dame Caroline Dinenage CON Gosport AYE
Dame Cheryl Gillan CON AYE
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 AYE
Dame Jackie Doyle-Price CON AYE
Dame Joan Ruddock LAB NO
Dame Karen Bradley CON Staffordshire Moorlands AYE
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
Dame Tracey Crouch CON AYE
Damian Collins CON AYE
Damian Green CON AYE
Damian Hinds CON East Hampshire AYE
Dan Byles CON AYE
Dan Jarvis LAB Barnsley North NO
David Davis CON Goole and Pocklington AYE
David Hanson NO
David Heyes LAB NO
David Morris CON AYE
David Mowat CON AYE
David Rutley CON AYE
David Simpson DUP NO
David T C Davies CON AYE
David Tredinnick CON AYE
David Wright LAB NO
Debbie Abrahams LAB Oldham East and Saddleworth NO
Derek Twigg LAB Widnes and Halewood NO
Dominic Raab CON AYE
Dr Andrew Murrison CON South West Wiltshire AYE
Dr Dan Poulter LAB AYE
Dr Hywel Francis LAB NO
Dr Jeremy Bray LAB AYE
Dr Matthew Offord CON AYE
Dr Phillip Lee LD AYE
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods LAB NO
Dr Sarah Wollaston LD AYE
Duncan Hames LD AYE
Ed Balls LAB NO
Edward Timpson CON AYE
Edward Vaizey AYE
Eleanor Laing AYE
Elizabeth Truss CON AYE
Emily Thornberry LAB Islington South and Finsbury NO
Emma Reynolds LAB Wycombe NO
Esther McVey CON Tatton AYE
Fabian Hamilton LAB Leeds North East NO
Fiona Bruce CON AYE
Fiona Mactaggart LAB NO
Fiona O'Donnell LAB NO
Frank Dobson LAB NO
Frank Field NO
Gareth Johnson CON AYE
Gareth Thomas LAB NO
Gavin Barwell AYE
Gemma Doyle LAB NO
George Eustice CON AYE
Geraint Davies IND NO
Gisela Stuart NO
Glenda Jackson LAB NO
Gloria De Piero LAB NO
Glyn Davies CON AYE
Gordon Banks LAB NO
Gordon Birtwistle LD AYE
Gordon Henderson CON AYE
Gordon Marsden LAB NO
Graeme Morrice LAB NO
Graham Evans AYE
Graham P Jones LAB NO
Graham Stringer LAB Blackley and Middleton South NO
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness AYE
Grahame Morris LAB Easington NO
Grant Shapps CON AYE
Greg Clark CON AYE
Greg Hands CON AYE
Gregg McClymont LAB NO
Guto Bebb IND AYE
Guy Opperman CON AYE
Harriet Harman NO
Heidi Alexander LAB Swindon South NO
Helen Goodman LAB NO
Helen Grant CON Maidstone and Malling AYE
Helen Jones LAB NO
Henry Bellingham AYE
Henry Smith CON AYE
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Hugo Swire AYE
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB NO
Hywel Williams PC NO
Iain McKenzie LAB NO
Iain Stewart CON AYE
Ian Austin NO
Ian C. Lucas LAB NO
Ian Lavery LAB Blyth and Ashington NO
Ian Mearns LAB NO
Ian Murray LAB Edinburgh South NO
Ian Paisley DUP NO
Ian Swales LD AYE
Jack Dromey LAB NO
Jack Lopresti CON AYE
James Brokenshire CON AYE
James Gray CON AYE
James Morris CON AYE
James Wharton AYE
Jane Ellison CON AYE
Jason McCartney CON AYE
Jenny Chapman NO
Jenny Willott LD AYE
Jeremy Lefroy CON AYE
Jessica Morden LAB Newport East NO
Jim Dobbin LAB NO
Jim Dowd LAB NO
Jim Fitzpatrick LAB NO
Jim McGovern LAB NO
Jim Shannon DUP Strangford NO
Jo Swinson LD AYE
Joan Walley LAB NO
John Cryer NO
John Glen CON Salisbury AYE
John Healey LAB Rawmarsh and Conisbrough NO
John Hemming LD AYE
John Howell CON AYE
John Mann NO
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington NO
John Penrose CON AYE
John Pugh LD AYE
John Robertson LAB NO
John Spellar NO
John Stevenson CON AYE
John Watts CON NO
John Woodcock NO
Jon Cruddas LAB NO
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth NO
Jonathan Ashworth LAB NO
Jonathan Edwards IND NO
Jonathan Evans CON AYE
Jonathan Reynolds LAB Stalybridge and Hyde NO
Joseph Johnson AYE
Julian Sturdy CON AYE
Julie Elliott NO
Julie Hilling LAB NO
Justin Tomlinson CON AYE
Justine Greening IND AYE
Karl McCartney CON AYE
Karl Turner LAB Kingston upon Hull East NO
Kate Green LAB NO
Kate Hoey NO
Kelvin Hopkins IND NO
Kenneth Clarke AYE
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Kevin Brennan NO
Kris Hopkins CON AYE
