List of how MPs voted on marriage Bill, 5 Feb 2013

Feb 6, 2013

For | Against | Deliberately Abstained | Absent or Abstained | Notes

MPs who voted for redefining marriage:


Name	Surname	Constituency	Party
Diane	Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab
Debbie	Abrahams	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab
Bob	Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab
Heidi	Alexander	Lewisham East	Lab
Douglas	Alexander	Paisley and Renfrewshire South	Lab
Danny	Alexander	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	LDem
Rushanara	Ali	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab
Graham	Allen	Nottingham North	Lab
Dave	Anderson	Blaydon	Lab
Stuart	Andrew	Pudsey	Con
Jon	Ashworth	Leicester South	Lab
Ian	Austin	Dudley North	Lab
Adrian	Bailey	West Bromwich West	Lab
Willie	Bain	Glasgow North East	Lab
Ed	Balls	Morley and Outwood	Lab
Gordon	Banks	Ochil and South Perthshire	Lab
Gregory	Barker	Bexhill and Battle	Con
John	Baron	Basildon and Billericay	Con
Kevin	Barron	Rother Valley	Lab
Gavin	Barwell	Croydon Central	Con
Hugh	Bayley	York Central	Lab
Margaret	Beckett	Derby South	Lab
Hilary	Benn	Leeds Central	Lab
Richard	Benyon	Newbury	Con
Luciana	Berger	Liverpool Wavertree	Lab
Clive	Betts	Sheffield South East	Lab
Roberta	Blackman-Woods	City of Durham	Lab
Hazel	Blears	Salford and Eccles	Lab
Tom	Blenkinsop	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab
Paul	Blomfield	Sheffield Central	Lab
David	Blunkett	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	Lab
Crispin	Blunt	Reigate	Con
Nick	Boles	Grantham and Stamford	Con
Peter	Bottomley	Worthing West	Con
Karen	Bradley	Staffordshire Moorlands	Con
Ben	Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab
Tom	Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem
Kevin	Brennan	Cardiff West	Lab
James	Brokenshire	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con
Annette	Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	LDem
Russell	Brown	Dumfries and Galloway	Lab
Nick	Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Lab
Lyn	Brown	West Ham	Lab
Jeremy	Browne	Taunton Deane	LDem
Malcolm	Bruce	Gordon	LDem
Chris	Bryant	Rhondda	Lab
Karen	Buck	Westminster North	Lab
Richard	Burden	Birmingham Northfield	Lab
Aidan	Burley	Cannock Chase	Con
Andy	Burnham	Leigh	Lab
Conor	Burns	Bournemouth West	Con
Paul	Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem
Alistair	Burt	North East Bedfordshire	Con
Lorely	Burt	Solihull	LDem
Dan	Byles	North Warwickshire	Con
Liam	Byrne	Birmingham Hodge Hill	Lab
Vincent	Cable	Twickenham	LDem
David	Cameron	Witney	Con
Alan	Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab
Menzies	Campbell	North East Fife	LDem
Neil	Carmichael	Stroud	Con
Alistair	Carmichael	Orkney and Shetland	LDem
Martin	Caton	Gower	Lab
Sarah	Champion	Rotherham	Lab
Jenny	Chapman	Darlington	Lab
James	Clappison	Hertsmere	Con
Greg	Clark	Tunbridge Wells	Con
Katy	Clark	North Ayrshire and Arran	Lab
Kenneth	Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con
Nick	Clegg	Sheffield Hallam	LDem
Ann	Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab
Vernon	Coaker	Gedling	Lab
Ann	Coffey	Stockport	Lab
Damian	Collins	Folkestone and Hythe	Con
Oliver	Colvile	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	Con
Michael	Connarty	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Lab
Yvette	Cooper	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford	Lab
Jeremy	Corbyn	Islington North	Lab
Mary	Creagh	Wakefield	Lab
Stella	Creasy	Walthamstow	Lab
Michael	Crockart	Edinburgh West	LDem
Tracey	Crouch	Chatham and Aylesford	Con
Jon	Cruddas	Dagenham and Rainham	Lab
John	Cryer	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab
Jim	Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab
Margaret	Curran	Glasgow East	Lab
Nic	Dakin	Scunthorpe	Lab
Simon	Danczuk	Rochdale	Lab
Alistair	Darling	Edinburgh South West	Lab
Edward	Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem
Wayne	David	Caerphilly	Lab
