Division number 228
High Speed Rail (London — West Midlands) Bill — New Clause 20 — Allow Public Sector Operators to Run High Speed 2 Passenger Services
A majority of MPs voted against a proposal to allow, but not require, High Speed 2 passenger services to be run by the public sector operators.
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Aye: 184 MPs
No: 273 MPs
Ayes: A-Z by last name
- Debbie Abrahams Labour
- Heidi Alexander Labour
- Rushanara Ali Labour
- David Anderson Labour
- Jon Ashworth Labour/Co-operative
- Kevin Barron Labour
- Margaret Beckett Labour
- Hilary Benn Labour
- Luciana Berger Labour/Co-operative
- Roberta Blackman-Woods Labour
- Tom Blenkinsop Labour
- Paul Blomfield Labour
- Ben Bradshaw Labour
- Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
- Kevin Brennan Labour
- Nick Brown Labour
- Lyn Brown Labour
- Karen Buck Labour
- Richard Burden Labour
- Richard Burgon Labour
- Dawn Butler Labour
- Liam Byrne Labour
- Ruth Cadbury Labour
- Ronnie Campbell Labour
- Alan Campbell Labour
- Sarah Champion Labour
- Jenny Chapman Labour
- Ann Clwyd Labour
- Vernon Coaker Labour
- Ann Coffey Labour
- Julie Cooper Labour
- Yvette Cooper Labour
- Jeremy Corbyn Labour
- Jo Cox Labour
- Neil Coyle Labour
- Mary Creagh Labour
- Stella Creasy Labour/Co-operative
- Jon Cruddas Labour
- John Cryer Labour
- Judith Cummins Labour
- Jim Cunningham Labour
- Alex Cunningham Labour
- Nicholas Dakin Labour
- Simon Danczuk Labour
- Geraint Davies Labour/Co-operative
- Gloria De Piero Labour
- Stephen Doughty Labour/Co-operative
- Jim Dowd Labour
- Peter Dowd Labour
- Jack Dromey Labour
- Maria Eagle Labour
- Angela Eagle Labour
- Jonathan Edwards Plaid Cymru
- Clive Efford Labour
- Julie Elliott Labour
- Louise Ellman Labour/Co-operative
- Chris Evans Labour/Co-operative
- Paul Farrelly Labour
- Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
- Colleen Fletcher Labour
- Caroline Flint Labour
- Paul Flynn Labour
- Yvonne Fovargue Labour
- Barry Gardiner Labour
- Pat Glass Labour
- Mary Glindon Labour
- Kate Green Labour
- Lilian Greenwood Labour
- Margaret Greenwood Labour
- Nia Griffith Labour
- Fabian Hamilton Labour
- Carolyn Harris Labour
- Helen Hayes Labour
- Sue Hayman Labour
- Stephen Hepburn Labour
- Meg Hillier Labour/Co-operative
- Sharon Hodgson Labour
- Kate Hoey Labour
- Kelvin Hopkins Labour
- George Howarth Labour
- Tristram Hunt Labour
- Rupa Huq Labour
- Imran Hussain Labour
- Dan Jarvis Labour
- Alan Johnson Labour
- Susan Elan Jones Labour
- Gerald Jones Labour
- Barbara Keeley Labour
- Liz Kendall Labour
- Stephen Kinnock Labour
- Peter Kyle Labour
- Norman Lamb Liberal Democrat
- Ian Lavery Labour
- Chris Leslie Labour/Co-operative
- Emma Lewell-Buck Labour
- Clive Lewis Labour
- Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour
- Ian Lucas Labour
- Caroline Lucas Green
- Fiona Mactaggart Labour
- Justin Madders Labour
- Shabana Mahmood Labour
- Seema Malhotra Labour/Co-operative
- John Mann Labour
- Rob Marris Labour
- Gordon Marsden Labour
- Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative
- Chris Matheson Labour
- Steve McCabe Labour
- Kerry McCarthy Labour
- Andy McDonald Labour
- Alasdair McDonnell Social Democratic and Labour Party
- John Martin McDonnell Labour
- Pat McFadden Labour
- Conor McGinn Labour
- Alison McGovern Labour
- Liz McInnes Labour
- Alan Meale Labour
- Ian Mearns Labour
