MPs back Article 50 extension until 30th June but 99 Tories oppose it – how every MP voted

MPs back Article 50 extension until 30th June but 99 Tories oppose it – how every MP voted

The House of Commons spent 90 minutes on Tuesday debating a motion – under the auspices of Yvette Cooper’s EU Withdrawal Act which came into force on Monday night – agreeing to Theresa May seeking an extension to the Article 50 period until 30th June 2019 at the European Council meeting today (Wednesday 10th April).

The motion was passed by 420 votes to 110 (majority: 310).

420 MPs voted for the motion (422 including two tellers), including only 133 Conservative MPs, 223 Labour MPs, 33 SNP MPs, all 11 Lib Dem MPs, all 11 TIG MPs, along with the MPs from Plaid Cymru, the Green Party and 6 Independents.

Meanwhile, 110 MPs voted against the Bill (112 if you include the two tellers), including 99 Conservative rebels, 3 Labour MPs, 9 DUP MPs and 1 Independent.

There was a remarkably large abstention rate among Tory MPs with no fewer than 80 not voting in the division. While some may have been on parliamentary or government business elsewhere – such as Theresa May herself who was in meetings on the continent – there were a number of senior government figures not voting, such as Liam Fox, Andrea Leadsom, Chris Grayling and Geoffrey Cox. Astonishingly, I count no fewer than ten of the 17 government whips who abstained from voting – Chris Pincher, Mark Spencer, Paul Maynard, Craig Whittaker, Rebecca Harris, Nusrat Ghani, Iain Stewart, Amanda Milling, Michelle Donelan and Wendy Morton.

Below are full lists of which MPs voted for and against the motion, along with those who did not vote at all (although NB it is impossible to know whether they deliberately abstained, were away from Westminster on parliamentary business elsewhere or were ill etc.).

THE 422 MPs WHO BACKED THE MOTION=================

 

Conservative

  1. Bim Afolami
  2. Peter Aldous
  3. Edward Argar
  4. Victoria Atkins
  5. Harriett Baldwin
  6. Steve Barclay
  7. Henry Bellingham
  8. Guto Bebb
  9. Richard Benyon
  10. Paul Beresford
  11. Peter Bottomley
  12. Andrew Bowie
  13. Karen Bradley
  14. Steve Brine
  15. James Brokenshire
  16. Robert Buckland
  17. Alex Burghart
  18. Alistair Burt
  19. Alun Cairns
  20. James Cartlidge
  21. Alex Chalk
  22. Jo Churchill
  23. Greg Clark
  24. Colin Clark
  25. Ken Clarke
  26. James Cleverly
  27. Thérèse Coffey
  28. Alberto Costa
  29. Glyn Davies
  30. Jonathan Djanogly
  31. Leo Docherty
  32. Oliver Dowden
  33. David Duguid
  34. Alan Duncan
  35. Philip Dunne
  36. Michael Ellis
  37. Tobias Ellwood
  38. Mark Field
  39. Vicky Ford
  40. Kevin Foster
  41. Lucy Frazer
  42. George Freeman
  43. Mike Freer
  44. Mark Garnier
  45. David Gauke
  46. Nick Gibb
  47. John Glen
  48. Robert Goodwill
  49. Michael Gove
  50. Luke Graham
  51. Richard Graham
  52. Bill Grant
  53. Helen Grant
  54. Damian Green
  55. Justine Greening
  56. Dominic Grieve
  57. Sam Gyimah
  58. Kirstene Hair
  59. Luke Hall
  60. Philip Hammond
  61. Stephen Hammond
  62. Matt Hancock
  63. Richard Harrington
  64. Simon Hart
  65. Oliver Heald
  66. Peter Heaton-Jones
  67. Damian Hinds
  68. Simon Hoare
  69. George Hollingbery
  70. Kevin Hollinrake
  71. Nigel Huddleston
  72. Jeremy Hunt
  73. Nick Hurd
  74. Alister Jack (Teller)
  75. Margot James
  76. Sajid Javid
  77. Robert Jenrick
  78. Jo Johnson
  79. Andrew Jones
  80. Gillian Keegan
  81. Seema Kennedy
  82. Stephen Kerr
  83. Mark Lancaster
  84. Jeremy Lefroy
  85. Oliver Letwin
  86. David Lidington
  87. Patrick McLoughlin
  88. Mark Menzies
  89. Huw Merriman
  90. Anne Milton
  91. Andrew Mitchell
  92. Penny Mordaunt
  93. Nicky Morgan
  94. David Morris
  95. David Mundell
  96. Andrew Murrison
  97. Bob Neill
  98. Sarah Newton
  99. Caroline Nokes
  100. Neil O’Brien
  101. Guy Opperman
  102. Mark Pawsey
  103. John Penrose
  104. Claire Perry
  105. Chris Philp
  106. Rebecca Pow
  107. Mark Prisk
  108. Jeremy Quin (Teller)
  109. Will Quince
  110. Amber Rudd
  111. David Rutley
  112. Antoinette Sandbach
  113. Paul Scully
  114. Andrew Selous
  115. Alok Sharma
  116. Keith Simpson
  117. Chris Skidmore
  118. Julian Smith
  119. Nicholas Soames
  120. Caroline Spelman
  121. John Stevenson
  122. Rory Stewart
  123. Gary Streeter
  124. Mel Stride
  125. Graham Stuart
  126. Justin Tomlinson
  127. David Tredinnick
  128. Elizabeth Truss
  129. Ed Vaizey
  130. Robin Walker
  131. Ben Wallace
  132. Gavin Williamson
  133. Jeremy Wright