Kwasi Kwarteng CON AYE
Lady Hermon IND NO
Laura Sandys CON AYE
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 AYE
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston NO
Mark Durkan LAB NO
Mark Field CON AYE
Mark Garnier CON Wyre Forest AYE
Mark Harper AYE
Mark Hunter LD AYE
Mark Lazarowicz LAB NO
Mark Menzies IND AYE
Mark Pawsey CON AYE
Mark Pritchard CON The Wrekin AYE
Mark Reckless UK AYE
Mark Simmonds CON AYE
Martin Caton LAB NO
Martin Vickers CON Brigg and Immingham AYE
Mary Glindon LAB Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend NO
Mary Macleod CON AYE
Matt Hancock CON AYE
Meg Munn LAB NO
Michael Connarty LAB NO
Michael Dugher LAB NO
Michael Fabricant CON AYE
Michael Gove AYE
Michael Moore LD AYE
Mike Crockart LD AYE
Mike Freer CON AYE
Mike Gapes THE NO
Mike Weatherley CON AYE
Mike Weir SCO NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Adrian Sanders LD AYE
Mr Aidan Burley CON AYE
Mr Alan Reid LD AYE
Mr Alistair Carmichael LD Orkney and Shetland AYE
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 Bob Ainsworth LAB NO
Mr Brian Binley CON AYE
Mr Brian H. Donohoe LAB NO
Mr Brooks Newmark CON AYE
Mr Charles Kennedy LD AYE
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 AYE
Mr David Gauke IND AYE
Mr David Hamilton LAB NO
Mr David Heath LD AYE
Mr David Jones CON AYE
Mr David Lammy LAB Tottenham NO
Mr David Laws LD AYE
Mr David Nuttall CON AYE
Mr David Ruffley CON AYE
Mr David Ward LD AYE
Mr David Winnick LAB NO
Mr Denis MacShane 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 NO
Mr Frank Doran LAB 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 Gordon Brown LAB NO
Mr Graham Allen LAB NO
Mr Iain Wright LAB NO
Mr Ian Davidson LAB NO
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger CON AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis IND NO
Mr Jack Straw IND NO
Mr Jim Cunningham LAB NO
Mr Jim Hood LAB NO
Mr Jim Murphy LAB NO
Mr John Baron CON AYE
Mr John Denham LAB NO
Mr John Leech LD AYE
Mr Jonathan Djanogly CON AYE
Mr Jonathan Lord CON AYE
Mr Laurence Robertson CON AYE
Mr Lee Scott CON AYE
Mr Marcus Jones CON AYE
Mr Mark Francois CON Rayleigh and Wickford AYE
Mr Mark Hoban CON AYE
Mr Mark Prisk CON AYE
Mr Mark Williams LD AYE
Mr Michael McCann LAB NO
Mr Michael Meacher LAB NO
Mr Mike Hancock IND AYE
Mr Nicholas Brown IND NO
Mr Nick Hurd CON AYE
Mr Nick Raynsford LAB NO
Mr Richard Bacon CON AYE
Mr Rob Wilson CON AYE
Mr Robert Walter CON AYE
Mr Robin Walker CON AYE
Mr Ronnie Campbell LAB NO
Mr Russell Brown LAB NO
Mr Sam Gyimah LD AYE
Mr Shaun Woodward LAB NO
Mr Stephen Dorrell CON AYE
Mr Stephen Hepburn IND NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien CON AYE
Mr Tim Yeo CON AYE
Mr Tobias Ellwood CON AYE
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 AYE
Mrs Heather Wheeler CON AYE
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB NO
Mrs Louise Mensch CON AYE
Mrs Sharon Hodgson LAB Washington and Gateshead South NO
Mrs Sheryll Murray CON AYE
Mrs Siân C. James LAB NO
Ms Karen Buck LAB NO
Ms Nadine Dorries CON AYE
Ms Stella Creasy LAB Walthamstow NO
Nadhim Zahawi CON AYE
Naomi Long ALL NO
Natascha Engel LAB NO
Neil Carmichael CON AYE
Neil Parish CON AYE
Nicholas Soames AYE
Nick Boles IND AYE
Nick de Bois CON AYE
Nick Smith LAB Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney NO
Nicky Morgan AYE
Nicola Blackwood AYE
Nigel Adams CON AYE
Nigel Mills CON AYE
Norman Baker LD AYE
Oliver Colvile CON AYE
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 AYE
Patrick Mercer IND AYE
Paul Blomfield LAB NO
Paul Burstow LD AYE
Paul Farrelly LAB NO
Paul Flynn LAB NO
Paul Goggins LAB NO
Paul Maynard CON AYE
Paul Uppal CON AYE
Pete Wishart SCO Perth and Kinross-shire NO
Peter Aldous CON AYE
Peter Lilley AYE
Phil Wilson NO
Philip Dunne CON AYE
Philip Hammond AYE
Priti Patel CON Witham AYE
Rachel Reeves LAB Leeds West and Pudsey NO