Ian	Davidson	Glasgow South West	Lab
Geraint	Davies	Swansea West	Lab
Gloria	de Piero	Ashfield	Lab
John	Denham	Southampton Itchen	Lab
Frank	Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab
Thomas	Docherty	Dunfermline and West Fife	Lab
Frank	Doran	Aberdeen North	Lab
Stephen	Dorrell	Charnwood	Con
Stephen	Doughty	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab
Jim	Dowd	Lewisham West and Penge	Lab
Gemma	Doyle	West Dunbartonshire	Lab
Jack	Dromey	Birmingham Erdington	Lab
James	Duddridge	Rochford and Southend East	Con
Michael	Dugher	Barnsley East	Lab
Alan	Duncan	Rutlandand Melton	Con
Iain	Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con
Mark	Durkan	Foyle	SDLP
Maria	Eagle	Garston and Halewood	Lab
Angela	Eagle	Wallasey	Lab
Jonathan	Edwards	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Pl C
Clive	Efford	Eltham	Lab
Julie	Elliott	Sunderland Central	Lab
Michael	Ellis	Northampton North	Con
Jane	Ellison	Battersea	Con
Louise	Ellman	Liverpool Riverside	Lab
Natascha	Engel	North East Derbyshire	Lab
Christopher	Evans	Islwyn	Lab
Michael	Fabricant	Lichfield	Con
Paul	Farrelly	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab
Tim	Farron	Westmorland and Lonsdale	LDem
Lynne	Featherstone	Hornsey and Wood Green	LDem
Mark	Field	Cities of London and Westminster	Con
Frank	Field	Birkenhead	Lab
Jim	Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Limehouse	Lab
Caroline	Flint	Don Valley	Lab
Paul	Flynn	Newport West	Lab
Don	Foster	Bath	LDem
Yvonne	Fovargue	Makerfield	Lab
Hywel	Francis	Aberavon	Lab
Mike	Freer	Finchley and Golders Green	Con
Lorraine	Fullbrook	South Ribble	Con
George	Galloway	Bradford West	Res
Mike	Gapes	Ilford South	Lab
Barry	Gardiner	Brent North	Lab
David	Gauke	South West Hertfordshire	Con
Andrew	George	St Ives	LDem
Nick	Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con
Stephen	Gilbert	St Austell and Newquay	LDem
Sheila	Gilmore	EdinburghEast	Lab
Zac	Goldsmith	Richmond Park	Con
Helen	Goodman	Bishop Auckland	Lab
Michael	Gove	Surrey Heath	Con
Richard	Graham	Gloucester	Con
Helen	Grant	Maidstone and The Weald	Con
Christopher	Grayling	Epsom and Ewell	Con
Tom	Greatrex	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Lab
Damian	Green	Ashford	Con
Kate	Green	Stretford and Urmston	Lab
Justine	Greening	Putney	Con
Lilian	Greenwood	Nottingham South	Lab
Nia	Griffith	Llanelli	Lab
Ben	Gummer	Ipswich	Con
Andrew	Gwynne	Denton and Reddish	Lab
Sam	Gyimah	East Surrey	Con
William	Hague	Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con
Peter	Hain	Neath	Lab
Duncan	Hames	Chippenham	LDem
Fabian	Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab
David	Hamilton	Midlothian	Lab
Stephen	Hammond	Wimbledon	Con
Matt	Hancock	West Suffolk	Con
Mike	Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem
Greg	Hands	Chelsea and Fulham	Con
David	Hanson	Delyn	Lab
Harriet	Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab
Mark	Harper	Forest of Dean	Con
Richard	Harrington	Watford	Con
Tom	Harris	Glasgow South	Lab
Nick	Harvey	North Devon	LDem
John	Healey	Wentworth and Dearne	Lab
David	Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem
Chris	Heaton-Harris	Daventry	Con
John	Hemming	Birmingham Yardley	LDem
Mark	Hendrick	Preston	Lab
Charles	Hendry	Wealden	Con
Stephen	Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab
Nick	Herbert	Arundel and South Downs	Con
Meg	Hillier	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab
Julie	Hilling	Bolton West	Lab
Damian	Hinds	East Hampshire	Con
Margaret	Hodge	Barking	Lab
Sharon	Hodgson	Washington and Sunderland West	Lab
Kate	Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab
George	Hollingbery	Meon Valley	Con
Kris	Hopkins	Keighley	Con
Kelvin	Hopkins	Luton North	Lab
George	Howarth	Knowsley	Lab
John	Howell	Henley	Con
Simon	Hughes	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	LDem
Jeremy	Hunt	South West Surrey	Con
Tristram	Hunt	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab
Mark	Hunter	Cheadle	LDem