Green

  1. Caroline Lucas

Independent

  1. Nick Boles
  2. Sylvia Hermon
  3. Ivan Lewis
  4. Stephen Lloyd
  5. Chris Williamson
  6. John Woodcock

Independent Group

  1. Heidi Allen
  2. Luciana Berger
  3. Ann Coffey
  4. Mike Gapes
  5. Chris Leslie
  6. Joan Ryan
  7. Gavin Shuker
  8. Angela Smith
  9. Anna Soubry
  10. Chuka Umunna
  11. Sarah Wollaston

Labour

  1. Diane Abbott
  2. Debbie Abrahams
  3. Rushanara Ali
  4. Rosena Allin-Khan
  5. Mike Amesbury
  6. Tonia Antoniazzi
  7. Jonathan Ashworth
  8. Kevin Barron
  9. Margaret Beckett
  10. Hilary Benn
  11. Clive Betts
  12. Roberta Blackman-Woods
  13. Paul Blomfield
  14. Tracy Brabin
  15. Ben Bradshaw
  16. Kevin Brennan
  17. Lyn Brown
  18. Nick Brown
  19. Chris Bryant
  20. Karen Buck
  21. Richard Burden
  22. Richard Burgon
  23. Dawn Butler
  24. Liam Byrne
  25. Alan Campbell
  26. Dan Carden
  27. Sarah Champion
  28. Jenny Chapman
  29. Bambos Charalambous
  30. Ann Clwyd
  31. Vernon Coaker
  32. Julie Cooper
  33. Rosie Cooper
  34. Yvette Cooper
  35. Jeremy Corbyn
  36. Neil Coyle
  37. David Crausby
  38. Mary Creagh
  39. Stella Creasy
  40. Jon Cruddas
  41. John Cryer
  42. Judith Cummings
  43. Alex Cunningham
  44. Jim Cunningham
  45. Janet Daby
  46. Nic Dakin
  47. Wayne David
  48. Geraint Davies
  49. Marsha De Cordova
  50. Gloria de Piero
  51. Thangam Debbonaire
  52. Emma Dent Coad
  53. Annaliese Dodds
  54. Stephen Doughty
  55. Peter Dowd
  56. Jack Dromey
  57. Rosie Duffield
  58. Angela Eagle
  59. Maria Eagle
  60. Clive Efford
  61. Julie Elliott
  62. Louise Ellman
  63. Chris Elmore
  64. Bill Esterson
  65. Christopher Evans
  66. Paul Farrelly
  67. Jim Fitzpatrick
  68. Colleen Fletcher
  69. Caroline Flint
  70. Vicky Foxcroft
  71. Gill Furniss
  72. Hugh Gaffney
  73. Barry Gardiner
  74. Ruth George
  75. Preet Gill
  76. Mary Glindon
  77. Roger Godsiff
  78. Helen Goodman
  79. Kate Green
  80. Lilian Greenwood
  81. Margaret Greenwood
  82. Nia Griffith
  83. John Grogan
  84. Andrew Gwynne
  85. Louise Haigh
  86. Fabian Hamilton
  87. David Hanson
  88. Emma Hardy
  89. Harriet Harman
  90. Carolyn Harris
  91. Helen Hayes
  92. Sue Hayman
  93. John Healey
  94. Mark Hendrick
  95. Mike Hill
  96. Meg Hillier
  97. Margaret Hodge
  98. Sharon Hodgson
  99. Kate Hollern
  100. George Howarth
  101. Rupa Huq
  102. Imran Hussain
  103. Dan Jarvis
  104. Diana Johnson
