Votes in this debate
- Division number 160
A majority of MPs voted against adding a new Clause that would lower the voting age to 16 in UK parliamentary elections.
“In section 1(1)(d) of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (definition of voting age for parliamentary elections), for “18” substitute “16”.”—(Alex Norris.)
This new clause would lower the voting age to 16 in UK parliamentary elections.
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.
Division number 160
Elections Bill — New Clause 1 - Voting from age 16 in parliamentary elections
A majority of MPs voted against adding a new Clause that would lower the voting age to 16 in UK parliamentary elections.
Aye: 236 MPs
No: 326 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Tahir Ali Labour
- Mike Amesbury Labour
- Fleur Anderson Labour
- Tonia Antoniazzi Labour
- Jon Ashworth Labour
- Hannah Bardell Scottish National Party
- Paula Barker Labour
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Apsana Begum Labour
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Clive Betts Labour
- Mhairi Black Scottish National Party
- Ian Blackford Scottish National Party
- Kirsty Blackman Scottish National Party
- Olivia Blake Labour
- Paul Blomfield Labour
- Steven Bonnar Scottish National Party
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Deidre Brock Scottish National Party
- Nick Brown Labour
- Alan Brown Scottish National Party
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Richard Burgon Labour
- Ian Byrne Labour
- Liam Byrne Labour
- Ruth Cadbury Labour
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Dan Carden Labour
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- Wendy Chamberlain Liberal Democrat
- Sarah Champion Labour
- Douglas Chapman Scottish National Party
- Bambos Charalambous Labour
- Joanna Cherry Scottish National Party
- Feryal Clark Labour
- Yvette Cooper Labour
- Daisy Cooper Liberal Democrat
- Jeremy Corbyn Independent
- Ronnie Cowan Scottish National Party
- Neil Coyle Labour
- Angela Crawley Scottish National Party (proxy vote cast by Owen Thompson)
- Stella Creasy Labour/Co-operative (proxy vote cast by Chris Elmore)
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- John Cryer Labour
- Judith Cummins Labour
- Alex Cunningham Labour
- Janet Daby Labour
- Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
- Wayne David Labour
- Geraint Davies Labour
- Alex Davies-Jones Labour
- Martyn Day Scottish National Party
- Marsha de Cordova Labour
- Thangam Debbonaire Labour
- Tan Dhesi Labour
- Martin Docherty Scottish National Party
- Anneliese Dodds Labour/Co-operative
- Dave Doogan Scottish National Party
- Allan Dorans Scottish National Party
- Stephen Doughty Labour/Co-operative
- Peter Dowd Labour
- Rosie Duffield Labour
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Colum Eastwood Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Jonathan Edwards Independent
- Clive Efford Labour
- Julie Elliott Labour
- Chris Elmore Labour
- Florence Eshalomi Labour/Co-operative
- Bill Esterson Labour
- Chris Evans Labour/Co-operative
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Farry Alliance
- Marion Fellows Scottish National Party
- Margaret Ferrier Independent
- Colleen Fletcher Labour
- Stephen Flynn Scottish National Party
- Yvonne Fovargue Labour
- Vicky Foxcroft Labour
- Mary Foy Labour
- Gill Furniss Labour
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Patricia Gibson Scottish National Party
- Preet Kaur Gill Labour/Co-operative
- Patrick Grady Scottish National Party
- Peter Grant Scottish National Party
- Kate Green Labour
- Sarah Green Liberal Democrat
- Lilian Greenwood Labour
- Margaret Greenwood Labour
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Louise Haigh Labour
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- Claire Hanna Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Neale Hanvey Alba
- Emma Hardy Labour
- Carolyn Harris Labour
- Helen Hayes Labour
- John Healey Labour
- Mark Hendrick Labour/Co-operative
- Meg Hillier Labour/Co-operative
- Wera Hobhouse Liberal Democrat
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Kate Hollern Labour
- Rachel Hopkins Labour
- George Howarth Labour
- Rupa Huq Labour
- Imran Hussain Labour
- Dan Jarvis Labour
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Kim Johnson Labour
- Kevan Jones Labour
- Ruth Jones Labour
- Sarah Jones Labour
- Darren Jones Labour
- Gerald Jones Labour
- Mike Kane Labour
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Liz Kendall Labour (proxy vote cast by Pat McFadden)