Julian	Huppert	Cambridge	LDem
Huw	Irranca-Davies	Ogmore	Lab
Glenda	Jackson	Hampstead and Kilburn	Lab
Margot	James	Stourbridge	Con
Sian	James	Swansea East	Lab
Cathy	Jamieson	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab
Dan	Jarvis	Barnsley Central	Lab
Sajid	Javid	Bromsgrove	Con
Bernard	Jenkin	Harwich and North Essex	Con
Jo	Johnson	Orpington	Con
Diana	Johnson	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab
Alan	Johnson	Kingstonupon Hull West and Hessle	Lab
Andrew	Jones	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Con
Susan	Jones	Clwyd South	Lab
Graham	Jones	Hyndburn	Lab
Kevan	Jones	North Durham	Lab
Helen	Jones	Warrington North	Lab
Tessa	Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab
Eric	Joyce	Falkirk	Ind
Gerald	Kaufman	Manchester Gorton	Lab
Daniel	Kawczynski	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Con
Barbara	Keeley	Worsley and Eccles South	Lab
Liz	Kendall	Leicester West	Lab
Sadiq	Khan	Tooting	Lab
Simon	Kirby	Brighton Kemptown	Con
Norman	Lamb	North Norfolk	LDem
David	Lammy	Tottenham	Lab
Andrew	Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con
Ian	Lavery	Wansbeck	Lab
David	Laws	Yeovil	LDem
Mark	Lazarowicz	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab
Jessica	Lee	Erewash	Con
John	Leech	Manchester Withington	LDem
Chris	Leslie	Nottingham East	Lab
Oliver	Letwin	West Dorset	Con
Brandon	Lewis	Great Yarmouth	Con
Ivan	Lewis	Bury South	Lab
Stephen	Lloyd	Eastbourne	LDem
Elfyn	Llwyd	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Pl C
Naomi	Long	Belfast East	All
Andrew	Love	Edmonton	Lab
Caroline	Lucas	Brighton Pavilion	Green
Ian	Lucas	Wrexham	Lab
Peter	Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con
Mary	Macleod	Brentford and Isleworth	Con
Fiona	Mactaggart	Slough	Lab
Shabana	Mahmood	Birmingham Ladywood	Lab
Seema	Malhotra	Feltham and Heston	Lab
John	Mann	Bassetlaw	Lab
Gordon	Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab
Francis	Maude	Horsham	Con
Theresa	May	Maidenhead	Con
Steve	McCabe	Birmingham Selly Oak	Lab
Kerry	McCarthy	Bristol East	Lab
Jason	McCartney	Colne Valley	Con
Gregg	McClymont	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East	Lab
Siobhain	McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab
Andy	McDonald	Middlesbrough	Lab
John	McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab
Pat	McFadden	Wolverhampton South East	Lab
Alison	McGovern	Wirral South	Lab
Anne	McGuire	Stirling	Lab
Ann	McKechin	Glasgow North	Lab
Catherine	McKinnell	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab
Patrick	McLoughlin	Derbyshire Dales	Con
Alan	Meale	Mansfield	Lab
Mark	Menzies	Fylde	Con
Ed	Miliband	Doncaster North	Lab
David	Miliband	South Shields	Lab
Maria	Miller	Basingstoke	Con
Andrew	Miller	Ellesmere Portand Neston	Lab
Nigel	Mills	Amber Valley	Con
Andrew	Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Con
Austin	Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab
Madeleine	Moon	Bridgend	Lab
Michael	Moore	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	LDem
Penny	Mordaunt	Portsmouth North	Con
Jessica	Morden	Newport East	Lab
Graeme	Morrice	Livingston	Lab
Grahame	Morris	Easington	Lab
Stephen	Mosley	City of Chester	Con
David	Mowat	Warrington South	Con
David	Mundell	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Con
Meg	Munn	Sheffield Heeley	Lab
Tessa	Munt	Wells	LDem
Jim	Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab
Ian	Murray	Edinburgh South	Lab
Andrew	Murrison	South West Wiltshire	Con
Lisa	Nandy	Wigan	Lab
Pamela	Nash	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab
Brooks	Newmark	Braintree	Con
Sarah	Newton	Truro and Falmouth	Con
Fiona	O’Donnell	East Lothian	Lab
Eric	Ollerenshaw	Lancaster and Fleetwood	Con
Chi	Onwurah	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab
Guy	Opperman	Hexham	Con
George	Osborne	Tatton	Con
Sandra	Osborne	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Lab
Richard	Ottaway	Croydon South	Con
Albert	Owen	Ynys Mon	Lab
