Division number 77
Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2009 — Retention of Communications Data by Communications Providers
A majority of MPs agreed and voted to require public communications providers retain certain categories of communications data, which they generate or process, for a minimum period of 12 months.
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Aye: 241 MPs
No: 93 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Nick Ainger Labour
- Bob Ainsworth Labour
- Douglas Alexander Labour
- Graham Allen Labour
- David Anderson Labour
- Hilary Armstrong Labour
- Ian Austin Labour
- John Austin Labour
- Adrian Bailey Labour
- Edward Balls Labour
- Gordon Banks Labour
- Celia Barlow Labour
- John Battle Labour
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Anne Begg Labour
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Joe Benton Labour
- Roger Berry Labour
- Clive Betts Labour
- Liz Blackman Labour
- Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
- Hazel Blears Labour
- Bob Blizzard Labour
- David Blunkett Labour
- David Borrow Labour
- Lyn Brown Labour
- Nick Brown Labour
- Russell Brown Labour
- Des Browne Labour
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Andy Burnham Labour
- Dawn Butler Labour
- Liam Byrne Labour
- David Cairns Labour
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Martin Caton Labour
- Ben Chapman Labour
- David Chaytor Labour
- Paul Clark Labour
- Katy Clark Labour
- Charles Clarke Labour
- David Clelland Labour
- Ann Clwyd Labour
- Vernon Coaker Labour
- Ann Coffey Labour
- Frank Cook Labour
- Rosie Cooper Labour
- Jim Cousins Labour
- David Crausby Labour
- Mary Creagh Labour
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- John Cummings Labour
- Tony Cunningham Labour
- Jim Cunningham Labour
- Wayne David Labour
- Ian Davidson Labour
- Quentin Davies Labour
- John Denham Labour
- Andrew Dismore Labour
- Jim Dobbin Labour
- Brian H Donohoe Labour
- Frank Doran Labour
- David Drew Labour
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Clive Efford Labour
- Louise Ellman Labour
- Jeff Ennis Labour
- Paul Farrelly Labour
- Mark Fisher Labour
- Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
- Rob Flello Labour
- Caroline Flint Labour
- Paul Flynn Labour
- Barbara Follett Labour
- Michael Jabez Foster Labour
- Michael Foster Labour
- Hywel Francis Labour
- Mike Gapes Labour
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Bruce George Labour
- Ian Gibson Labour
- Linda Gilroy Labour
- Paul Goggins Labour
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Nigel Griffiths Labour
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Patrick Hall Labour
- Mike Hall Labour
- David Hanson Labour
- Tom Harris Labour
- John Healey Labour
- John Heppell Labour
- Stephen Hesford Labour
- Patricia Hewitt Labour
- David Heyes Labour
- Keith Hill Labour
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Geoff Hoon Labour
- Phil Hope Labour
- George Howarth Labour
- Kim Howells Labour
- Beverley Hughes Labour
- Joan Humble Labour
- Brian Iddon Labour
- Adam Ingram Labour
- Huw Irranca-Davies Labour
- Siân James Labour
- Brian Jenkins Labour
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Alan Johnson Labour
- Martyn Jones Labour
- Helen Jones Labour
- Kevan Jones Labour
- Lynne Jones Labour
- Tessa Jowell Labour
- Eric Joyce Labour
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Ann Keen Labour
- Alan Keen Labour
- Fraser Kemp Labour
- Jane Kennedy Labour
- Sadiq Khan Labour
- David Kidney Labour
- Peter Kilfoyle Labour
- Jim Knight Labour
- Stephen Ladyman Labour
- David Lammy Labour
- Mark Lazarowicz Labour
- David Lepper Labour
- Tom Levitt Labour
- Ivan Lewis Labour
- Martin Linton Labour
- Tony Lloyd Labour
- Andrew Love Labour
- Ian Lucas Labour
- Denis MacShane Labour
- Fiona Mactaggart Labour
- Khalid Mahmood 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
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- Pat McFadden Labour
- John McFall Labour
- Anne McGuire Labour
- Shona McIsaac Labour
- Ann McKechin Labour
- Rosemary McKenna Labour
- Tony McNulty Labour
- Gillian Merron Labour
- Alun Michael Labour
- Ed Miliband Labour
- Andrew Miller Labour
- Austin Mitchell Labour
- Anne Moffat Labour
- Laura Moffatt Labour
- Julie Morgan Labour
- Elliot Morley Labour
- Chris Mullin Labour
- Meg Munn Labour
- Paul Murphy Labour
- Jim Murphy Labour
- Dan Norris Labour
- Mike O'Brien Labour
- Edward O'Hara Labour
- Albert Owen Labour
- Nick Palmer Labour
- Ian Pearson Labour
- James Plaskitt Labour
- Bridget Prentice Labour