- Afzal Khan Labour
- Stephen Kinnock Labour
- Peter Kyle Labour
- Ben Lake Plaid Cymru
- David Lammy Labour
- Ian Lavery Labour
- Chris Law Scottish National Party
- Kim Leadbeater Labour
- Emma Lewell-Buck Labour
- Clive Lewis Labour
- Tony Lloyd Labour
- Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour
- Caroline Lucas Green
- Holly Lynch Labour
- Kenny MacAskill Alba
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- Justin Madders Labour
- Khalid Mahmood Labour
- Shabana Mahmood Labour
- Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative
- Kerry McCarthy Labour
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- Andy McDonald Labour
- Stuart McDonald Scottish National Party
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- Pat McFadden Labour
- Conor McGinn Labour
- Alison McGovern Labour
- Catherine McKinnell Labour
- Anne McLaughlin Scottish National Party
- Jim McMahon Labour/Co-operative
- Anna McMorrin Labour
- John McNally Scottish National Party
- Ian Mearns Labour
- Carol Monaghan Scottish National Party
- Layla Moran Liberal Democrat
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Helen Morgan Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Morgan Labour
- Grahame Morris Labour
- James Murray Labour/Co-operative
- Lisa Nandy Labour
- Gavin Newlands Scottish National Party
- Charlotte Nichols Labour
- John Nicolson Scottish National Party
- Alex Norris Labour/Co-operative
- Brendan O'Hara Scottish National Party
- Sarah Olney Liberal Democrat
- Chi Onwurah Labour
- Abena Oppong-Asare Labour
- Kate Osamor Labour/Co-operative
- Kate Osborne Labour
- Kirsten Oswald Scottish National Party
- Taiwo Owatemi Labour
- Sarah Owen Labour
- Matthew Pennycook Labour
- Toby Perkins Labour
- Jess Phillips Labour
- Bridget Phillipson Labour
- Luke Pollard Labour/Co-operative
- Lucy Powell Labour/Co-operative
- Anum Qaisar Scottish National Party
- Yasmin Qureshi Labour
- Angela Rayner Labour
- Rachel Reeves Labour
- Ellie Reeves Labour
- Jonathan Reynolds Labour/Co-operative
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy Labour
- Marie Rimmer Labour
- Matt Rodda Labour
- Lloyd Russell-Moyle Labour/Co-operative
- Naseem Shah Labour
- Virendra Sharma Labour
- Tommy Sheppard Scottish National Party
- Tulip Siddiq Labour
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Cat Smith Labour
- Alyn Smith Scottish National Party
- Jeff Smith Labour
- Nick Smith Labour
- Karin Smyth Labour
- Alex Sobel Labour/Co-operative
- John Spellar Labour
- Keir Starmer Labour
- Chris Stephens Scottish National Party
- Jo Stevens Labour
- Jamie Stone Liberal Democrat
- Wes Streeting Labour
- Zarah Sultana Labour
- Mark Tami Labour
- Sam Tarry Labour
- Alison Thewliss Scottish National Party
- Gareth Thomas Labour/Co-operative
- Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour
- Owen Thompson Scottish National Party
- Richard Thomson Scottish National Party
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Derek Twigg Labour
- Liz Twist Labour
- Valerie Vaz Labour
- Claudia Webbe Independent
- Catherine West Labour
- Matt Western Labour
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- Philippa Whitford Scottish National Party
- Mick Whitley Labour
- Nadia Whittome Labour
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
- Munira Wilson Liberal Democrat
- Beth Winter Labour
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Mohammad Yasin Labour
- Daniel Zeichner Labour
Tellers
- Mary Glindon Labour
- Navendu Mishra Labour
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Nigel Adams Conservative
- Bim Afolami Conservative
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- Nickie Aiken Conservative
- Peter Aldous Conservative
- Lucy Allan Conservative
- Stuart Anderson Conservative
- Lee Anderson Conservative
- Stuart Andrew Conservative
- Caroline Ansell Conservative
- Edward Argar Conservative
- Sarah Atherton Conservative
- Victoria Atkins Conservative
- Richard Bacon Conservative
- Gareth Bacon Conservative
- Kemi Badenoch Conservative
- Shaun Bailey Conservative
- Siobhan Baillie Conservative
- Duncan Baker Conservative
- Steven Baker Conservative
- Harriett Baldwin Conservative
- Steve Barclay Conservative
- Simon Baynes Conservative
- Aaron Bell Conservative
- Scott Benton Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Jake Berry Conservative
- Saqib Bhatti Conservative
- Bob Blackman Conservative
- Crispin Blunt Conservative
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Andrew Bowie Conservative
- Ben Bradley Conservative
- Karen Bradley Conservative
