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commons Employment & Workers' Rights

Reductions to Employment and Support Allowance and universal credit

📅 17 November 2016 #141
Result
Ayes won
Majority of 92
AYES 275 183 NOES
60.0% aye share 92 majority
Ayes
275
Noes
183
Majority
92
Recorded votes
559

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Coding / classification

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Progressive side
UNKNOWN
Confidence
0% · Low confidence

Party vote breakdown

How each party’s MPs recorded their votes in this division.
Party
Aye
No
Abstain
Total
Conservative
236
1
0
237
Labour
1
153
0
154
Unknown
32
25
0
57
Scottish National Party
0
50
0
50
Independent
15
17
0
32
Liberal Democrat
4
7
0
11
Democratic Unionist Party
5
0
0
5
The Independent Group for Change
1
4
0
5
Reform UK
3
0
0
3
Plaid Cymru
0
2
0
2
Green Party
0
1
0
1
Social Democratic & Labour Party
0
1
0
1
Ulster Unionist Party
1
0
0
1

How MPs voted

Full MP-level vote list for this division.
559 MPs recorded
Adam Afriyie
Conservative
Aye
Alan Brown
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Alan Johnson
Labour
No
Alan Mak
Conservative • Havant
Aye
No
Aye
Alex Chalk
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Alison Thewliss
Scottish National Party
No
Alistair Burt
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Alun Cairns
Conservative
Aye
Amanda Solloway
Conservative
Aye
Amber Rudd
Independent
Aye
Andrea Leadsom
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Bingham
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Bridgen
Independent
Aye
Andrew Griffiths
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Gwynne
Independent
No
Andrew Jones
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Percy
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK • Romford
Aye
Andrew Selous
Conservative
Aye
Andrew Stephenson
Conservative
Aye
Aye
No
No
Angela Crawley
Scottish National Party
No
No
Angela Smith
Liberal Democrat
No
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Independent
No
Angus Robertson
Scottish National Party
No
Ann Coffey
The Independent Group for Change
No
Anna Soubry
The Independent Group for Change
Aye
Anna Turley
Labour • Redcar
No
Anne Marie Morris
Conservative
Aye
Anne McLaughlin
Scottish National Party
No
Anne Milton
Independent
Aye
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Conservative
Aye
Antoinette Sandbach
Liberal Democrat
Aye
No
No
No
Bob Blackman
Conservative • Harrow East
Aye
Bob Stewart
Conservative
Aye
Boris Johnson
Conservative
Aye
Brendan O'Hara
Scottish National Party • Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
No
No
Aye
Callum McCaig
Scottish National Party
No
Calum Kerr
Scottish National Party
No
Carol Monaghan
Scottish National Party
No
Caroline Ansell
Conservative
Aye
No
Caroline Lucas
Green Party
No
Aye
No
No
No
No
Charlie Elphicke
Independent
Aye
Charlotte Leslie
Conservative
Aye
No
Chris Davies
Conservative
Aye
Chris Elmore
Labour • Bridgend
No
Chris Evans
Labour • Caerphilly
No
Aye
Chris Green
Conservative
Aye
Chris Heaton-Harris
Conservative
Aye
Chris Law
Scottish National Party • Dundee Central
No
Chris Philp
Conservative • Croydon South
Aye
Chris Skidmore
Conservative
Aye
Chris Stephens
Scottish National Party
No
Chris White
Conservative
Aye
Christian Matheson
Independent
No
No
Christopher Pincher
Independent
Aye
Chuka Umunna
Liberal Democrat
No
Claire Perry
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Corri Wilson
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Craig Tracey
Conservative
Aye
Craig Whittaker
Conservative
Aye
Craig Williams
Conservative
Aye
Crispin Blunt
Independent
No
Dame Amanda Milling
Conservative
Aye
No
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Conservative • Gosport
Aye