- James Purnell Labour
- Nick Raynsford Labour
- Andy Reed Labour
- Jamie Reed Labour
- Linda Riordan Labour
- John Robertson Labour
- Geoffrey Robinson Labour
- Terry Rooney Labour
- Frank Roy Labour
- Lindsay Roy Labour
- Chris Ruane Labour
- Joan Ruddock Labour
- Christine Russell Labour
- Joan Ryan Labour
- Alison Seabeck Labour
- Virendra Sharma Labour
- Jonathan R Shaw Labour
- Jim Sheridan Labour
- Siôn Simon Labour
- Alan Simpson Labour
- Dennis Skinner Labour
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Geraldine Smith Labour
- Andrew Smith Labour
- Anne Snelgrove Labour
- Peter Soulsby Labour
- John Spellar Labour
- Gavin Strang Labour
- Jack Straw Labour
- Graham Stringer Labour
- Gerry Sutcliffe Labour
- Mark Tami Labour
- David Taylor Labour
- Dari Taylor Labour
- Gareth Thomas Labour
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Paddy Tipping Labour
- Mark Todd Labour
- Don Touhig Labour
- Jon Trickett Labour
- Paul Truswell Labour
- Neil Turner Labour
- Desmond Turner Labour
- Derek Twigg Labour
- Kitty Ussher Labour
- Rudi Vis Labour
- Joan Walley Labour
- Lynda Waltho Labour
- Claire Ward Labour
- Dave Watts Labour
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- Malcolm Wicks Labour
- Betty Williams Labour
- Michael Wills Labour
- Phil Wilson Labour
- David Winnick Labour
- Rosie Winterton Labour
- Tony Wright Labour
- Iain Wright Labour
- David Wright Labour
Tellers
- Helen Goodman Labour
- Chris Mole Labour
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- James Arbuthnot Conservative
- Tony Baldry Conservative
- John Baron Conservative
- John Barrett Liberal Democrat
- Richard Benyon Conservative
- John Bercow Conservative
- Brian Binley Conservative
- Tim Boswell Conservative
- David Burrowes Conservative
- John Butterfill Conservative
- Gregory Campbell DUP
- Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- James Clappison Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative
- Dai Davies Independent
- David Davies Conservative
- Philip Davies Conservative
- Nigel Dodds DUP
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Stephen Dorrell Conservative
- James Duddridge Conservative
- Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Nigel Evans Conservative
- Lynne Featherstone Liberal Democrat
- Don Foster Liberal Democrat
- Mark Francois Conservative
- Christopher Fraser Conservative
- Edward Garnier Conservative
- Andrew George Liberal Democrat
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- James Gray Conservative
- Damian Green Conservative
- Philip Hammond Conservative
- Mark Harper Conservative
- John Hayes Conservative
- David Heath Liberal Democrat
- John Hemming Liberal Democrat
- Nick Herbert Conservative
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- David Howarth Liberal Democrat
- John Howell Conservative
- Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
- Nick Hurd Conservative
- Michael Jack Conservative
- Stewart Jackson Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Susan Kramer Liberal Democrat
- Mark Lancaster Conservative
- David Laws Liberal Democrat
- Julian Lewis Conservative
- Peter Lilley Conservative
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- John Mason Scottish National Party
- Michael Mates Conservative
- Theresa May Conservative
- Anne McIntosh Conservative
- Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
- David Mundell Conservative
- Andrew Murrison Conservative
- Stephen O'Brien Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Adam Price Plaid Cymru
- John Redwood Conservative
- Alan Reid Liberal Democrat
- Willie Rennie Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Robathan Conservative
- Dan Rogerson Liberal Democrat
- Paul Rowen Liberal Democrat
- Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Grant Shapps Conservative
- Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
- Bob Spink Independent
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Andrew Stunell Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Turner Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Robert Walter Conservative
- Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
- Michael Weir Scottish National Party
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- Ann Widdecombe Conservative
- Mark Williams Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat
- Jennifer Willott Liberal Democrat
- David Wilshire Conservative
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- George Young Conservative
Tellers
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- Bill Wiggin Conservative