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Suella Braverman Conservative
- Jack Brereton Conservative
- Andrew Bridgen Conservative
- Steve Brine Conservative
- Paul Bristow Conservative
- Sara Britcliffe Conservative
- Anthony Browne Conservative
- Fiona Bruce Conservative
- Felicity Buchan Conservative
- Robert Buckland Conservative
- Alex Burghart Conservative
- Conor Burns Conservative
- Rob Butler Conservative
- Alun Cairns Conservative
- Gregory Campbell DUP
- Andy Carter Conservative
- James Cartlidge Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Miriam Cates Conservative
- Maria Caulfield Conservative
- Alex Chalk Conservative
- Rehman Chishti Conservative
- Jo Churchill Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- Simon Clarke Conservative
- Brendan Clarke-Smith Conservative
- Chris Clarkson Conservative
- James Cleverly Conservative
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Therese Coffey Conservative
- Elliot Colburn Conservative
- Damian Collins Conservative
- Alberto Costa Conservative
- Robert Courts Conservative
- Claire Coutinho Conservative
- Geoffrey Cox Conservative
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- Virginia Crosbie Conservative
- Tracey Crouch Conservative
- James Daly Conservative
- Philip Davies Conservative
- James Davies Conservative
- David Davies Conservative
- Gareth Davies Conservative
- Mims Davies Conservative
- David Davis Conservative
- Dehenna Davison Conservative
- Caroline Dinenage Conservative
- Sarah Dines Conservative
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Leo Docherty Conservative
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Michelle Donelan Conservative
- Steve Double Conservative
- Oliver Dowden Conservative
- Jackie Doyle-Price Conservative
- Richard Drax Conservative
- Flick Drummond Conservative
- David Duguid Conservative
- Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Mark Eastwood Conservative
- Ruth Edwards Conservative
- Michael Ellis Conservative
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- Natalie Elphicke Conservative
- George Eustice Conservative
- Luke Evans Conservative
- David Evennett Conservative
- Ben Everitt Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Laura Farris Conservative
- Simon Fell Conservative
- Katherine Fletcher Conservative
- Mark Fletcher Conservative
- Nicholas Fletcher Conservative
- Kevin Foster Conservative
- Mark Francois Conservative
- Lucy Frazer Conservative
- George Freeman Conservative
- Mike Freer Conservative
- Louie French Conservative
- Richard Fuller Conservative
- Marcus Fysh Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- Mark Garnier Conservative
- Nusrat Ghani Conservative
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Peter Gibson Conservative
- Jo Gideon Conservative
- John Glen Conservative
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- Richard Graham Conservative
- Helen Grant Conservative
- James Gray Conservative
- Chris Grayling Conservative
- Damian Green Conservative
- Chris Green Conservative
- Andrew Griffith Conservative
- Kate Griffiths Conservative
- James Grundy Conservative
- Jonathan Gullis Conservative
- Luke Hall Conservative
- Stephen Hammond Conservative
- Matthew Hancock Conservative
- Greg Hands Conservative
- Mark Harper Conservative
- Rebecca Harris Conservative
- Trudy Harrison Conservative
- Sally-Ann Hart Conservative
- Simon Hart Conservative
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative
- Gordon Henderson Conservative
- Darren Henry Conservative
- Antony Higginbotham Conservative
- Damian Hinds Conservative
- Simon Hoare Conservative
- Richard Holden Conservative
- Kevin Hollinrake Conservative
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- Paul Holmes Conservative
- John Howell Conservative
- Nigel Huddleston Conservative
- Neil Hudson Conservative
- Eddie Hughes Conservative
- Tom Hunt Conservative
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Jane Hunt Conservative
- Alister Jack Conservative
- Ranil Jayawardena Conservative (proxy vote cast by Stuart Andrew)
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- Mark Jenkinson Conservative
- Andrea Jenkyns Conservative
- Robert Jenrick Conservative
- Dr Caroline Johnson Conservative
- David Johnston Conservative
- Fay Jones Conservative
- Andrew Jones Conservative
- Marcus Jones Conservative
- David Jones Conservative
- Simon Jupp Conservative
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Alicia Kearns Conservative
- Gillian Keegan Conservative