  105. Darren Jones
  106. Gerald Jones
  107. Graham Jones
  108. Kevan Jones
  109. Ruth Jones
  110. Sarah Jones
  111. Susan Elan Jones
  112. Michael Kane
  113. Barbara Keeley
  114. Elizabeth Kendall
  115. Afzal Khan
  116. Gerard Killen
  117. Stephen Kinnock
  118. Peter Kyle
  119. Lesley Laird
  120. David Lammy
  121. Ian Lavery
  122. Karen Lee
  123. Emma Lewell-Buck
  124. Clive Lewis
  125. Tony Lloyd
  126. Rebecca Long-Bailey
  127. Ian Lucas
  128. Holly Lynch
  129. Justin Madders
  130. Khalid Mahmood
  131. Shabana Mahmood
  132. Seema Malhotra
  133. John Mann
  134. Gordon Marsden
  135. Sandy Martin
  136. Rachael Maskell
  137. Chris Matheson
  138. Steve McCabe
  139. Kerry McCarthy
  140. Andy McDonald
  141. Pat McFadden
  142. Conor McGinn
  143. Alison McGovern
  144. Catherine McKinnell
  145. Jim McMahon
  146. Ian Mearns
  147. Ed Miliband
  148. Madeleine Moon
  149. Jessica Morden
  150. Stephen Morgan
  151. Grahame Morris
  152. Ian Murray
  153. Alex Norris
  154. Melanie Onn
  155. Chi Onwurah
  156. Kate Osamor
  157. Albert Owen
  158. Stephanie Peacock
  159. Teresa Pearce
  160. Matthew Pennycook
  161. Toby Perkins
  162. Jess Phillips
  163. Bridget Phillipson
  164. Laura Pidcock
  165. Jo Platt
  166. Luke Pollard
  167. Stephen Pound
  168. Lucy Powell
  169. Yasmin Qureshi
  170. Faisal Rashid
  171. Angela Rayner
  172. Steve Reed
  173. Christina Rees
  174. Ellie Reeves
  175. Emma Reynolds
  176. Marie Rimmer
  177. Geoffrey Robinson
  178. Matt Rodda
  179. Danielle Rowley
  180. Chris Ruane
  181. Lloyd Russell-Moyle
  182. Naz Shah
  183. Virendra Sharma
  184. Barry Sheerman
  185. Paula Sherriff
  186. Tulip Siddiq
  187. Dennis Skinner
  188. Andy Slaughter
  189. Ruth Smeeth
  190. Cat Smith
  191. Eleanor Smith
  192. Jeff Smith
  193. Laura Smith
  194. Nick Smith
  195. Owen Smith
  196. Gareth Snell
  197. John Spellar
  198. Keir Starmer
  199. Jo Stevens
  200. Wes Streeting
  201. Paul Sweeney
  202. Mark Tami
  203. Gareth Thomas
  204. Nick Thomas-Symonds
  205. Stephen Timms
  206. Jon Trickett
  207. Anna Turley
  208. Karl Turner
  209. Derek Twigg
  210. Stephen Twigg
  211. Liz Twist
  212. Keith Vaz
  213. Valerie Vaz
  214. Thelma Walker
  215. Tom Watson
  216. Catherine West
  217. Matt Western
  218. Alan Whitehead
  219. Martin Whitfield
  220. Paul Williams
  221. Phil Wilson
  222. Mohammad Yasin
  223. Daniel Zeichner