Teresa	Pearce	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab
John	Penrose	Weston-Super-Mare	Con
Andrew	Percy	Brigg and Goole	Con
Toby	Perkins	Chesterfield	Lab
Bridget	Phillipson	Houghton and Sunderland South	Lab
Eric	Pickles	Brentwoodand Ongar	Con
Christopher	Pincher	Tamworth	Con
Daniel	Poulter	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Con
Lucy	Powell	Manchester Central	Lab
Dominic	Raab	Esher and Walton	Con
Nick	Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab
Mark	Reckless	Rochester and Strood	Con
Jamie	Reed	Copeland	Lab
Steve	Reed	Croydon North	Lab
Rachel	Reeves	Leeds West	Lab
Alan	Reid	Argyll and Bute	LDem
Jonathan	Reynolds	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab
Emma	Reynolds	Wolverhampton North East	Lab
Linda	Riordan	Halifax	Lab
Hugh	Robertson	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con
John	Robertson	Glasgow North West	Lab
Geoffrey	Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab
Dan	Rogerson	North Cornwall	LDem
Steve	Rotheram	Liverpool Walton	Lab
Lindsay	Roy	Glenrothes	Lab
Chris	Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab
Amber	Rudd	Hastings and Rye	Con
Joan	Ruddock	Lewisham Deptford	Lab
Bob	Russell	Colchester	LDem
Adrian	Sanders	Torbay	LDem
Laura	Sandys	South Thanet	Con
Anas	Sarwar	Glasgow Central	Lab
Andy	Sawford	Corby	Lab
Alison	Seabeck	Plymouth Moor View	Lab
Grant	Shapps	Welwyn Hatfield	Con
Alok	Sharma	Reading West	Con
Barry	Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab
Mark	Simmonds	Boston and Skegness	Con
Keith	Simpson	Broadland	Con
Chris	Skidmore	Kingswood	Con
Dennis	Skinner	Bolsover	Lab
Andy	Slaughter	Hammersmith	Lab
Chloe	Smith	Norwich North	Con
Julian	Smith	Skipton and Ripon	Con
Nick	Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab
Andrew	Smith	Oxford East	Lab
Angela	Smith	Penistone and Stocksbridge	Lab
Owen	Smith	Pontypridd	Lab
Robert	Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem
Nicholas	Soames	Mid Sussex	Con
Anna	Soubry	Broxtowe	Con
John	Spellar	Warley	Lab
Caroline	Spelman	Meriden	Con
Andrew	Stephenson	Pendle	Con
Iain	Stewart	Milton Keynes South	Con
Rory	Stewart	Penrith and The Border	Con
Jack	Straw	Blackburn	Lab
Graham	Stringer	Blackley and Broughton	Lab
Gisela	Stuart	Birmingham Edgbaston	Lab
Andrew	Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem
Gerry	Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab
Ian	Swales	Redcar	LDem
Desmond	Swayne	New Forest West	Con
Jo	Swinson	East Dunbartonshire	LDem
Hugo	Swire	East Devon	Con
Mark	Tami	Alyn and Deeside	Lab
Gareth	Thomas	Harrow West	Lab
Emily	Thornberry	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab
Justin	Tomlinson	North Swindon	Con
Jon	Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab
Elizabeth	Truss	South West Norfolk	Con
Karl	Turner	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab
Stephen	Twigg	Liverpool West Derby	Lab
Chuka	Umunna	Streatham	Lab
Ed	Vaizey	Wantage	Con
Keith	Vaz	Leicester East	Lab
Valerie	Vaz	Walsall South	Lab
Theresa	Villiers	Chipping Barnet	Con
Charles	Walker	Broxbourne	Con
Robin	Walker	Worcester	Con
Joan	Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab
Angela	Watkinson	Hornchurch and Upminster	Con
Tom	Watson	West Bromwich East	Lab
Dave	Watts	St Helens North	Lab
Mike	Weatherley	Hove	Con
Steve	Webb	Thornbury and Yate	LDem
Chris	White	Warwick and Leamington	Con
Alan	Whitehead	Southampton Test	Lab
David	Willetts	Havant	Con
Roger	Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem
Stephen	Williams	Bristol West	LDem
Mark	Williams	Ceredigion	LDem
Hywel	Williams	Arfon	Pl C
Chris	Williamson	Derby North	Lab
Phil	Wilson	Sedgefield	Lab
David	Winnick	Walsall North	Lab
Rosie	Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab
Sarah	Wollaston	Totnes	Con
John	Woodcock	Barrow and Furness	Lab
Iain	Wright	Hartlepool	Lab
David	Wright	Telford	Lab
Simon	Wright	Norwich South	LDem
Tim	Yeo	South Suffolk	Con
George	Young	North West Hampshire	Con