- Madeleine Moon Labour
- Jessica Morden Labour
- Grahame Morris Labour
- Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrat
- Lisa Nandy Labour
- Melanie Onn Labour
- Chi Onwurah Labour
- Kate Osamor Labour/Co-operative
- Albert Owen Labour
- Teresa Pearce Labour
- Matthew Pennycook Labour
- Jess Phillips Labour
- Lucy Powell Labour/Co-operative
- John Pugh Liberal Democrat
- Yasmin Qureshi Labour
- Angela Rayner Labour
- Jamie Reed Labour
- Steve Reed Labour/Co-operative
- Christina Rees Labour
- Rachel Reeves Labour
- Emma Reynolds Labour
- Jonathan Reynolds Labour/Co-operative
- Marie Rimmer Labour
- Margaret Ritchie Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Geoffrey Robinson Labour
- Liz Saville-Roberts Plaid Cymru
- Virendra Sharma Labour
- Barry Sheerman Labour/Co-operative
- Paula Sherriff Labour
- Gavin Shuker Labour/Co-operative
- Tulip Siddiq Labour
- Dennis Skinner Labour
- Andrew Slaughter Labour
- Ruth Smeeth Labour
- Nick Smith Labour
- Angela Smith Labour
- Cat Smith Labour
- Andrew Smith Labour
- Karin Smyth Labour
- Keir Starmer Labour
- Jo Stevens Labour
- Wes Streeting Labour
- Graham Stringer Labour
- Mark Tami Labour
- Gareth Thomas Labour/Co-operative
- Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour
- Emily Thornberry Labour
- Stephen Timms Labour
- Jon Trickett Labour
- Anna Turley Labour/Co-operative
- Derek Twigg Labour
- Stephen Twigg Labour/Co-operative
- Chuka Umunna Labour
- Valerie Vaz Labour
- Keith Vaz Labour
- Catherine West Labour
- Alan Whitehead Labour
- Mark Williams Liberal Democrat
- Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
- Phil Wilson Labour
- David Winnick Labour
- Rosie Winterton Labour
- John Woodcock Labour/Co-operative
- Iain Wright Labour
- Daniel Zeichner Labour
Tellers
- Vicky Foxcroft Labour
- Jeff Smith Labour
Nos: A-Z by last name
- Adam Afriyie Conservative
- Peter Aldous Conservative
- Lucy Allan Conservative
- Heidi Allen Conservative
- Sir David Amess Conservative
- Stuart Andrew Conservative
- Caroline Ansell Conservative
- Edward Argar Conservative
- Victoria Atkins Conservative
- Richard Bacon Conservative
- Steven Baker Conservative
- Harriett Baldwin Conservative
- Gavin Barwell Conservative
- Guto Bebb Conservative
- Richard Benyon Conservative
- Paul Beresford Conservative
- Jake Berry Conservative
- Andrew Bingham Conservative
- Bob Blackman Conservative
- Crispin Blunt Conservative
- Nicholas Boles Conservative
- Peter Bone Conservative
- Victoria Borwick Conservative
- Karen Bradley Conservative
- Graham Brady Conservative
- Julian Brazier Conservative
- Andrew Bridgen Conservative
- Steve Brine Conservative
- James Brokenshire Conservative
- Robert Buckland Conservative
- Conor Burns Conservative
- Simon Burns Conservative
- Alistair Burt Conservative
- Alun Cairns Conservative
- Neil Carmichael Conservative
- Douglas Carswell UKIP
- James Cartlidge Conservative
- Bill Cash Conservative
- Maria Caulfield Conservative
- Alex Chalk Conservative
- Rehman Chishti Conservative
- Jo Churchill Conservative
- Greg Clark Conservative
- James Cleverly Conservative
- Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
- Therese Coffey Conservative
- Damian Collins Conservative
- Oliver Colvile Conservative
- Alberto Costa Conservative
- Stephen Crabb Conservative
- Philip Davies Conservative
- James Davies Conservative
- Glyn Davies Conservative
- Byron Davies Conservative