Dame Caroline Spelman
Conservative
Aye
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
Aye
Aye
Dame Louise Ellman
Independent
No
Dame Maria Miller
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Dame Tracey Crouch
Conservative
Aye
Damian Collins
Conservative
Aye
Damian Green
Conservative
Aye
Damian Hinds
Conservative • East Hampshire
Aye
No
Daniel Kawczynski
Conservative
Aye
No
Danny Kinahan
Ulster Unionist Party
Aye
Aye
No
David Mackintosh
Conservative
Aye
David Morris
Conservative
Aye
David Mowat
Conservative
Aye
Aye
David Rutley
Conservative
Aye
David Simpson
Democratic Unionist Party
Aye
David T C Davies
Conservative
Aye
David Tredinnick
Conservative
Aye
David Warburton
Independent
Aye
Dawn Butler
Labour • Brent East
No
No
Deidre Brock
Scottish National Party
No
Derek Thomas
Conservative
Aye
No
Dominic Raab
Conservative
Aye
Douglas Chapman
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Dr Eilidh Whiteford
Scottish National Party
No
Dr James Davies
Conservative
Aye
Dr Lisa Cameron
Conservative
No
Dr Matthew Offord
Conservative
Aye
Dr Paul Monaghan
Scottish National Party
No
Dr Philippa Whitford
Scottish National Party
No
Dr Phillip Lee
Liberal Democrat
Aye
No
No
No
Dr Sarah Wollaston
Liberal Democrat
Aye
Dr Tania Mathias
Conservative
Aye
Drew Hendry
Scottish National Party
No
No
Edward Argar
Conservative • Melton and Syston
Aye
Aye
Aye
Elizabeth Truss
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Emma Reynolds
Labour • Wycombe
No
Aye
No
Fiona Bruce
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Gareth Johnson
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
Gavin Newlands
Scottish National Party
No
Gavin Robinson
Democratic Unionist Party • Belfast East
Aye
George Eustice
Conservative
Aye
George Freeman
Conservative • Mid Norfolk
Aye
George Kerevan
Scottish National Party
No
No
No
No
No
Glyn Davies
Conservative
Aye
Gordon Henderson
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
Aye
No
Aye
Grant Shapps
Conservative
Aye
Greg Clark
Conservative
Aye
Greg Hands
Conservative
Aye
Greg Mulholland
Liberal Democrat
No
Guto Bebb
Independent
Aye
Guy Opperman
Conservative
Aye
Hannah Bardell
Scottish National Party
No
No
No
Helen Goodman
Labour
No
No
Helen Jones
Labour
No
Aye
Aye
Henry Smith
Conservative
Aye
No
Holly Lynch
Labour
No
Aye
Huw Merriman
Conservative
Aye
Hywel Williams
Plaid Cymru
No
Iain Stewart
Conservative
Aye
Ian Blackford
Scottish National Party
No
Ian C. Lucas
Labour
No
No
Ian Mearns
Labour
No
No
No
Jack Dromey
Labour
No
James Berry
Conservative
Aye
James Brokenshire
Conservative
Aye
James Cartlidge
Conservative • South Suffolk
Aye
James Gray
Conservative
Aye
James Heappey
Conservative
Aye
James Morris
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Jane Ellison
Conservative
Aye
Jason McCartney
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Jeremy Corbyn
Independent • Islington North
No
Jeremy Lefroy
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
No
Jim Dowd
Labour
No
No
No
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party • Strangford
Aye
Jo Churchill
Conservative
Aye
No
Joan Ryan
The Independent Group for Change
No
Joanna Cherry
Scottish National Party
No
No
John Glen
Conservative • Salisbury
Aye
No
John Howell
Conservative
Aye
No
John McNally
Scottish National Party
No
John Nicolson
Scottish National Party
No
John Penrose
Conservative
Aye
John Pugh
Liberal Democrat
No
No
John Stevenson
Conservative
Aye
Jon Cruddas
Labour
No
No
No
Jonathan Edwards
Independent
No
No
Aye
Julian Sturdy
Conservative
Aye
Julie Cooper
Labour
No
No
No
Justin Tomlinson
Conservative
Aye
Justine Greening
Independent
Aye
No
Karl McCartney
Conservative
Aye
No
Kate Green
Labour
No
Kate Hollern
Labour
No
Kelly Tolhurst
Conservative
Aye
Kelvin Hopkins
Independent
No
No
No
No
Kevin Foster
