Division number 169
Localism Bill — Declines Second Reading
A majority of MPs disagreed and voted to devolve more powers to local councils and local people particularly in relation to social housing and planning.
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Aye: 228 MPs
No: 333 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Diane Abbott Labour
- Bob Ainsworth Labour
- Heidi Alexander Labour
- Douglas Alexander Labour
- Rushanara Ali Labour
- David Anderson Labour
- Ian Austin Labour
- Adrian Bailey Labour
- William Bain Labour
- Edward Balls Labour
- Gordon Banks Labour
- Kevin Barron Labour
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Anne Begg Labour
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Joe Benton Labour
- Luciana Berger Labour
- Clive Betts Labour
- Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
- Hazel Blears Labour
- Tom Blenkinsop Labour
- Paul Blomfield Labour
- David Blunkett Labour
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Kevin Brennan Labour
- Gordon Brown Labour
- Nick Brown Labour
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Richard Burden Labour
- Andy Burnham Labour
- Liam Byrne Labour
- David Cairns Labour
- Ronnie Campbell Labour
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Martin Caton Labour
- Jenny Chapman Labour
- Katy Clark Labour
- Tom Clarke Labour
- Ann Clwyd Labour
- Vernon Coaker Labour
- Ann Coffey Labour
- Michael Connarty Labour
- Rosie Cooper Labour
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour
- David Crausby Labour
- Mary Creagh Labour
- Stella Creasy Labour
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- John Cryer Labour
- Alex Cunningham Labour
- Jim Cunningham Labour
- Tony Cunningham Labour
- Margaret Curran Labour
- Nicholas Dakin Labour
- Simon Danczuk Labour
- Alistair Darling Labour
- Wayne David Labour
- Ian Davidson Labour
- Geraint Davies Labour
- Gloria De Piero Labour
- John Denham Labour
- Jim Dobbin Labour
- Frank Dobson Labour
- Thomas Docherty Labour
- Brian H Donohoe Labour
- Frank Doran Labour
- Jim Dowd Labour
- Gemma Doyle Labour
- Jack Dromey Labour
- Michael Dugher Labour
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Julie Elliott Labour
- Louise Ellman Labour
- Bill Esterson Labour
- Chris Evans Labour
- Paul Farrelly Labour
- Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
- Rob Flello Labour
- Caroline Flint Labour
- Paul Flynn Labour
- Yvonne Fovargue Labour
- Hywel Francis Labour
- Mike Gapes Labour
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Sheila Gilmore Labour
- Pat Glass Labour
- Mary Glindon Labour
- Roger Godsiff Labour
- Paul Goggins Labour
- Helen Goodman Labour
- Kate Green Labour
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Peter Hain Labour
- David Hamilton Labour
- David Hanson Labour
- Harriet Harman Labour
- Tom Harris Labour
- John Healey Labour
- Mark Hendrick Labour
- Stephen Hepburn Labour
- David Heyes Labour
- Meg Hillier Labour
- Julie Hilling Labour
- Margaret Hodge Labour
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Kate Hoey Labour
- Jimmy Hood Labour
- Kelvin Hopkins Labour
- George Howarth Labour
- Tristram Hunt Labour
- Huw Irranca-Davies Labour
- Glenda Jackson Labour
- Siân James Labour
- Cathy Jamieson Labour
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Graham Jones Labour
- Kevan Jones Labour
- Helen Jones Labour
- Susan Elan Jones Labour
- Tessa Jowell Labour
- Eric Joyce Labour
- Gerald Kaufman Labour
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Alan Keen Labour
- Liz Kendall Labour
- Sadiq Khan Labour
- David Lammy Labour
- Ian Lavery Labour
- Mark Lazarowicz Labour
- Chris Leslie Labour
- Ivan Lewis Labour
- Tony Lloyd Labour
- Naomi Long Alliance
- Ian Lucas Labour
- Caroline Lucas Green
- Fiona Mactaggart Labour
- Shabana Mahmood Labour
- John Mann Labour
- Gordon Marsden Labour
- Steve McCabe Labour
- Michael McCann Labour
- Kerry McCarthy Labour
- Gregg McClymont Labour
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- Pat McFadden Labour
- Jim McGovern Labour
- Alison McGovern Labour
- Anne McGuire Labour
- Ann McKechin Labour
- Catherine McKinnell Labour
- Michael Meacher Labour
- Alan Meale Labour
- Ian Mearns Labour
- David Miliband Labour
- Ed Miliband Labour
- Andrew Miller Labour
- Austin Mitchell Labour
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Graeme Morrice Labour
- Grahame Morris Labour
- George Mudie Labour
- Meg Munn Labour
- Jim Murphy Labour
- Paul Murphy Labour
- Ian Murray Labour
- Lisa Nandy Labour
- Pamela Nash Labour
- Chi Onwurah Labour
- Albert Owen Labour
- Teresa Pearce Labour
- Toby Perkins Labour
- Bridget Phillipson Labour
- Yasmin Qureshi Labour
- Nick Raynsford Labour
- Jamie Reed Labour
- Rachel Reeves Labour
- Emma Reynolds Labour
- Jonathan Reynolds Labour
- Linda Riordan Labour
- John Robertson Labour
