Division number 117
High Speed Rail (Preparation) Bill — Third Reading
A majority of MPs voted to approve spending money on preparations for a high speed rail network connecting at least London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Sheffield, Leeds, and Manchester.
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Aye: 348 MPs
No: 32 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Debbie Abrahams Labour
- Peter Aldous Conservative
- Danny Alexander Liberal Democrat
- Douglas Alexander Labour
- Heidi Alexander Labour
- Stuart Andrew Conservative
- Ian Austin Labour
- Richard Bacon Conservative
- William Bain Labour
- Norman Baker Liberal Democrat
- Tony Baldry Conservative
- Harriett Baldwin Conservative
- Gregory Barker Conservative
- Gavin Barwell Conservative
- Henry Bellingham Conservative
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Richard Benyon Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Luciana Berger Labour
- Jake Berry Conservative
- Clive Betts Labour
- Andrew Bingham Conservative
- Brian Binley Conservative
- Gordon Birtwistle Liberal Democrat
- Bob Blackman Conservative
- Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
- Nicola Blackwood Conservative
- Hazel Blears Labour
- Crispin Blunt Conservative
- Nicholas Boles Conservative
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Karen Bradley Conservative
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
- Angie Bray Conservative
- Julian Brazier Conservative
- Steve Brine Conservative
- James Brokenshire Conservative
- Robert Buckland Conservative
- Richard Burden Labour
- Aidan Burley Conservative
- Simon Burns Conservative
- David Burrowes Conservative
- Alistair Burt Conservative
- Alun Cairns Conservative
- Neil Carmichael Conservative
- Douglas Carswell Conservative
- Rehman Chishti Conservative
- James Clappison Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- Katy Clark Labour
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative
- Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat
- Therese Coffey Conservative
- Ann Coffey Labour
- Damian Collins Conservative
- Oliver Colvile Conservative
- Geoffrey Cox Conservative
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- David Crausby Labour
- Mary Creagh Labour
- Michael Crockart Liberal Democrat
- Tracey Crouch Conservative
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- John Cryer Labour
- Nicholas Dakin Labour
- Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
- Wayne David Labour
- Geraint Davies Labour
- David Davies Conservative
- Nick de Bois Conservative
- Caroline Dinenage Conservative
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Jim Dobbin Labour
- Stephen Dorrell Conservative
- Gemma Doyle Labour
- Jackie Doyle-Price Conservative
- James Duddridge Conservative
- Alan Duncan Conservative
- Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Michael Ellis Conservative
- Jane Ellison Conservative
- Louise Ellman Labour
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- Charlie Elphicke Conservative
- Bill Esterson Labour
- George Eustice Conservative
- Nigel Evans Conservative
- Graham Evans Conservative
- Jonathan Evans Conservative
- David Evennett Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Michael Fallon Conservative
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Lynne Featherstone Liberal Democrat
- Don Foster Liberal Democrat
- Yvonne Fovargue Labour
- Liam Fox Conservative
- Mark Francois Conservative
- George Freeman Conservative
- Mike Freer Conservative
- Lorraine Fullbrook Conservative
- Richard Fuller Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Mark Garnier Conservative
- Edward Garnier Conservative
- David Gauke Conservative
- Andrew George Liberal Democrat
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Stephen Gilbert Liberal Democrat
- John Glen Conservative
- Mary Glindon Labour
- Paul Goggins Labour
- Zac Goldsmith Conservative
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- Michael Gove Conservative
- Richard Graham Conservative
- Helen Grant Conservative
- Chris Grayling Conservative
- Tom Greatrex Labour
- Damian Green Conservative
- Justine Greening Conservative
- Lilian Greenwood Labour
- Andrew Griffiths Conservative
- Ben Gummer Conservative
- Sam Gyimah Conservative
- William Hague Conservative
- Robert Halfon Conservative
- Duncan Hames Liberal Democrat
- David Hamilton Labour
- Philip Hammond Conservative
- Stephen Hammond Conservative
- Mike Hancock Independent
- Greg Hands Conservative
- David Hanson Labour
- Mark Harper Conservative
- Richard Harrington Conservative
- Rebecca Harris Conservative
- Simon Hart Conservative
- Alan Haselhurst Conservative
- John Hayes Conservative
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- John Hemming Liberal Democrat