Rebecca Harris CON Castle Point AYE
Richard Benyon AYE
Richard Burden LAB NO
Richard Drax CON AYE
Richard Graham CON AYE
Richard Harrington AYE
Robert Flello LAB NO
Robert Halfon CON AYE
Roger Williams LD AYE
Rory Stewart IND AYE
Rosie Cooper LAB NO
Rosie Winterton NO
Rushanara Ali LAB Bethnal Green and Stepney NO
Sadiq Khan LAB NO
Sammy Wilson DUP East Antrim NO
Sandra Osborne LAB NO
Sarah Newton CON AYE
Seema Malhotra LAB Feltham and Heston NO
Shabana Mahmood LAB Birmingham Ladywood NO
Shailesh Vara CON AYE
Sheila Gilmore LAB NO
Simon Danczuk IND NO
Simon Hart AYE
Simon Hughes LD AYE
Simon Kirby CON AYE
Simon Wright LD AYE
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth NO
Sir Alan Duncan CON AYE
Sir Alan Meale LAB NO
Sir Alec Shelbrooke CON Wetherby and Easingwold AYE
Sir Bernard Jenkin CON Harwich and North Essex AYE
Sir Bill Wiggin CON AYE
Sir Brandon Lewis CON AYE
Sir Charles Walker CON AYE
Sir Christopher Chope CON Christchurch AYE
Sir Conor Burns CON AYE
Sir David Amess CON AYE
Sir David Crausby LAB NO
Sir David Evennett CON AYE
Sir David Lidington CON AYE
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West AYE
Sir Edward Leigh CON Gainsborough AYE
Sir Gary Streeter CON AYE
Sir Gavin Williamson CON Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge AYE
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown CON North Cotswolds AYE
Sir George Hollingbery CON AYE
Sir George Howarth LAB NO
Sir George Younger CON AYE
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB NO
Sir Greg Knight CON AYE
Sir Iain Duncan Smith CON Chingford and Woodford Green AYE
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg CON AYE
Sir Jake Berry CON AYE
Sir James Duddridge CON AYE
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson IND NO
Sir Jeremy Wright CON Kenilworth and Southam AYE
Sir John Hayes CON South Holland and The Deepings AYE
Sir John Redwood CON AYE
Sir John Whittingdale CON Maldon AYE
Sir Julian Brazier CON AYE
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East AYE
Sir Julian Smith CON Skipton and Ripon AYE
Sir Kevin Barron LAB NO
Sir Liam Fox CON AYE
Sir Malcolm Rifkind IND AYE
Sir Mark Hendrick LAB Preston NO
Sir Mark Spencer CON AYE
Sir Mark Tami LAB Alyn and Deeside NO
Sir Mel Stride CON Central Devon AYE
Sir Michael Ellis CON AYE
Sir Michael Fallon CON AYE
Sir Mike Penning CON AYE
Sir Nicholas Dakin LAB Scunthorpe NO
Sir Oliver Heald CON AYE
Sir Oliver Letwin IND AYE
Sir Peter Bottomley CON AYE
Sir Peter Luff CON AYE
Sir Peter Tapsell CON AYE
Sir Philip Davies CON AYE
Sir Richard Ottaway CON AYE
Sir Richard Shepherd CON AYE
Sir Robert Buckland CON AYE
Sir Robert Goodwill CON AYE
Sir Robert Neill CON AYE
Sir Robert Smith LD AYE
Sir Roger Gale CON Herne Bay and Sandwich AYE
Sir Sajid Javid CON AYE
Sir Simon Burns CON AYE
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Sir Stuart Bell LAB NO
Sir Tony Baldry CON AYE
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB NO
Sir William Cash CON AYE
Stephen Crabb CON AYE
Stephen Gilbert LD AYE
Stephen Hammond CON AYE
Stephen Lloyd LD AYE
Stephen McPartland CON AYE
Stephen Metcalfe CON AYE
Stephen Mosley CON AYE
Stephen Phillips CON AYE
Stephen Pound LAB NO
Stephen Twigg LAB NO
Stephen Williams LD AYE
Steve Barclay CON North East Cambridgeshire AYE
Steve Brine CON AYE
Steve Darling LD Torbay NO
Steve Rotheram LAB NO
Steve Webb LD AYE
Stewart Jackson AYE
Stuart Andrew CON Daventry AYE
Susan Elan Jones LAB NO
Teresa Pearce LAB NO
Theresa May AYE
Theresa Villiers CON AYE
Thérèse Coffey AYE
Thomas Docherty LAB NO
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale AYE
Tom Blenkinsop LAB NO
Tom Brake LD AYE
Tom Greatrex LAB NO
Tom Randall CON AYE
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 NO
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley NO
Yvonne Fovargue LAB NO
Zac Goldsmith AYE