- Geoffrey Robinson Labour
- Steve Rotheram Labour
- Lindsay Roy Labour
- Frank Roy Labour
- Chris Ruane Labour
- Joan Ruddock Labour
- Anas Sarwar Labour
- Alison Seabeck Labour
- Barry Sheerman Labour
- Jim Sheridan Labour
- Gavin Shuker Labour
- Dennis Skinner Labour
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Nick Smith Labour
- Andrew Smith Labour
- Owen Smith Labour
- Peter Soulsby Labour
- John Spellar Labour
- Jack Straw Labour
- Graham Stringer Labour
- Gerry Sutcliffe Labour
- Gareth Thomas Labour
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Jon Trickett Labour
- Karl Turner Labour
- Derek Twigg Labour
- Stephen Twigg Labour
- Chuka Umunna Labour
- Valerie Vaz Labour
- Keith Vaz Labour
- Joan Walley Labour
- Tom Watson Labour
- Dave Watts Labour
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- Malcolm Wicks Labour
- Chris Williamson Labour
- Phil Wilson Labour
- David Winnick Labour
- Rosie Winterton Labour
- John Woodcock Labour
- Shaun Woodward Labour
- Iain Wright Labour
- David Wright Labour
Tellers
- Lilian Greenwood Labour
- Mark Tami Labour
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Nigel Adams Conservative
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- Peter Aldous Conservative
- Sir David Amess Conservative
- Stuart Andrew Conservative
- Richard Bacon Conservative
- Steven Baker Conservative
- Norman Baker Liberal Democrat
- Tony Baldry Conservative
- Harriett Baldwin Conservative
- Stephen Barclay Conservative
- John Baron Conservative
- Gavin Barwell Conservative
- Guto Bebb Conservative
- Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
- Henry Bellingham Conservative
- Richard Benyon Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Jake Berry Conservative
- Andrew Bingham Conservative
- Brian Binley Conservative
- Gordon Birtwistle Liberal Democrat
- Bob Blackman Conservative
- Nicola Blackwood Conservative
- Crispin Blunt Conservative
- Nicholas Boles Conservative
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Karen Bradley Conservative
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
- Angie Bray Conservative
- Julian Brazier Conservative
- Andrew Bridgen Conservative
- Steve Brine Conservative
- Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat
- Fiona Bruce Conservative
- Malcolm Bruce Liberal Democrat
- Robert Buckland Conservative
- Aidan Burley Conservative
- Simon Burns Conservative
- Conor Burns Conservative
- David Burrowes Conservative
- Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
- Dan Byles Conservative
- Alun Cairns Conservative
- Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
- Neil Carmichael Conservative
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- Douglas Carswell Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Rehman Chishti Conservative
- Christopher Chope Conservative
- James Clappison Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Therese Coffey Conservative
- Damian Collins Conservative
- Oliver Colvile Conservative
- Geoffrey Cox Conservative
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- Michael Crockart Liberal Democrat
- Tracey Crouch Conservative
- Philip Davies Conservative
- David Davies Conservative
- Glyn Davies Conservative
- David Davis Conservative
- Nick de Bois Conservative
- Caroline Dinenage Conservative
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Stephen Dorrell Conservative
- Nadine Dorries Conservative
- Jackie Doyle-Price Conservative
- Richard Drax Conservative
- James Duddridge Conservative
- Alan Duncan Conservative
- Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
- Jonathan Edwards Plaid Cymru
- Michael Ellis Conservative
- Jane Ellison Conservative
- Charlie Elphicke Conservative
- George Eustice Conservative
- Graham Evans Conservative
- Jonathan Evans Conservative
- David Evennett Conservative
- Michael Fallon Conservative
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Lynne Featherstone Liberal Democrat
- Mark Field Conservative
- Don Foster Liberal Democrat
- Mark Francois Conservative
- George Freeman Conservative
- Mike Freer Conservative
- Lorraine Fullbrook Conservative
- Richard Fuller Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- Edward Garnier Conservative
- Mark Garnier Conservative
- David Gauke Conservative
- Andrew George Liberal Democrat
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Stephen Gilbert Liberal Democrat
- Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
- Zac Goldsmith Conservative
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- Richard Graham Conservative
- Helen Grant Conservative
- James Gray Conservative
- Damian Green Conservative
- Justine Greening Conservative
- Dominic Grieve Conservative
- Andrew Griffiths Conservative
- Ben Gummer Conservative
- Sam Gyimah Conservative
- Robert Halfon Conservative