Absent: 308 MPs
Absents: A-Z by last name
- Diane Abbott Labour
- Gerry Adams Sinn Féin
- Peter Ainsworth Conservative
- Danny Alexander Liberal Democrat
- Sir David Amess Conservative
- Michael Ancram Conservative
- Janet Anderson Labour
- Charlotte Atkins Labour
- Peter Atkinson Conservative
- Richard Bacon Conservative
- Vera Baird Labour
- Norman Baker Liberal Democrat
- Gregory Barker Conservative
- Kevin Barron Labour
- Hugh Bayley Labour
- Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
- Stuart Bell Labour
- Henry Bellingham Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Crispin Blunt Conservative
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
- Julian Brazier Conservative
- Colin Breed Liberal Democrat
- Kevin Brennan Labour
- James Brokenshire Conservative
- Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat
- Gordon Brown Labour
- Jeremy Browne Liberal Democrat
- Angela Browning Conservative
- Malcolm Bruce Liberal Democrat
- Richard Burden Labour
- Colin Burgon Labour
- Simon Burns Conservative
- Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
- Lorely Burt Liberal Democrat
- Alistair Burt Conservative
- Stephen Byers Labour
- Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
- Richard Caborn Labour
- David Cameron Conservative
- Ronnie Campbell Labour
- Douglas Carswell Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Ian Cawsey Labour
- Colin Challen Labour
- Christopher Chope Conservative
- Michael Clapham Labour
- Tom Clarke Labour
- Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Harry Cohen Labour
- Michael Connarty Labour
- Derek Conway Independent
- Yvette Cooper Labour
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour
- Patrick Cormack Conservative
- Geoffrey Cox Conservative
- Ann Cryer Labour
- David Curry Conservative
- Claire Curtis-Thomas Labour
- Alistair Darling Labour
- Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
- David Davis Conservative
- Janet Dean Labour
- Jim Devine Labour
- Parmjit Dhanda Labour
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Frank Dobson Labour
- Pat Doherty Sinn Féin
- Nadine Dorries Conservative
- Jim Dowd Labour
- Alan Duncan Conservative
- Mark Durkan Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- Natascha Engel Labour
- Bill Etherington Labour
- David Evennett Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Michael Fallon Conservative
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Mark Field Conservative
- Frank Field Labour
- Liam Fox Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- George Galloway Respect
- David Gauke Conservative
- Neil Gerrard Labour
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Sandra Gidley Liberal Democrat
- Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
- Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
- Roger Godsiff Labour
- Julia Goldsworthy Liberal Democrat
- Paul Goodman Conservative
- Michael Gove Conservative
- Chris Grayling Conservative
- Justine Greening Conservative
- John Greenway Conservative
- Dominic Grieve Conservative
- John Grogan Labour
- John Gummer Conservative
- William Hague Conservative
- Peter Hain Labour
- David Hamilton Labour
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- Stephen Hammond Conservative
- Mike Hancock Liberal Democrat
- Greg Hands Conservative
- Harriet Harman Labour
- Evan Harris Liberal Democrat
- Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
- Alan Haselhurst Deputy Speaker
- Dai Havard Labour
- Sylvia Heal Deputy Speaker
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
- Doug Henderson Labour
- Mark Hendrick Labour
- Charles Hendry Conservative
- Stephen Hepburn Labour
- Sylvia Hermon UUP
- Meg Hillier Labour
- Mark Hoban Conservative
- Margaret Hodge Labour
- Kate Hoey Labour
- Douglas Hogg Conservative
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat
- Jimmy Hood Labour
- Kelvin Hopkins Labour
- John Horam Conservative
- Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat
- Stewart Hosie Scottish National Party
- Michael Howard Conservative
- Gerald Howarth Conservative
- Lindsay Hoyle Labour
- Christopher Huhne Liberal Democrat
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Mark Hunter Liberal Democrat
- John Hutton Labour
- Eric Illsley Labour
- Glenda Jackson Labour
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- David Jones Conservative
- Gerald Kaufman Labour
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Sally Keeble Labour
- Paul Keetch Liberal Democrat
- Ruth Kelly Labour
- Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat
- Robert Key Conservative
