Votes in this debate
'(1) Section 88 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (5) insert-
"(6) At no stage during any selection procedure may the Commission apply any written tests."'.- (Mr. Bellingham.)
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
The Committee divided: Ayes 150, Noes 329.
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Prime Minister — New Clause 22 — Written tests by the Judicial Appointments Commission
Aye: 150 MPs
No: 330 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- Peter Ainsworth Conservative
- Sir David Amess Conservative
- Michael Ancram Conservative
- James Arbuthnot Conservative
- Peter Atkinson Conservative
- Tony Baldry Conservative
- Gregory Barker Conservative
- John Baron Conservative
- Henry Bellingham Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Brian Binley Conservative
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Tim Boswell Conservative
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Julian Brazier Conservative
- Angela Browning Conservative
- Simon Burns Conservative
- David Burrowes Conservative
- Alistair Burt Conservative
- John Butterfill Conservative
- Douglas Carswell Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Christopher Chope Conservative
- James Clappison Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Patrick Cormack Conservative
- David Curry Conservative
- Philip Davies Conservative
- David Davies Conservative
- David Davis Conservative
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Nigel Dodds DUP
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Stephen Dorrell Conservative
- Nadine Dorries Conservative
- James Duddridge Conservative
- Alan Duncan Conservative
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- David Evennett Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Michael Fallon Conservative
- Christopher Fraser Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- Edward Garnier Conservative
- David Gauke Conservative
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
- Paul Goodman Conservative
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- Michael Gove Conservative
- James Gray Conservative
- Justine Greening Conservative
- Dominic Grieve Conservative
- John Gummer Conservative
- Philip Hammond Conservative
- Greg Hands Conservative
- Mark Harper Conservative
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
- Charles Hendry Conservative
- Nick Herbert Conservative
- Sylvia Hermon UUP
- Mark Hoban Conservative
- Douglas Hogg Conservative
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- John Horam Conservative
- John Howell Conservative
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Nick Hurd Conservative
- Michael Jack Conservative
- Stewart Jackson Conservative
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- David Jones Conservative
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Robert Key Conservative
- Julie Kirkbride Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Eleanor Laing Conservative
- Jacqui Lait Conservative
- Edward Leigh Conservative
- Julian Lewis Conservative
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- David Lidington Conservative
- Peter Luff Conservative
- David Maclean Conservative
- Anne Main Conservative
- John Maples Conservative
- Francis Maude Conservative
- Theresa May Conservative
- William McCrea DUP
- Anne McIntosh Conservative
- Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
- Patrick Mercer Conservative
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Malcolm Moss Conservative
- David Mundell Conservative
- Brooks Newmark Conservative
- Stephen O'Brien Conservative
- Richard Ottaway Conservative
- James Paice Conservative
- Owen Paterson Conservative
- Mike Penning Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Eric Pickles Conservative
- Mark Prisk Conservative
- Mark Pritchard Conservative
- John Redwood Conservative
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Iris Robinson DUP
- Peter Robinson DUP
- David Ruffley Conservative
- Lee Scott Conservative
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Grant Shapps Conservative
- Richard Shepherd Conservative
- Mark Simmonds Conservative
- Keith Simpson Conservative
- Chloe Smith Conservative
- Michael Spicer Conservative
- Richard Spring Conservative
- John Stanley Conservative
- Anthony Steen Conservative
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Hugo Swire Conservative
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Peter Tapsell Conservative
- Ian Taylor Conservative
- Edward Timpson Conservative
- David Tredinnick Conservative
- Andrew Turner Conservative