- Julian Knight Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Danny Kruger Conservative
- Kwasi Kwarteng Conservative
- John Lamont Conservative
- Robert Largan Conservative
- Pauline Latham Conservative
- Andrea Leadsom Conservative
- Ian Levy Conservative
- Andrew Lewer Conservative
- Brandon Lewis Conservative
- Julian Lewis Independent
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- Chris Loder Conservative
- Julia Lopez Conservative
- Jack Lopresti Conservative
- Jonathan Lord Conservative
- Tim Loughton Conservative
- Craig Mackinlay Conservative
- Cherilyn Mackrory Conservative
- Rachel Maclean Conservative
- Alan Mak Conservative
- Kit Malthouse Conservative
- Anthony Mangnall Conservative
- Julie Marson Conservative
- Jerome Mayhew Conservative
- Paul Maynard Conservative
- Karl McCartney Conservative
- Stephen McPartland Conservative
- Esther McVey Conservative
- Johnny Mercer Conservative
- Huw Merriman Conservative
- Stephen Metcalfe Conservative
- Robin Millar Conservative
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Amanda Milling Conservative
- Nigel Mills Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Gagan Mohindra Conservative
- Robbie Moore Conservative
- Damien Moore Conservative
- Penny Mordaunt Conservative
- David Morris Conservative
- James Morris Conservative
- Joy Morrissey Conservative
- Jill Mortimer Conservative
- Wendy Morton Conservative
- Kieran Mullan Conservative
- David Mundell Conservative
- Sheryll Murray Conservative
- Andrew Murrison Conservative
- Bob Neill Conservative
- Lia Nici Conservative
- Caroline Nokes Conservative
- Jesse Norman Conservative
- Neil O'Brien Conservative
- Matthew Offord Conservative
- Guy Opperman Conservative
- Neil Parish Conservative
- Mark Pawsey Conservative
- Mike Penning Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Andrew Percy Conservative
- Chris Philp Conservative
- Christopher Pincher Conservative
- Daniel Poulter Conservative
- Rebecca Pow Conservative
- Victoria Prentis Conservative
- Tom Pursglove Conservative
- Jeremy Quin Conservative
- Will Quince Conservative
- Tom Randall Conservative
- John Redwood Conservative
- Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative
- Nicola Richards Conservative
- Angela Richardson Conservative
- Rob Roberts Independent
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Mary Robinson Conservative
- Douglas Ross Conservative
- Lee Rowley Conservative
- David Rutley Conservative
- Gary Sambrook Conservative
- Selaine Saxby Conservative
- Paul Scully Conservative
- Bob Seely Conservative
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Jim Shannon DUP
- Alec Shelbrooke Conservative
- David Simmonds Conservative
- Chris Skidmore Conservative
- Chloe Smith Conservative
- Julian Smith Conservative
- Royston Smith Conservative
- Henry Smith Conservative
- Greg Smith Conservative
- Amanda Solloway Conservative
- Ben Spencer Conservative
- Mark Spencer Conservative
- Alexander Stafford Conservative (proxy vote cast by Greg Smith)
- Andrew Stephenson Conservative
- John Stevenson Conservative
- Jane Stevenson Conservative
- Bob Stewart Conservative
- Iain Stewart Conservative
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Mel Stride Conservative
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Julian Sturdy Conservative
- James Sunderland Conservative
- Desmond Swayne Conservative
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Derek Thomas Conservative
- Maggie Throup Conservative
- Kelly Tolhurst Conservative
- Justin Tomlinson Conservative
- Michael Tomlinson Conservative
- Craig Tracey Conservative
- Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative
- Laura Trott Conservative
- Thomas Tugendhat Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Matt Vickers Conservative
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Christian Wakeford Conservative
- Robin Walker Conservative
- Jamie Wallis Conservative
- David Warburton Conservative
- Matt Warman Conservative
- Giles Watling Conservative
- Suzanne Webb Conservative
- Helen Whately Conservative
- Heather Wheeler Conservative
- Craig Whittaker Conservative
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- Bill Wiggin Conservative
- James Wild Conservative
- Craig Williams Conservative
- Gavin Williamson Conservative
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- Mike Wood Conservative
- William Wragg Conservative
- Jacob Young Conservative
- Nadhim Zahawi Conservative
Tellers
- Gareth Johnson Conservative
- Scott Mann Conservative
Abstained: 1 MP
Abstaineds: A-Z by last name
- Gavin Robinson DUP