- Duncan Hames Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Hammond Conservative
- Philip Hammond Conservative
- Matthew Hancock Conservative
- Mike Hancock Liberal Democrat
- Greg Hands Conservative
- Mark Harper Conservative
- Richard Harrington Conservative
- Rebecca Harris Conservative
- Simon Hart Conservative
- Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
- Alan Haselhurst Conservative
- John Hayes Conservative
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- David Heath Liberal Democrat
- Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative
- John Hemming Liberal Democrat
- Gordon Henderson Conservative
- Charles Hendry Conservative
- Nick Herbert Conservative
- Damian Hinds Conservative
- Mark Hoban Conservative
- George Hollingbery Conservative
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- Kris Hopkins Conservative
- Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat
- Gerald Howarth Conservative
- John Howell Conservative
- Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
- Christopher Huhne Liberal Democrat
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Julian Huppert Liberal Democrat
- Stewart Jackson Conservative
- Margot James Conservative
- Sajid Javid Conservative
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- Gareth Johnson Conservative
- Jo Johnson Conservative
- Marcus Jones Conservative
- David Jones Conservative
- Andrew Jones Conservative
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Chris Kelly Conservative
- Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat
- Simon Kirby Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Kwasi Kwarteng Conservative
- Eleanor Laing Conservative
- Norman Lamb Liberal Democrat
- Mark Lancaster Conservative
- Andrew Lansley Conservative
- Pauline Latham Conservative
- David Laws Liberal Democrat
- Andrea Leadsom Conservative
- Phillip Lee Conservative
- Jessica Lee Conservative
- John Leech Liberal Democrat
- Jeremy Lefroy Conservative
- Edward Leigh Conservative
- Charlotte Leslie Conservative
- Oliver Letwin Conservative
- Julian Lewis Conservative
- Brandon Lewis Conservative
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- David Lidington Conservative
- Peter Lilley Conservative
- Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat
- Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
- Jack Lopresti Conservative
- Jonathan Lord Conservative
- Tim Loughton Conservative
- Karen Lumley Conservative
- Mary Macleod Conservative
- Anne Main Conservative
- Francis Maude Conservative
- Theresa May Conservative
- Paul Maynard Conservative
- Karl McCartney Conservative
- Jason McCartney Conservative
- William McCrea DUP
- Anne McIntosh Conservative
- Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
- Stephen McPartland Conservative
- Esther McVey Conservative
- Louise Mensch Conservative
- Mark Menzies Conservative
- Patrick Mercer Conservative
- Stephen Metcalfe Conservative
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Nigel Mills Conservative
- Anne Milton Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
- Nicky Morgan Conservative
- Anne Marie Morris Conservative
- David Morris Conservative
- James Morris Conservative
- Stephen Mosley Conservative
- David Mowat Conservative
- Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
- David Mundell Conservative
- Tessa Munt Liberal Democrat
- Sheryll Murray Conservative
- Andrew Murrison Conservative
- Bob Neill Conservative
- Brooks Newmark Conservative
- Sarah Newton Conservative
- Caroline Nokes Conservative
- Jesse Norman Conservative
- David Nuttall Conservative
- Matthew Offord Conservative
- Eric Ollerenshaw Conservative
- Guy Opperman Conservative
- Richard Ottaway Conservative
- James Paice Conservative
- Neil Parish Conservative
- Priti Patel Conservative
- Mark Pawsey Conservative
- Mike Penning Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Andrew Percy Conservative
- Claire Perry Conservative
- Stephen Phillips Conservative
- Eric Pickles Conservative
- Christopher Pincher Conservative
- Mark Prisk Conservative
- Mark Pritchard Conservative
- John Pugh Liberal Democrat
- Dominic Raab Conservative
- John Randall Conservative
- Mark Reckless Conservative
- John Redwood Conservative
- Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative
- Simon Reevell Conservative
- Alan Reid Liberal Democrat
- Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
- Andrew Robathan Conservative
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Dan Rogerson Liberal Democrat
- Andrew Rosindell Conservative
- Amber Rudd Conservative
- David Ruffley Conservative
- Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
- David Rutley Conservative
- Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
- Laura Sandys Conservative
- Lee Scott Conservative
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Grant Shapps Conservative