- Chris Davies Conservative
- Mims Davies Conservative
- David Davies Conservative
- Caroline Dinenage Conservative
- Jonathan Djanogly Conservative
- Nigel Dodds DUP
- Jeffrey M. Donaldson DUP
- Steve Double Conservative
- Oliver Dowden Conservative
- Jackie Doyle-Price Conservative
- Flick Drummond Conservative
- James Duddridge Conservative
- Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
- Philip Dunne Conservative
- Tom Elliott UUP
- Michael Ellis Conservative
- Jane Ellison Conservative
- Charlie Elphicke Conservative
- George Eustice Conservative
- Graham Evans Conservative
- David Evennett Conservative
- Michael Fabricant Conservative
- Suella Fernandes Conservative
- Mark Field Conservative
- Kevin Foster Conservative
- Mark Francois Conservative
- Lucy Frazer Conservative
- George Freeman Conservative
- Mike Freer Conservative
- Richard Fuller Conservative
- Marcus Fysh Conservative
- Roger Gale Conservative
- Edward Garnier Conservative
- Mark Garnier Conservative
- David Gauke Conservative
- Nusrat Ghani Conservative
- Nick Gibb Conservative
- Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
- John Glen Conservative
- Robert Goodwill Conservative
- Michael Gove Conservative
- Richard Graham Conservative
- Helen Grant Conservative
- Chris Grayling Conservative
- Damian Green Conservative
- Chris Green Conservative
- Justine Greening Conservative
- Dominic Grieve Conservative
- Andrew Griffiths Conservative
- Ben Gummer Conservative
- Sam Gyimah Conservative
- Robert Halfon Conservative
- Luke Hall Conservative
- Stephen Hammond Conservative
- Philip Hammond Conservative
- Matthew Hancock Conservative
- Greg Hands Conservative
- Mark Harper Conservative
- Richard Harrington Conservative
- Rebecca Harris Conservative
- Alan Haselhurst Conservative
- John Hayes Conservative
- Oliver Heald Conservative
- James Heappey Conservative
- Peter Heaton-Jones Conservative
- Gordon Henderson Conservative
- Nick Herbert Conservative
- Sylvia Hermon Independent
- Damian Hinds Conservative
- Simon Hoare Conservative
- Kevin Hollinrake Conservative
- Philip Hollobone Conservative
- Adam Holloway Conservative
- Kris Hopkins Conservative
- Gerald Howarth Conservative
- John Howell Conservative
- Ben Howlett Conservative
- Nigel Huddleston Conservative
- Jeremy Hunt Conservative
- Stewart Jackson Conservative
- Margot James Conservative
- Sajid Javid Conservative
- Ranil Jayawardena Conservative
- Bernard Jenkin Conservative
- Andrea Jenkyns Conservative
- Robert Jenrick Conservative
- Jo Johnson Conservative
- Gareth Johnson Conservative
- David Jones Conservative
- Andrew Jones Conservative
- Marcus Jones Conservative
- Daniel Kawczynski Conservative
- Seema Kennedy Conservative
- Danny Kinahan UUP
- Simon Kirby Conservative
- Greg Knight Conservative
- Julian Knight Conservative
- Kwasi Kwarteng Conservative
- Mark Lancaster Conservative
- Pauline Latham Conservative
- Jeremy Lefroy Conservative
- Edward Leigh Conservative
- Charlotte Leslie Conservative
- Oliver Letwin Conservative
- Brandon Lewis Conservative
- Peter Lilley Conservative
- Tim Loughton Conservative
- Karen Lumley Conservative
- Craig Mackinlay Conservative
- David Mackintosh Conservative
- Anne Main Conservative
- Kit Malthouse Conservative
- Scott Mann Conservative
- Tania Mathias Conservative
- Theresa May Conservative
- Paul Maynard Conservative
- Jason McCartney Conservative