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Kirsten Oswald
Scottish National Party
No
Kirsty Blackman
Scottish National Party • Aberdeen North
No
Aye
Kris Hopkins
Conservative
Aye
Kwasi Kwarteng
Conservative
Aye
Lady Hermon
Independent
No
No
No
Lisa Nandy
Labour • Wigan
No
No
Liz McInnes
Labour
No
No
No
No
Lucy Allan
Independent
Aye
Lucy Frazer
Conservative
Aye
No
Luke Hall
Conservative
Aye
No
Maggie Throup
Conservative
Aye
No
Margaret Ferrier
Independent
No
No
No
No
Margot James
Conservative
Aye
Maria Caulfield
Conservative
Aye
No
Marion Fellows
Scottish National Party
No
Mark Durkan
Social Democratic & Labour Party
No
Mark Field
Conservative
Aye
Mark Garnier
Conservative • Wyre Forest
Aye
Aye
Aye
Mark Menzies
Independent
Aye
Mark Pawsey
Conservative
Aye
Martin Docherty-Hughes
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Martyn Day
Scottish National Party
No
Mary Robinson
Conservative
Aye
Matt Hancock
Conservative
Aye
Matt Warman
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Mhairi Black
Scottish National Party
No
Michael Fabricant
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Michael Tomlinson
Conservative
Aye
Michelle Donelan
Conservative
Aye
Michelle Thomson
Independent
No
Mike Freer
Conservative
Aye
Mike Gapes
The Independent Group for Change
No
No
Mike Weir
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Aye
No
No
No
Mr Andrew Turner
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Mr Ben Wallace
Conservative
Aye
Mr Chris Leslie
The Independent Group for Change
No
No
No
Mr David Burrowes
Conservative
Aye
Mr David Gauke
Independent
Aye
Mr David Jones
Conservative
Aye
Mr David Nuttall
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Mr Dominic Grieve
Independent
Aye
Mr Gavin Shuker
Independent
No
No
Mr George Osborne
Conservative
Aye
Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party • East Londonderry
Aye
No
Aye
Mr Ivan Lewis
Independent
No
Mr Jamie Reed
Labour
No
No
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Conservative
Aye
Mr Jonathan Lord
Conservative
Aye
Mr Keith Simpson
Conservative
Aye
Mr Laurence Robertson
Conservative
Aye
Mr Marcus Fysh
Conservative
Aye
Mr Marcus Jones
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Mr Mark Prisk
Conservative
Aye
Mr Mark Williams
Liberal Democrat
No
Mr Nicholas Brown
Independent
No
Mr Nick Hurd
Conservative
Aye
Mr Nigel Evans
Conservative
Aye
Mr Peter Bone
Independent
Aye
Mr Philip Hollobone
Conservative
Aye
Mr Ranil Jayawardena
Conservative
Aye
Mr Richard Bacon
Conservative
Aye
Mr Rob Wilson
Conservative
Aye
Mr Robin Walker
Conservative
Aye
No
Mr Sam Gyimah
Liberal Democrat
Aye
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Independent
No
Mr Steve Baker
Conservative
Aye
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Aye
No
Mr William Wragg
Independent
Aye
Mrs Anne Main
Conservative
Aye
Mrs Flick Drummond
Conservative
Aye
Mrs Heather Wheeler
Conservative
Aye
No
Mrs Pauline Latham
Conservative
Aye
No
Mrs Sheryll Murray
Conservative
Aye
No
Ms Karen Buck
Labour
No
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Conservative • Sussex Weald
Aye
No
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Scottish National Party
No
Nadhim Zahawi
Conservative
Aye
Naz Shah
Labour • Bradford West
No
Neil Carmichael
Conservative
Aye
No
Neil Gray
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Nick Gibb
Conservative
Aye
Aye
No
No
Aye
Nigel Adams
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Aye
Nigel Mills
Conservative
Aye
Oliver Colvile
Conservative
Aye
Owen Smith
Labour
No
Owen Thompson
Scottish National Party
No
Pat Glass
Labour
No
Patricia Gibson
Scottish National Party
No
Patrick Grady
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
No
Paul Farrelly
Labour
No
Paul Flynn
Labour
No