- Alok Sharma Conservative
- Alec Shelbrooke Conservative
- Richard Shepherd Conservative
- Mark Simmonds Conservative
- Keith Simpson Conservative
- Chris Skidmore Conservative
- Chloe Smith Conservative
- Julian Smith Conservative
- Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
- Henry Smith Conservative
- Nicholas Soames Conservative
- Anna Soubry Conservative
- Caroline Spelman Conservative
- Mark Spencer Conservative
- John Stanley Conservative
- Andrew Stephenson Conservative
- John Stevenson Conservative
- Rory Stewart Conservative
- Iain Stewart Conservative
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Mel Stride Conservative
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Andrew Stunell Liberal Democrat
- Julian Sturdy Conservative
- Ian Swales Liberal Democrat
- Desmond Swayne Conservative
- Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Sarah Teather Liberal Democrat
- John Thurso Liberal Democrat
- Edward Timpson Conservative
- Justin Tomlinson Conservative
- David Tredinnick Conservative
- Elizabeth Truss Conservative
- Andrew Turner Conservative
- Andrew Tyrie Conservative
- Paul Uppal Conservative
- Ed Vaizey Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Martin Vickers Conservative
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Robin Walker Conservative
- Charles Walker Conservative
- Ben Wallace Conservative
- Robert Walter Conservative
- David Ward Liberal Democrat
- Angela Watkinson Conservative
- Mike Weatherley Conservative
- Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
- James Wharton Conservative
- Heather Wheeler Conservative
- Chris White Conservative
- Craig Whittaker Conservative
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- Bill Wiggin Conservative
- David Willetts Conservative
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
- Mark Williams Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat
- Gavin Williamson Conservative
- Jennifer Willott Liberal Democrat
- Rob Wilson Conservative
- Sarah Wollaston Conservative
- Simon Wright Liberal Democrat
- Tim Yeo Conservative
- George Young Conservative
- Nadhim Zahawi Conservative
Tellers
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Mark Hunter Liberal Democrat
Absent: 85 MPs
Absents: A-Z by last name
- Debbie Abrahams Labour
- Gerry Adams Sinn Féin
- Danny Alexander Liberal Democrat
- Graham Allen Labour
- James Arbuthnot Conservative
- Gregory Barker Conservative
- Hugh Bayley Labour
- Stuart Bell Labour
- John Bercow Speaker
- James Brokenshire Conservative
- Lyn Brown Labour
- Russell Brown Labour
- Jeremy Browne Liberal Democrat
- Lorely Burt Liberal Democrat
- Alistair Burt Conservative
- Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
- David Cameron Conservative
- Gregory Campbell DUP
- Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat
- Yvette Cooper Labour
- Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
- Nigel Dodds DUP
- Pat Doherty Sinn Féin
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Mark Durkan Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Clive Efford Labour
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- Natascha Engel Labour
- Nigel Evans Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Frank Field Labour
- Liam Fox Conservative
- Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
- John Glen Conservative
- Michael Gove Conservative
- Chris Grayling Conservative
- Tom Greatrex Labour
- William Hague Conservative
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- Dai Havard Labour
- Sylvia Hermon Independent
- Stewart Hosie Scottish National Party
- Lindsay Hoyle Labour
- Nick Hurd Conservative
- Eric Illsley Labour
- Alan Johnson Labour
- Andrew Love Labour
- Peter Luff Conservative
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- Denis MacShane Labour
- Khalid Mahmood Labour
- Alasdair McDonnell Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin
- Alun Michael Labour
- Madeleine Moon Labour
- Penny Mordaunt Conservative
- Conor Murphy Sinn Féin
- Stephen O'Brien Conservative
- Fiona O'Donnell Labour
- Sandra Osborne Labour
- George Osborne Conservative
- Ian Paisley Jnr DUP
- Owen Paterson Conservative
- Daniel Poulter Conservative
- Steve Pound Labour
- Dawn Primarolo Labour
- Margaret Ritchie Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Angus Robertson Scottish National Party
- Hugh Robertson Conservative
- Jim Shannon DUP
- Virendra Sharma Labour
- David Simpson DUP
- Marsha Singh Labour
- Bob Stewart Conservative
- Gisela Stuart Labour
- Hugo Swire Conservative
- Peter Tapsell Conservative
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- Michael Weir Scottish National Party
- Eilidh Whiteford Scottish National Party
- Roger Williams Liberal Democrat
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Mike Wood Labour
- Jeremy Wright Conservative