- Karl McCartney Conservative
- Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
- Mark Menzies Conservative
- Johnny Mercer Conservative
- Huw Merriman Conservative
- Stephen Metcalfe Conservative
- Nigel Mills Conservative
- Anne Milton Conservative
- Penny Mordaunt Conservative
- Nicky Morgan Conservative
- David Morris Conservative
- Anne Marie Morris Conservative
- James Morris Conservative
- Wendy Morton Conservative
- David Mowat Conservative
- David Mundell Conservative
- Sheryll Murray Conservative
- Andrew Murrison Conservative
- Bob Neill Conservative
- Sarah Newton Conservative
- Caroline Nokes Conservative
- David Nuttall Conservative
- Matthew Offord Conservative
- George Osborne Conservative
- Neil Parish Conservative
- Priti Patel Conservative
- John Penrose Conservative
- Claire Perry Conservative
- Chris Philp Conservative
- Daniel Poulter Conservative
- Rebecca Pow Conservative
- Victoria Prentis Conservative
- Mark Prisk Conservative
- Tom Pursglove Conservative
- Will Quince Conservative
- Dominic Raab Conservative
- John Redwood Conservative
- Jacob Rees-Mogg Conservative
- Laurence Robertson Conservative
- Mary Robinson Conservative
- Andrew Rosindell Conservative
- Amber Rudd Conservative
- David Rutley Conservative
- Paul Scully Conservative
- Andrew Selous Conservative
- Jim Shannon DUP
- Grant Shapps Conservative
- Alok Sharma Conservative
- Keith Simpson Conservative
- Chloe Smith Conservative
- Royston Smith Conservative
- Julian Smith Conservative
- Henry Smith Conservative
- Nicholas Soames Conservative
- Amanda Solloway Conservative
- Anna Soubry Conservative
- Caroline Spelman Conservative
- Mark Spencer Conservative
- Andrew Stephenson Conservative
- John Stevenson Conservative
- Iain Stewart Conservative
- Gary Streeter Conservative
- Mel Stride Conservative
- Graham Stuart Conservative
- Julian Sturdy Conservative
- Rishi Sunak Conservative
- Desmond Swayne Conservative
- Hugo Swire Conservative
- Derek Thomas Conservative
- Maggie Throup Conservative
- Edward Timpson Conservative
- Kelly Tolhurst Conservative
- Michael Tomlinson Conservative
- Justin Tomlinson Conservative
- Craig Tracey Conservative
- David Tredinnick Conservative
- Anne-Marie Trevelyan Conservative
- Thomas Tugendhat Conservative
- Andrew Turner Conservative
- Andrew Tyrie Conservative
- Ed Vaizey Conservative
- Shailesh Vara Conservative
- Martin Vickers Conservative
- Charles Walker Conservative
- Robin Walker Conservative
- Ben Wallace Conservative
- David Warburton Conservative
- Matt Warman Conservative
- Angela Watkinson Conservative
- James Wharton Conservative
- Helen Whately Conservative
- Chris White Conservative
- Craig Whittaker Conservative
- John Whittingdale Conservative
- Bill Wiggin Conservative
- Craig Williams Conservative
- Gavin Williamson Conservative
- Rob Wilson Conservative
- Sarah Wollaston Conservative
- Mike Wood Conservative
- William Wragg Conservative
- Nadhim Zahawi Conservative
Tellers
- George Hollingbery Conservative
- Guy Opperman Conservative
Absent: 188 MPs
Absents: A-Z by last name
- Diane Abbott Labour
- Nigel Adams Conservative
- Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Scottish National Party
- Graham Allen Labour
- Richard Arkless Scottish National Party
- Ian Austin Labour
- Adrian Bailey Labour/Co-operative
- Stephen Barclay Conservative
- Hannah Bardell Scottish National Party
- John Baron Conservative