Liberal Democrat

  1. Tom Brake
  2. Vince Cable
  3. Alistair Carmichael
  4. Ed Davey
  5. Tim Farron
  6. Wera Hobhouse
  7. Christine Jardine
  8. Norman Lamb
  9. Layla Moran
  10. Jamie Stone
  11. Jo Swinson

Plaid Cymru

  1. Jonathan Edwards
  2. Ben Lake
  3. Liz Saville Roberts
  4. Hywel Williams

SNP

  1. Hannah Bardell
  2. Mhairi Black
  3. Ian Blackford
  4. Kirsty Blackman
  5. Deidre Brock
  6. Alan Brown
  7. Lisa Cameron
  8. Doug Chapman
  9. Joanna Cherry
  10. Ronnie Cowan
  11. Angela Crawley
  12. Martyn Day
  13. Martin Docherty-Hughes
  14. Marion Fellows
  15. Stephen Gethins
  16. Patricia Gibson
  17. Patrick Grady
  18. Peter Grant
  19. Neil Gray
  20. Drew Hendry
  21. Stewart Hosie
  22. Chris Law
  23. David Linden
  24. Stewart McDonald
  25. Stuart McDonald
  26. John McNally
  27. Carol Monaghan
  28. Gavin Newlands
  29. Brendan O’Hara
  30. Tommy Sheppard
  31. Chris Stephens
  32. Alison Thewliss
  33. Philippa Whitford

THE 105 MPs WHO DID NOT VOTE IN THE DIVISION*=======

 

Conservative

  1. Nigel Adams
  2. Lucy Allan
  3. Stuart Andrew
  4. Kemi Badenoch
  5. Jake Berry
  6. Jack Brereton
  7. Christopher Chope
  8. Damian Collins
  9. Robert Courts
  10. Geoffrey Cox
  11. Stephen Crabb
  12. Tracey Crouch
  13. David Davies
  14. Mims Davies
  15. Caroline Dinenage
  16. Michelle Donelan
  17. Nadine Dorries
  18. Jackie Doyle-Price
  19. Nigel Evans
  20. Michael Fallon
  21. Liam Fox
  22. Roger Gale
  23. Nusrat Ghani
  24. Chris Grayling
  25. Rebecca Harris
  26. Trudy Harrison
  27. John Hayes
  28. James Heappey
  29. Nick Herbert
  30. John Howell
  31. Caroline Johnson
  32. Marcus Jones
  33. Greg Knight
  34. Julian Knight
  35. Kwasi Kwarteng
  36. John Lamont
  37. Andrea Leadsom
  38. Phillip Lee
  39. Edward Leigh
  40. Brandon Lewis
  41. Ian Liddell-Grainger
  42. Jack Lopresti
  43. Jonathan Lord
  44. Rachel Maclean
  45. Alan Mak
  46. Kit Malthouse
  47. Paul Masterton
  48. Theresa May
  49. Paul Maynard
  50. Maria Miller
  51. Amanda Milling
  52. Damien Moore
  53. James Morris
  54. Wendy Morton
  55. Jesse Norman
  56. Matthew Offord
  57. Andrew Percy
  58. Christopher Pincher
  59. Daniel Poulter
  60. Victoria Prentis
  61. Douglas Ross
  62. Bob Seely
  63. Grant Shapps
  64. Alec Shelbrooke
  65. Chloe Smith
  66. Mark Spencer
  67. Andrew Stephenson
  68. Bob Stewart
  69. Iain Stewart
  70. Rishi Sunak
  71. Maggie Throup
  72. Kelly Tolhurst
  73. Thomas Tugendhat
  74. David Warburton
  75. Matt Warman
  76. Helen Whately
  77. Heather Wheeler
  78. Craig Whittaker
  79. Mike Wood
  80. Nadhim Zahawi