- Ed Vaizey Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Peter Viggers Conservative
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Ben Wallace Conservative
- Nigel Waterson Conservative
- Angela Watkinson Conservative
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- David Willetts Conservative
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- Ann Winterton Conservative
- George Young Conservative
Tellers
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- Jeremy Wright Conservative
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Diane Abbott Labour
- Nick Ainger Labour
- Douglas Alexander Labour
- Graham Allen Labour
- Charlotte Atkins Labour
- Ian Austin Labour
- Adrian Bailey Labour
- Vera Baird Labour
- Edward Balls Labour
- Gordon Banks Labour
- Celia Barlow Labour
- John Barrett Liberal Democrat
- Kevin Barron Labour
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Anne Begg Labour
- Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
- Stuart Bell Labour
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Joe Benton Labour
- Roger Berry Labour
- Clive Betts Labour
- Liz Blackman Labour
- Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
- Hazel Blears Labour
- David Blunkett Labour
- David Borrow Labour
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
- Kevin Brennan Labour
- Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat
- Nick Brown Labour
- Lyn Brown Labour
- Russell Brown Labour
- Jeremy Browne Liberal Democrat
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Richard Burden Labour
- Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
- Lorely Burt Liberal Democrat
- Dawn Butler Labour
- Stephen Byers Labour
- Liam Byrne Labour
- Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
- Richard Caborn Labour
- David Cairns Labour
- Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- Martin Caton Labour
- Ian Cawsey Labour
- Colin Challen Labour
- Ben Chapman Labour
- Michael Clapham Labour
- Katy Clark Labour
- Paul Clark Labour
- Tom Clarke Labour
- Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat
- David Clelland Labour
- Ann Clwyd Labour
- Vernon Coaker Labour
- Ann Coffey Labour
- Michael Connarty Labour
- Frank Cook Labour
- Rosie Cooper Labour
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour
- Jim Cousins Labour
- David Crausby Labour
- Mary Creagh Labour
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- Ann Cryer Labour
- John Cummings Labour
- Jim Cunningham Labour
- Tony Cunningham Labour
- Claire Curtis-Thomas Labour
- Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
- Wayne David Labour
- Ian Davidson Labour
- Dai Davies Independent
- Janet Dean Labour
- John Denham Labour
- Parmjit Dhanda Labour
- Jim Dobbin Labour
- Frank Dobson Labour
- Frank Doran Labour
- Mark Durkan Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Clive Efford Labour
- Louise Ellman Labour
- Natascha Engel Labour
- Jeff Ennis Labour
- Bill Etherington Labour
- Paul Farrelly Labour
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Lynne Featherstone Liberal Democrat
- Frank Field Labour
- Mark Fisher Labour
- Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
- Rob Flello Labour
- Caroline Flint Labour
- Paul Flynn Labour
- Barbara Follett Labour
- Michael Jabez Foster Labour
- Don Foster Liberal Democrat
- Michael Foster Labour
- Hywel Francis Labour
- Mike Gapes Labour
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Andrew George Liberal Democrat
- Neil Gerrard Labour
- Sandra Gidley Liberal Democrat
- Linda Gilroy Labour
- Paul Goggins Labour
- Helen Goodman Labour
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Nigel Griffiths Labour
- John Grogan Labour
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Peter Hain Labour
- Patrick Hall Labour
- Mike Hall Labour
- David Hamilton Labour
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- David Hanson Labour
- Harriet Harman Labour
- Evan Harris Liberal Democrat
- Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
- Dai Havard Labour
- John Healey Labour
- David Heath Liberal Democrat
- John Hemming Liberal Democrat
- Doug Henderson Labour
- Stephen Hepburn Labour
- Stephen Hesford Labour
- Patricia Hewitt Labour
- David Heyes Labour
- Meg Hillier Labour
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Kate Hoey Labour
- Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat
- Jimmy Hood Labour
- Geoff Hoon Labour
- Kelvin Hopkins Labour
- Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat
- David Howarth Liberal Democrat
- George Howarth Labour
- Kim Howells Labour
- Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
- Christopher Huhne Liberal Democrat
- Joan Humble Labour