- Gordon Henderson Conservative
- Charles Hendry Conservative
- Nick Herbert Conservative
- Julie Hilling Labour
- Damian Hinds Conservative
- Mark Hoban Conservative
- George Hollingbery Conservative
- Kris Hopkins Conservative
- Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat
- Stewart Hosie Scottish National Party
- Gerald Howarth Conservative
- George Howarth Labour
- John Howell Conservative
- Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Mark Hunter Liberal Democrat
- Julian Huppert Liberal Democrat
- Glenda Jackson Labour
- Margot James Conservative
- Cathy Jamieson Labour
- Sajid Javid Conservative
- Jo Johnson Conservative
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Graham Jones Labour
- Susan Elan Jones Labour
- David Jones Conservative
- Andrew Jones Conservative
- Marcus Jones Conservative
- Gerald Kaufman Labour
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Simon Kirby Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Kwasi Kwarteng Conservative
- Andrew Lansley Conservative
- Pauline Latham Conservative
- David Laws Liberal Democrat
- Mark Lazarowicz Labour
- Jessica Lee Conservative
- John Leech Liberal Democrat
- Charlotte Leslie Conservative
- Oliver Letwin Conservative
- Brandon Lewis Conservative
- Ivan Lewis Labour
- Peter Lilley Conservative
- Stephen Lloyd Liberal Democrat
- Jack Lopresti Conservative
- Jonathan Lord Conservative
- Ian Lucas Labour
- Peter Luff Conservative
- Karen Lumley Conservative
- Mary Macleod Conservative
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- Khalid Mahmood Labour
- Seema Malhotra Labour
- Gordon Marsden Labour
- Francis Maude Conservative
- Theresa May Conservative
- Paul Maynard Conservative
- Steve McCabe Labour
- Karl McCartney Conservative
- Jim McGovern Labour
- Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
- Esther McVey Conservative
- Alan Meale Labour
- Mark Menzies Conservative
- Stephen Metcalfe Conservative
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Nigel Mills Conservative
- Anne Milton Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
- Penny Mordaunt Conservative
- Nicky Morgan Conservative
- David Morris Conservative
- James Morris Conservative
- Anne Marie 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
- Lisa Nandy Labour
- Bob Neill Conservative
- Brooks Newmark Conservative
- Sarah Newton Conservative
- Caroline Nokes Conservative
- Matthew Offord Conservative
- Eric Ollerenshaw Conservative
- Chi Onwurah Labour
- Guy Opperman Conservative
- George Osborne Conservative
- Albert Owen Labour
- Neil Parish Conservative
- Priti Patel Conservative
- Mike Penning Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Andrew Percy Conservative
- Claire Perry Conservative
- Stephen Phillips Conservative
- Eric Pickles Conservative
- Daniel Poulter Conservative
- Lucy Powell Labour
- Mark Prisk Conservative
- John Pugh Liberal Democrat
- Dominic Raab Conservative
- John Randall Conservative
- Nick Raynsford Labour
- Mark Reckless Conservative
- Steve Reed Labour
- Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative
- Simon Reevell Conservative
- Alan Reid Liberal Democrat
- Jonathan Reynolds Labour
- Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
- Andrew Robathan Conservative
- Angus Robertson Scottish National Party
- John Robertson Labour
- Hugh Robertson Conservative
- Dan Rogerson Liberal Democrat
- Chris Ruane Labour
- Amber Rudd Conservative
- David Rutley Conservative
- Laura Sandys Conservative
- Andy Sawford Labour
- Lee Scott Conservative
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Grant Shapps Conservative
- Virendra Sharma Labour
- Alok Sharma Conservative
- Alec Shelbrooke Conservative
- Gavin Shuker Labour
- Mark Simmonds Conservative
- Keith Simpson Conservative
- Chris Skidmore Conservative
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
- Chloe Smith Conservative
- Angela Smith Labour
- Henry Smith Conservative
- Julian Smith Conservative
- Anna Soubry Conservative
- Caroline Spelman Conservative
- Mark Spencer Conservative
- Andrew Stephenson Conservative
- John Stevenson Conservative
- Rory Stewart Conservative
- Iain Stewart Conservative
- Jack Straw Labour
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Mel Stride Conservative
- Graham Stringer Labour
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Andrew Stunell Liberal Democrat
- Julian Sturdy Conservative
- Desmond Swayne Conservative
- Jo Swinson Liberal Democrat
- Hugo Swire Conservative
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Sarah Teather Liberal Democrat
- Gareth Thomas Labour
- Mike Thornton Liberal Democrat
- John Thurso Liberal Democrat
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Edward Timpson Conservative