DUP

  1. Jeffrey Donaldson

Independent

  1. Ian Austin
  2. Kelvin Hopkins
  3. Jared O’Mara
  4. Fiona Onasanya

Labour

  1. Adrian Bailey
  2. Ruth Cadbury
  3. Tan Dhesi
  4. David Drew
  5. Yvonne Fovargue
  6. James Frith
  7. Helen Jones
  8. Siobhain McDonagh
  9. John McDonnell
  10. Liz McInnes
  11. Anna McMorrin
  12. Lisa Nandy
  13. Rachel Reeves
  14. Jonathan Reynolds
  15. Karin Smyth
  16. Alex Sobel
  17. Graham Stringer
  18. Emily Thornberry

SNP

  1. Angus MacNeil
  2. Pete Wishart

*Not including the Speaker, John Bercow, and his three deputies (Lindsay Hoyle, Eleanor Laing and Rosie Winterton) who, by convention, do not vote in Commons divisions and the Sinn Fein MPs who have not taken their seats. NB: Absence from the division may be for a number of reasons, such as being ill, on maternity/paternity leave or on parliamentary business elsewhere, as well as a deliberate abstention.

THE 112 MPs WHO OPPOSED THE MOTION===============

 

Conservative

  1. Adam Afriyie
  2. David Amess
  3. Richard Bacon
  4. Steve Baker
  5. John Baron
  6. Bob Blackman
  7. Crispin Blunt
  8. Peter Bone
  9. Ben Bradley
  10. Graham Brady
  11. Suella Braverman
  12. Andrew Bridgen
  13. Fiona Bruce
  14. Conor Burns
  15. William Cash
  16. Maria Caulfield
  17. Rehman Chishti
  18. Simon Clarke (Teller)
  19. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
  20. Chris Davies
  21. Philip Davies
  22. David Davis
  23. Steve Double
  24. Richard Drax
  25. James Duddridge
  26. Iain Duncan Smith
  27. Charlie Elphicke
  28. George Eustice
  29. David Evennett
  30. Michael Fabricant
  31. Mark Francois
  32. Marcus Fysh
  33. Cheryl Gillan (Teller)
  34. Zac Goldsmith
  35. James Gray
  36. Chris Green
  37. Andrew Griffiths
  38. Robert Halfon
  39. Greg Hands
  40. Mark Harper
  41. Chris Heaton-Harris
  42. Gordon Henderson
  43. Philip Hollobone
  44. Adam Holloway
  45. Eddie Hughes
  46. Ranil Jayawardena
  47. Bernard Jenkin
  48. Andrea Jenkyns
  49. Boris Johnson
  50. Gareth Johnson
  51. David Jones
  52. Daniel Kawczynski
  53. Pauline Latham
  54. Andrew Lewer
  55. Julian Lewis
  56. Julia Lopez
  57. Tim Loughton
  58. Craig Mackinlay
  59. Anne Main
  60. Scott Mann
  61. Stephen McPartland
  62. Esther McVey
  63. Johnny Mercer
  64. Stephen Metcalfe
  65. Nigel Mills
  66. Anne Marie Morris
  67. Sheryll Murray
  68. Neil Parish
  69. Priti Patel
  70. Owen Paterson
  71. Mike Penning
  72. Mark Pritchard
  73. Tom Pursglove
  74. Dominic Raab
  75. John Redwood
  76. Jacob Rees-Mogg
  77. Laurence Robertson
  78. Mary Robinson
  79. Andrew Rosindell
  80. Lee Rowley
  81. Henry Smith
  82. Royston Smith
  83. Julian Sturdy
  84. Desmond Swayne
  85. Hugo Swire
  86. Robert Syms
  87. Derek Thomas
  88. Ross Thomson
  89. Michael Tomlinson
  90. Craig Tracey
  91. Anne-Marie Trevelyan
  92. Shailesh Vara
  93. Martin Vickers
  94. Theresa Villiers
  95. Charles Walker
  96. Giles Watling
  97. John Whittingdale
  98. Bill Wiggin
  99. William Wragg

DUP

  1. Gregory Campbell
  2. Nigel Dodds
  3. Paul Girvan
  4. Emma Little Pengelly
  5. Ian Paisley
  6. Gavin Robinson
  7. Jim Shannon
  8. David Simpson
  9. Sammy Wilson

Independent

  1. Frank Field

Labour

  1. Ronnie Campbell
  2. Stephen Hepburn
  3. Kate Hoey

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