For | Against | Deliberately Abstained | Absent or Abstained | Notes

MPs who voted against redefining marriage:


Name	Surname	Constituency	Party
Nigel	Adams	Selby and Ainsty	Con
Adam	Afriyie	Windsor	Con
Peter	Aldous	Waveney	Con
David	Amess	Southend West	Con
James	Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con
Richard	Bacon	South Norfolk	Con
Steve	Baker	Wycombe	Con
Tony	Baldry	Banbury	Con
Guto	Bebb	Aberconwy	Con
Alan	Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem
Henry	Bellingham	North West Norfolk	Con
Joe	Benton	Bootle	Lab
Paul	Beresford	Mole Valley	Con
Andrew	Bingham	High Peak	Con
Gordon	Birtwistle	Burnley	LDem
Bob	Blackman	Harrow East	Con
Peter	Bone	Wellingborough	Con
Graham	Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con
Julian	Brazier	Canterbury	Con
Andrew	Bridgen	North West Leicestershire	Con
Steve	Brine	Winchester	Con
Fiona	Bruce	Congleton	Con
Robert	Buckland	South Swindon	Con
Simon	Burns	Chelmsford	Con
David	Burrowes	Enfield Southgate	Con
Alun	Cairns	Vale of Glamorgan	Con
Gregory	Campbell	East Londonderry	DUP
Ronnie	Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab
Douglas	Carswell	Clacton	Con
William	Cash	Stone	Con
Rehman	Chishti	Gillingham and Rainham	Con
Christopher	Chope	Christchurch	Con
Tom	Clarke	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Lab
Geoffrey	Clifton-Brown	The Cotswolds	Con
Therese	Coffey	Suffolk Coastal	Con
Rosie	Cooper	West Lancashire	Lab
Geoffrey	Cox	Torridge and West Devon	Con
Stephen	Crabb	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Con
David	Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab
Tony	Cunningham	Workington	Lab
David	Davies	Monmouth	Con
Glyn	Davies	Montgomeryshire	Con
Philip	Davies	Shipley	Con
David	Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con
Nick	de Bois	Enfield North	Con
Caroline	Dinenage	Gosport	Con
Jim	Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab
Nigel	Dodds	Belfast North	DUP
Jeffrey	Donaldson	Lagan Valley	DUP
Brian	Donohoe	Central Ayrshire	Lab
Nadine	Dorries	Mid Bedfordshire	Ind
Richard	Drax	South Dorset	Con
Charlie	Elphicke	Dover	Con
Jonathan	Evans	Cardiff North	Con
David	Evennett	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Con
Michael	Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con
Robert	Flello	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab
Liam	Fox	North Somerset	Con
Mark	Francois	Rayleigh and Wickford	Con
George	Freeman	Mid Norfolk	Con
Roger	Gale	North Thanet	Con
Edward	Garnier	Harborough	Con
Mark	Garnier	Wyre Forest	Con
Cheryl	Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con
John	Glen	Salisbury	Con
Mary	Glindon	North Tyneside	Lab
Paul	Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab
Robert	Goodwill	Scarborough and Whitby	Con
James	Gray	North Wiltshire	Con
Andrew	Griffiths	Burton	Con
Robert	Halfon	Harlow	Con
Simon	Hart	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Con
Alan	Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Con
Dai	Havard	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab
John	Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con
Oliver	Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con
Gordon	Henderson	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Con
Sylvia	Hermon	North Down	Ind
Philip	Hollobone	Kettering	Con
Adam	Holloway	Gravesham	Con
Gerald	Howarth	Aldershot	Con
Stewart	Jackson	Peterborough	Con
Gareth	Johnson	Dartford	Con