Paul Maynard
Conservative
Aye
Paul Scully
Conservative
Aye
No
Penny Mordaunt
Conservative
Aye
Pete Wishart
Scottish National Party • Perth and Kinross-shire
No
Peter Aldous
Conservative
Aye
Peter Dowd
Labour • Bootle
No
Peter Grant
Scottish National Party
No
Peter Heaton-Jones
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
No
Philip Boswell
Scottish National Party
No
Philip Dunne
Conservative
Aye
Priti Patel
Conservative • Witham
Aye
No
No
Rebecca Harris
Conservative • Castle Point
Aye
No
Rebecca Pow
Conservative
Aye
Rehman Chishti
Conservative
Aye
Richard Arkless
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
No
No
Richard Drax
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Richard Graham
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Aye
Robert Courts
Conservative
Aye
Robert Flello
Labour
No
Robert Halfon
Conservative
Aye
Robert Jenrick
Reform UK • Newark
Aye
Roger Mullin
Scottish National Party
No
Ronnie Cowan
Scottish National Party
No
No
Royston Smith
Conservative
Aye
No
No
No
Sammy Wilson
Democratic Unionist Party • East Antrim
Aye
No
Sarah Newton
Conservative
Aye
Scott Mann
Conservative
Aye
Seema Kennedy
Conservative
Aye
No
No
Shailesh Vara
Conservative
Aye
Simon Danczuk
Independent
No
Aye
Simon Hoare
Conservative • North Dorset
Aye
Simon Kirby
Conservative
Aye
No
Sir Alan Duncan
Conservative
Aye
No
Aye
Aye
Aye
Sir Conor Burns
Conservative
Aye
Sir David Evennett
Conservative
Aye
Sir David Lidington
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative • Gainsborough
Aye
Sir Gary Streeter
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Sir George Hollingbery
Conservative
Aye
Sir Greg Knight
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
Conservative
Aye
Sir Jake Berry
Conservative
Aye
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative • Braintree
Aye
Sir James Duddridge
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Sir Jeremy Quin
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Aye
Sir John Redwood
Conservative
Aye
Sir John Whittingdale
Conservative • Maldon
Aye
Sir Julian Brazier
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Aye
No
No
No
Sir Mel Stride
Conservative • Central Devon
Aye
Sir Michael Ellis
Conservative
Aye
Sir Michael Fallon
Conservative
Aye
Sir Mike Penning
Conservative
Aye
Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative • Hertsmere
Aye
Sir Oliver Heald
Conservative
Aye
Sir Oliver Letwin
Independent
Aye
Sir Paul Beresford
Conservative
Aye
Sir Peter Bottomley
Conservative
Aye
Sir Philip Davies
Conservative
Aye
Sir Robert Buckland
Conservative
Aye
Sir Robert Goodwill
Conservative
Aye
Sir Robert Neill
Conservative
Aye
Sir Robert Syms
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Sir Sajid Javid
Conservative
Aye
Sir Simon Burns
Conservative
Aye
No
Stephen Crabb
Conservative
Aye
No
Stephen Gethins
Scottish National Party • Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
No
Stephen Hammond
Conservative
Aye
No
Stephen Metcalfe
Conservative
Aye
Stephen Pound
Labour
No
Stephen Twigg
Labour
No
Aye
Steve Double
Conservative
Aye
No
No
No
Steven Paterson
Scottish National Party
No
Stewart Hosie
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Scottish National Party
No
Stuart Andrew
Conservative • Daventry
Aye
Stuart Blair Donaldson
Scottish National Party
No
Stuart C McDonald
Scottish National Party
No
Aye
No
Teresa Pearce
Labour
No
No
Theresa Villiers
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Tim Loughton
Conservative
Aye
No
Tom Brake
Liberal Democrat
No
Aye
Tom Pursglove
Conservative
Aye
Tom Tugendhat
Conservative • Tonbridge
Aye
No
Tommy Sheppard
Scottish National Party
No
Tracy Brabin
Labour
No
No
No
No
No
Aye
Victoria Borwick
Conservative
Aye
Aye
Wayne David
Labour
No
Aye
No
Will Quince
Conservative
Aye
No
No
No