- Julie Kirkbride Conservative
- Ashok Kumar Labour
- Eleanor Laing Conservative
- Jacqui Lait Conservative
- Norman Lamb Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Lansley Conservative
- Bob Laxton Labour
- John Leech Liberal Democrat
- Edward Leigh Conservative
- Oliver Letwin Conservative
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- David Lidington Conservative
- Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
- Michael Lord Deputy Speaker
- Tim Loughton Conservative
- Peter Luff Conservative
- Andrew MacKay Conservative
- Andrew MacKinlay Labour
- David Maclean Conservative
- Anne Main Conservative
- Humfrey Malins Conservative
- John Maples Conservative
- Robert Marshall-Andrews Labour
- Michael Martin Speaker
- Francis Maude Conservative
- Ian McCartney Labour
- William McCrea DUP
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- Alasdair McDonnell Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Jim McGovern Labour
- Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin
- Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
- Michael Meacher Labour
- Alan Meale Labour
- Patrick Mercer Conservative
- Alan Milburn Labour
- David Miliband Labour
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Anne Milton Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Madeleine Moon Labour
- Margaret Moran Labour
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Malcolm Moss Conservative
- Kali Mountford Labour
- George Mudie Labour
- Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
- Conor Murphy Sinn Féin
- Denis Murphy Labour
- Doug Naysmith Labour
- Bob Neill Conservative
- Brooks Newmark Conservative
- Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat
- Bill Olner Labour
- Lembit Öpik Liberal Democrat
- George Osborne Conservative
- Sandra Osborne Labour
- Richard Ottaway Conservative
- James Paice Conservative
- Ian Paisley DUP
- Owen Paterson Conservative
- Andrew Pelling Independent
- Mike Penning Conservative
- Eric Pickles Conservative
- Greg Pope Labour
- Steve Pound Labour
- Gordon Prentice Labour
- John Prescott Labour
- Dawn Primarolo Labour
- Mark Prisk Conservative
- Mark Pritchard Conservative
- Gwyn Prosser Labour
- John Pugh Liberal Democrat
- Ken Purchase Labour
- Bill Rammell Labour
- John Randall Conservative
- John Reid Labour
- Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
- Hugh Robertson Conservative
- Angus Robertson Scottish National Party
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Iris Robinson DUP
- Peter Robinson DUP
- Andrew Rosindell Conservative
- David Ruffley Conservative
- Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
- Martin Salter Labour
- Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
- Mohammad Sarwar Labour
- Lee Scott Conservative
- Barry Sheerman Labour
- Richard Shepherd Conservative
- Clare Short Independent Labour
- Mark Simmonds Conservative
- Keith Simpson Conservative
- David Simpson DUP
- Marsha Singh Labour
- Jacqui Smith Labour
- John Smith Labour
- Nicholas Soames Conservative
- Helen Southworth Labour
- Caroline Spelman Conservative
- Michael Spicer Conservative
- Richard Spring Conservative
- John Stanley Conservative
- Phyllis Starkey Labour
- Anthony Steen Conservative
- Ian Stewart Labour
- Howard Stoate Labour
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Gisela Stuart Labour
- Desmond Swayne Conservative
- Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat
- Hugo Swire Conservative
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Peter Tapsell Conservative
- Richard Taylor Independent
- Ian Taylor Conservative
- Matthew Taylor Liberal Democrat
- Sarah Teather Liberal Democrat
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- John Thurso Liberal Democrat
- Edward Timpson Conservative
- David Tredinnick Conservative
- Andrew Tyrie Conservative
- Ed Vaizey Conservative
- Keith Vaz Labour
- Peter Viggers Conservative
- Charles Walker Conservative
- Ben Wallace Conservative
- Robert Wareing Independent
- Nigel Waterson Conservative
- Angela Watkinson Conservative
- Tom Watson Labour
- David Willetts Conservative
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
- Alan Williams Labour
- Roger Williams Liberal Democrat
- Phil Willis Liberal Democrat
- Rob Wilson Conservative
- Ann Winterton Conservative
- Nicholas Winterton Conservative
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Mike Wood Labour
- Shaun Woodward Labour
- Phil Woolas Labour
- Jeremy Wright Conservative
- Anthony D Wright Labour
- Derek Wyatt Labour
- Tim Yeo Conservative
- Richard Younger-Ross Liberal Democrat