David	Jones	Clwyd West	Con
Marcus	Jones	Nuneaton	Con
Greg	Knight	East Yorkshire	Con
Kwasi	Kwarteng	Spelthorne	Con
Mark	Lancaster	Milton Keynes North	Con
Pauline	Latham	Mid Derbyshire	Con
Jeremy	Lefroy	Stafford	Con
Edward	Leigh	Gainsborough	Con
Julian	Lewis	New Forest East	Con
David	Lidington	Aylesbury	Con
Peter	Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con
Jack	Lopresti	Filton and Bradley Stoke	Con
Jonathan	Lord	Woking	Con
Tim	Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con
Karen	Lumley	Redditch	Con
Anne	Main	St Albans	Con
Paul	Maynard	Blackpool North and Cleveleys	Con
Michael	McCann	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow	Lab
Karl	McCartney	Lincoln	Con
William	McCrea	South Antrim	DUP
Jim	McGovern	Dundee West	Lab
Anne	McIntosh	Thirsk and Malton	Con
Iain	McKenzie	Inverclyde	Lab
Stephen	McPartland	Stevenage	Con
Esther	McVey	Wirral West	Con
Steve	Metcalfe	South Basildon and East Thurrock	Con
Nicky	Morgan	Loughborough	Con
James	Morris	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Con
David	Morris	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Con
Anne-Marie	Morris	Newton Abbot	Con
George	Mudie	Leeds East	Lab
Paul	Murphy	Torfaen	Lab
Bob	Neill	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con
Caroline	Nokes	Romsey and Southampton North	Con
David	Nuttall	Bury North	Con
Stephen	O’Brien	Eddisbury	Con
Matthew	Offord	Hendon	Con
James	Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con
Ian	Paisley	North Antrim	DUP
Neil	Parish	Tiverton and Honiton	Con
Priti	Patel	Witham	Con
Owen	Paterson	North Shropshire	Con
Mark	Pawsey	Rugby	Con
Mike	Penning	Hemel Hempstead	Con
Stephen	Pound	Ealing North	Lab
Mark	Pritchard	The Wrekin	Con
John	Pugh	Southport	LDem
John	Randall	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	Con
John	Redwood	Wokingham	Con
Jacob	Rees-Mogg	North East Somerset	Con
Simon	Reevell	Dewsbury	Con
Malcolm	Rifkind	Kensington	Con
Andrew	Robathan	South Leicestershire	Con
Laurence	Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con
Andrew	Rosindell	Romford	Con
Frank	Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab
David	Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con
David	Rutley	Macclesfield	Con
Andrew	Selous	South West Bedfordshire	Con
Jim	Shannon	Strangford	DUP
Alec	Shelbrooke	Elmet and Rothwell	Con
Richard	Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con
Jim	Sheridan	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Lab
David	Simpson	Upper Bann	DUP
Henry	Smith	Crawley	Con
John	Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con
John	Stevenson	Carlisle	Con
Bob	Stewart	Beckenham	Con
Mel	Stride	Central Devon	Con
Julian	Sturdy	York Outer	Con
Robert	Syms	Poole	Con
Peter	Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con
Sarah	Teather	Brent Central	LDem
David	Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con
Andrew	Turner	Isle of Wight	Con
Derek	Twigg	Halton	Lab
Shailesh	Vara	North West Cambridgeshire	Con
Martin	Vickers	Cleethorpes	Con
Ben	Wallace	Wyre and Preston North	Con
Robert	Walter	North Dorset	Con
James	Wharton	Stockton South	Con
Heather	Wheeler	South Derbyshire	Con
Craig	Whittaker	Calder Valley	Con
John	Whittingdale	Maldon	Con
Bill	Wiggin	North Herefordshire	Con
Gavin	Williamson	South Staffordshire	Con
Sammy	Wilson	East Antrim	DUP
Mike	Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab
Jeremy	Wright	Kenilworth and Southam	Con