- Justin Tomlinson Conservative
- David Tredinnick Conservative
- Elizabeth Truss Conservative
- Chuka Umunna Labour
- Ed Vaizey Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Martin Vickers Conservative
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Charles Walker Conservative
- Robin Walker Conservative
- Ben Wallace Conservative
- David Ward Liberal Democrat
- Angela Watkinson Conservative
- Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
- Michael Weir Scottish National Party
- James Wharton Conservative
- Heather Wheeler Conservative
- Eilidh Whiteford Scottish National Party
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- David Willetts Conservative
- Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat
- Mark Williams Liberal Democrat
- Roger Williams Liberal Democrat
- Gavin Williamson Conservative
- Rob Wilson Conservative
- Phil Wilson Labour
- David Winnick Labour
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Sarah Wollaston Conservative
- Simon Wright Liberal Democrat
- Tim Yeo Conservative
- George Young Conservative
- Nadhim Zahawi Conservative
Tellers
- Mark Lancaster Conservative
- Jennifer Willott Liberal Democrat
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Steven Baker Conservative
- John Baron Conservative
- Andrew Bridgen Conservative
- Dan Byles Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Christopher Chope Conservative
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour
- Jim Cunningham Labour
- Philip Davies Conservative
- David Davis Conservative
- Frank Dobson Labour
- Jonathan Edwards Plaid Cymru
- Natascha Engel Labour
- Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
- Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
- Roger Godsiff Labour
- Kate Hoey Labour
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- Chris Kelly Conservative
- Jeremy Lefroy Conservative
- Julian Lewis Conservative
- Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
- Caroline Lucas Green
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- David Nuttall Conservative
- Mark Pawsey Conservative
- Geoffrey Robinson Labour
- Barry Sheerman Labour
- Dennis Skinner Labour
- Chris White Conservative
- Bill Wiggin Conservative
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
Tellers
- Kelvin Hopkins Labour
- Anne Main Conservative
Absent: 264 MPs
Abstained: 2 MPs
Absents: A-Z by last name
- Diane Abbott Labour
- Nigel Adams Conservative
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- Bob Ainsworth Labour
- Rushanara Ali Labour
- Graham Allen Labour
- Sir David Amess Conservative
- David Anderson Labour
- James Arbuthnot Conservative
- Jon Ashworth Labour
- Adrian Bailey Labour
- Edward Balls Labour
- Gordon Banks Labour
- Stephen Barclay Conservative
- Kevin Barron Labour
- Hugh Bayley Labour
- Guto Bebb Conservative
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Anne Begg Labour
- Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
- Joe Benton Labour
- John Bercow Speaker
- Tom Blenkinsop Labour
- Paul Blomfield Labour
- David Blunkett Labour
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Kevin Brennan Labour
- Annette Brooke Liberal Democrat
- Lyn Brown Labour
- Russell Brown Labour
- Gordon Brown Labour
- Nick Brown Labour
- Jeremy Browne Liberal Democrat
- Fiona Bruce Conservative
- Malcolm Bruce Liberal Democrat
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Andy Burnham Labour
- Conor Burns Conservative
- Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
- Lorely Burt Liberal Democrat
- Liam Byrne Labour
- Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
- David Cameron Conservative
- Ronnie Campbell Labour
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Gregory Campbell DUP
- Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- Martin Caton Labour
- Sarah Champion Labour
- Jenny Chapman Labour
- Tom Clarke Labour
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Ann Clwyd Labour
- Vernon Coaker Labour
- Michael Connarty Labour
- Yvette Cooper Labour
- Rosie Cooper Labour
- Stella Creasy Labour
- Tony Cunningham Labour
- Alex Cunningham Labour
- Margaret Curran Labour
- Simon Danczuk Labour
- Alistair Darling Labour
- Ian Davidson Labour
- Glyn Davies Conservative
- Gloria De Piero Labour
- John Denham Labour
- Thomas Docherty Labour
- Nigel Dodds DUP
- Pat Doherty Sinn Féin
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Brian H Donohoe Labour
- Frank Doran Labour
- Stephen Doughty Labour
- Jim Dowd Labour
- Richard Drax Conservative
- Jack Dromey Labour
- Michael Dugher Labour
- Mark Durkan Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Clive Efford Labour
- Julie Elliott Labour
- Chris Evans Labour
- Paul Farrelly Labour
- Frank Field Labour
- Mark Field Conservative