- Mark Hunter Liberal Democrat
- Brian Iddon Labour
- Eric Illsley Labour
- Siân James Labour
- Brian Jenkins Labour
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Lynne Jones Labour
- Helen Jones Labour
- Tessa Jowell Labour
- Eric Joyce Labour
- Gerald Kaufman Labour
- Sally Keeble Labour
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Alan Keen Labour
- Ann Keen Labour
- Paul Keetch Liberal Democrat
- Ruth Kelly Labour
- Fraser Kemp Labour
- Jane Kennedy Labour
- Sadiq Khan Labour
- David Kidney Labour
- Peter Kilfoyle Labour
- Jim Knight Labour
- Susan Kramer Liberal Democrat
- Ashok Kumar Labour
- Stephen Ladyman Labour
- David Lammy Labour
- Bob Laxton Labour
- Mark Lazarowicz Labour
- John Leech Liberal Democrat
- David Lepper Labour
- Tom Levitt Labour
- Martin Linton Labour
- Tony Lloyd Labour
- Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
- Andrew Love Labour
- Ian Lucas Labour
- Andrew MacKinlay Labour
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- Fiona Mactaggart Labour
- Shahid Malik Labour
- Judy Mallaber Labour
- John Mann Labour
- Rob Marris Labour
- Gordon Marsden Labour
- Eric Martlew Labour
- Thomas McAvoy Labour
- Steve McCabe Labour
- Chris McCafferty Labour
- Kerry McCarthy Labour
- Sarah McCarthy-Fry Labour
- Ian McCartney Labour
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- Pat McFadden Labour
- John McFall Labour
- Jim McGovern Labour
- Anne McGuire Labour
- Shona McIsaac Labour
- Rosemary McKenna Labour
- Tony McNulty Labour
- Michael Meacher Labour
- Alan Meale Labour
- Gillian Merron Labour
- Alun Michael Labour
- Ed Miliband Labour
- Andrew Miller Labour
- Austin Mitchell Labour
- Laura Moffatt Labour
- Chris Mole Labour
- Madeleine Moon Labour
- Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Elliot Morley Labour
- Kali Mountford Labour
- George Mudie Labour
- Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
- Chris Mullin Labour
- Meg Munn Labour
- Paul Murphy Labour
- Denis Murphy Labour
- Mike O'Brien Labour
- Edward O'Hara Labour
- Lembit Öpik Liberal Democrat
- Sandra Osborne Labour
- Albert Owen Labour
- Nick Palmer Labour
- Ian Pearson Labour
- James Plaskitt Labour
- Greg Pope Labour
- Gordon Prentice Labour
- Bridget Prentice Labour
- Dawn Primarolo Labour
- Gwyn Prosser Labour
- John Pugh Liberal Democrat
- Ken Purchase Labour
- James Purnell Labour
- Nick Raynsford Labour
- Jamie Reed Labour
- Andy Reed Labour
- John Reid Labour
- Alan Reid Liberal Democrat
- Linda Riordan Labour
- Angus Robertson Scottish National Party
- John Robertson Labour
- Geoffrey Robinson Labour
- Terry Rooney Labour
- Paul Rowen Liberal Democrat
- Lindsay Roy Labour
- Chris Ruane Labour
- Joan Ruddock Labour
- Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
- Joan Ryan Labour
- Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
- Mohammad Sarwar Labour
- Alison Seabeck Labour
- Jonathan R Shaw Labour
- Barry Sheerman Labour
- Jim Sheridan Labour
- Dennis Skinner Labour
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Jacqui Smith Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
- Geraldine Smith Labour
- Andrew Smith Labour
- Anne Snelgrove Labour
- Peter Soulsby Labour
- Helen Southworth Labour
- John Spellar Labour
- Phyllis Starkey Labour
- Ian Stewart Labour
- Howard Stoate Labour
- Jack Straw Labour
- Graham Stringer Labour
- Gisela Stuart Labour
- Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat
- Mark Tami Labour
- Richard Taylor Independent
- Dari Taylor Labour
- David Taylor Labour
- Sarah Teather Liberal Democrat
- Gareth Thomas Labour
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- John Thurso Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Paddy Tipping Labour
- Mark Todd Labour
- Don Touhig Labour
- Jon Trickett Labour
- Paul Truswell Labour
- Neil Turner Labour
- Desmond Turner Labour
- Kitty Ussher Labour
- Joan Walley Labour
- Lynda Waltho Labour
- Claire Ward Labour
- Tom Watson Labour
- Dave Watts Labour
- Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- Malcolm Wicks Labour
- Alan Williams Labour
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
- Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat
- Mark Williams Liberal Democrat
- Roger Williams Liberal Democrat
- Phil Willis Liberal Democrat
- Jennifer Willott Liberal Democrat
- Michael Wills Labour
- Phil Wilson Labour
- Rosie Winterton Labour
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Mike Wood Labour
- Shaun Woodward Labour
- Anthony D Wright Labour
- Tony Wright Labour
- David Wright Labour
- Richard Younger-Ross Liberal Democrat
Tellers
- Bob Blizzard Labour
- John Heppell Labour
Question accordingly negatived.