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MPs who deliberately abstained:


Name	Surname	Constituency	Party
Angie	Bray	Ealing Central and Acton	Con
Andrea	Leadsom	South Northamptonshire	Con
Phillip	Lee	Bracknell	Con
Charlotte	Leslie	Bristol North West	Con
Robert	Wilson	Reading East	Con

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MPs who were absent or abstained:


Name	Surname	Constituency	Party
Norman	Baker	Lewes	LDem
Harriett	Baldwin	West Worcestershire	Con
Steve	Barclay	North East Cambridgeshire	Con
Anne	Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab
Jake	Berry	Rossendale and Darwen	Con
Brian	Binley	Northampton South	Con
Nicola	Blackwood	Oxford West and Abingdon	Con
Gordon	Brown	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Lab
Alex	Cunningham	Stockton North	Lab
Jonathan	Djanogly	Huntingdon	Con
Jackie	Doyle-Price	Thurrock	Con
Philip	Dunne	Ludlow	Con
Tobias	Ellwood	Bournemouth East	Con
Bill	Esterson	Sefton Central	Lab
George	Eustice	Camborne and Redruth	Con
Graham	Evans	Weaver Vale	Con
Richard	Fuller	Bedford	Con
Pat	Glass	North West Durham	Lab
Roger	Godsiff	Birmingham Hall Green	Lab
Dominic	Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con
Philip	Hammond	Runnymedeand Weybridge	Con
Rebecca	Harris	Castle Point	Con
David	Heyes	Ashton under Lyne	Lab
Mark	Hoban	Fareham	Con
Jimmy	Hood	Lanark and Hamilton East	Lab
Martin	Horwood	Cheltenham	LDem
Stewart	Hosie	Dundee East	SNP
Nick	Hurd	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	Con
Chris	Kelly	Dudley South	Con
Charles	Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	LDem
Eleanor	Laing	Epping Forest	Con
Ian	Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater and West Somerset	Con
Angus	MacNeil	Na h-Eileanan An Iar	SNP
Khalid	Mahmood	Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab
Alasdair	McDonnell	Belfast South	SDLP
Michael	Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab
Ian	Mearns	Gateshead	Lab
Patrick	Mercer	Newark	Con
Anne	Milton	Guildford	Con
Gregory	Mulholland	Leeds North West	LDem
Sheryll	Murray	South East Cornwall	Con
Jesse	Norman	Hereford and South Herefordshire	Con
Claire	Perry	Devizes	Con
Stephen	Phillips	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con
Mark	Prisk	Hertford and Stortford	Con
Yasmin	Qureshi	Bolton South East	Lab
Margaret	Ritchie	South Down	SDLP
Angus	Robertson	Moray	SNP
Lee	Scott	Ilford North	Con
Virendra	Sharma	Ealing Southall	Lab
Gavin	Shuker	Luton South	Lab
Mark	Spencer	Sherwood	Con
Gary	Streeter	South West Devon	Con
Graham	Stuart	Beverley and Holderness	Con
John	Thurso	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem
Stephen	Timms	East Ham	Lab
Edward	Timpson	Crewe and Nantwich	Con
Andrew	Tyrie	Chichester	Con
Paul	Uppal	Wolverhampton South West	Con
David	Ward	Bradford East	LDem
Mike	Weir	Angus	SNP
Eilidh	Whiteford	Banff and Buchan	SNP
Jenny	Willott	Cardiff Central	LDem
Peter	Wishart	Perth and North Perthshire	SNP
Shaun	Woodward	St Helens South and Whiston	Lab
Nadhim	Zahawi	Stratford-on-Avon	Con

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Notes:

Note 1): List excludes MPs who do not vote: the Speaker, three Deputy Speakers, and the four Sinn Fein MPs (who do not take the oath). There are by-elections pending in two constituencies.

Note 2): Lists include the two tellers for each side.

Note 3): Conservatives: 127 voted for the Bill; 136 voted against; 5 recorded a deliberate abstention by voting for both sides; 35 were absent or abstained.

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