- Rob Flello Labour
- Caroline Flint Labour
- Paul Flynn Labour
- Hywel Francis Labour
- George Galloway Respect
- Mike Gapes Labour
- Michelle Gildernew Sinn Féin
- Sheila Gilmore Labour
- Pat Glass Labour
- Helen Goodman Labour
- James Gray Conservative
- Kate Green Labour
- Dominic Grieve Conservative
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Peter Hain Labour
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- Matthew Hancock Conservative
- Harriet Harman Labour
- Tom Harris Labour
- Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
- Dai Havard Labour
- John Healey Labour
- David Heath Liberal Democrat
- Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative
- Mark Hendrick Labour
- Stephen Hepburn Labour
- Sylvia Hermon Independent
- David Heyes Labour
- Meg Hillier Labour
- Margaret Hodge Labour
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- Jimmy Hood Labour
- Lindsay Hoyle Labour
- Tristram Hunt Labour
- Nick Hurd Conservative
- Huw Irranca-Davies Labour
- Siân James Labour
- Dan Jarvis Labour
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- Alan Johnson Labour
- Gareth Johnson Conservative
- Kevan Jones Labour
- Helen Jones Labour
- Tessa Jowell Labour
- Eric Joyce Labour
- Liz Kendall Labour
- Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat
- Sadiq Khan Labour
- Eleanor Laing Conservative
- Norman Lamb Liberal Democrat
- David Lammy Labour
- Ian Lavery Labour
- Andrea Leadsom Conservative
- Phillip Lee Conservative
- Edward Leigh Conservative
- Chris Leslie Labour
- Emma Lewell-Buck Labour
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- David Lidington Conservative
- Naomi Long Alliance
- Tim Loughton Conservative
- Andrew Love Labour
- Fiona Mactaggart Labour
- Shabana Mahmood Labour
- John Mann Labour
- Paul Maskey Sinn Féin
- Michael McCann Labour
- Kerry McCarthy Labour
- Jason McCartney Conservative
- Gregg McClymont Labour
- William McCrea DUP
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- Andy McDonald Labour
- Alasdair McDonnell Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Pat McFadden Labour
- Alison McGovern Labour
- Anne McGuire Labour
- Anne McIntosh Conservative
- Ann McKechin Labour
- Iain McKenzie Labour
- Catherine McKinnell Labour
- Stephen McPartland Conservative
- Michael Meacher Labour
- Ian Mearns Labour
- Patrick Mercer Conservative
- Ed Miliband Labour
- Andrew Miller Labour
- Austin Mitchell Labour
- Francie Molloy Sinn Féin
- Madeleine Moon Labour
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Graeme Morrice Labour
- Grahame Morris Labour
- George Mudie Labour
- Meg Munn Labour
- Jim Murphy Labour
- Conor Murphy Sinn Féin
- Paul Murphy Labour
- Ian Murray Labour
- Pamela Nash Labour
- Jesse Norman Conservative
- Stephen O'Brien Conservative
- Fiona O'Donnell Labour
- Sandra Osborne Labour
- Richard Ottaway Conservative
- James Paice Conservative
- Ian Paisley Jnr DUP
- Owen Paterson Conservative
- Teresa Pearce Labour
- Toby Perkins Labour
- Bridget Phillipson Labour
- Christopher Pincher Conservative
- Steve Pound Labour
- Dawn Primarolo Labour
- Mark Pritchard Conservative
- Yasmin Qureshi Labour
- John Redwood Conservative
- Jamie Reed Labour
- Rachel Reeves Labour
- Emma Reynolds Labour
- Linda Riordan Labour
- Margaret Ritchie Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Andrew Rosindell Conservative
- Steve Rotheram Labour
- Frank Roy Labour
- Lindsay Roy Labour
- Joan Ruddock Labour
- David Ruffley Conservative
- Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
- Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
- Anas Sarwar Labour
- Alison Seabeck Labour
- Jim Shannon DUP
- Richard Shepherd Conservative
- Jim Sheridan Labour
- David Simpson DUP
- Owen Smith Labour
- Nick Smith Labour
- Andrew Smith Labour
- Nicholas Soames Conservative
- John Spellar Labour
- John Stanley Conservative
- Bob Stewart Conservative
- Gisela Stuart Labour
- Gerry Sutcliffe Labour
- Ian Swales Liberal Democrat
- Mark Tami Labour
- Peter Tapsell Conservative
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- Jon Trickett Labour
- Karl Turner Labour
- Andrew Turner Conservative
- Stephen Twigg Labour
- Derek Twigg Labour
- Andrew Tyrie Conservative
- Paul Uppal Conservative
- Valerie Vaz Labour
- Keith Vaz Labour
- Joan Walley Labour
- Robert Walter Conservative
- Tom Watson Labour
- Dave Watts Labour
- Mike Weatherley Conservative
- Craig Whittaker Conservative
- Chris Williamson Labour
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- Rosie Winterton Labour
- Mike Wood Labour
- John Woodcock Labour
- Shaun Woodward Labour
- Jeremy Wright Conservative
- Iain Wright Labour
- David Wright Labour
Abstaineds: A-Z by last name
- Nadine Dorries Conservative
- Stewart Jackson Conservative