- Henry Bellingham Conservative
- John Bercow Speaker
- James Berry Conservative
- Clive Betts Labour
- Mhairi Black Scottish National Party
- Ian Blackford Scottish National Party
- Kirsty Blackman Scottish National Party
- Nicola Blackwood Conservative
- Phil Boswell Scottish National Party
- Peter Bottomley Conservative
- Mickey Brady Sinn Féin
- Deidre Brock Scottish National Party
- Alan Brown Scottish National Party
- Fiona Bruce Conservative
- Chris Bryant Labour
- Andy Burnham Labour
- David Burrowes Conservative
- Lisa Cameron Scottish National Party
- David Cameron Conservative
- Gregory Campbell DUP
- Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat
- Douglas Chapman Scottish National Party
- Joanna Cherry Scottish National Party
- Christopher Chope Conservative
- Kenneth Clarke Conservative
- Nick Clegg Liberal Democrat
- Rosie Cooper Labour
- Ronnie Cowan Scottish National Party
- Geoffrey Cox Conservative
- David Crausby Labour
- Angela Crawley Scottish National Party
- Tracey Crouch Conservative
- Wayne David Labour
- David Davis Conservative
- Martyn Day Scottish National Party
- Thangam Debbonaire Labour
- Martin Docherty Scottish National Party
- Pat Doherty Sinn Féin
- Stuart Donaldson Scottish National Party
- Michelle Donelan Conservative
- Nadine Dorries Conservative
- Richard Drax Conservative
- Michael Dugher Labour
- Alan Duncan Conservative
- Mark Durkan Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Tobias Ellwood Conservative
- Natascha Engel Labour
- Bill Esterson Labour
- Nigel Evans Conservative
- Michael Fallon Conservative
- Tim Farron Liberal Democrat
- Marion Fellows Scottish National Party
- Margaret Ferrier Scottish National Party
- Frank Field Labour
- Rob Flello Labour
- Liam Fox Conservative
- Mike Gapes Labour/Co-operative
- Stephen Gethins Scottish National Party
- Patricia Gibson Scottish National Party
- Roger Godsiff Labour
- Zac Goldsmith Conservative
- Helen Goodman Labour
- Patrick Grady Scottish National Party
- Peter Grant Scottish National Party
- Neil Gray Scottish National Party
- James Gray Conservative
- Andrew Gwynne Labour
- Louise Haigh Labour
- David Hanson Labour
- Harriet Harman Labour
- Simon Hart Conservative
- John Healey Labour
- Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative
- Mark Hendrick Labour/Co-operative
- Drew Hendry Scottish National Party
- Margaret Hodge Labour
- Kate Hollern Labour
- Stewart Hosie Scottish National Party
- Lindsay Hoyle Labour
- Nick Hurd Conservative
- Huw Irranca-Davies Labour
- Diana R. Johnson Labour
- Boris Johnson Conservative
- Helen Jones Labour
- Graham Jones Labour
- Kevan Jones Labour
- Mike Kane Labour
- Gerald Kaufman Labour
- George Kerevan Scottish National Party
- Calum Kerr Scottish National Party
- Sadiq Khan Labour
- Eleanor Laing Conservative
- David Lammy Labour
- Chris Law Scottish National Party
- Andrea Leadsom Conservative
- Phillip Lee Conservative
- Ivan Lewis Labour
- Julian Lewis Conservative
- Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative
- David Lidington Conservative
- Jack Lopresti Conservative
- Jonathan Lord Conservative
- Holly Lynch Labour
- Angus MacNeil Scottish National Party
- Khalid Mahmood Labour
- Alan Mak Conservative
- Paul Maskey Sinn Féin
- Callum McCaig Scottish National Party
- Siobhain McDonagh Labour
- Stuart McDonald Scottish National Party
- Stewart McDonald Scottish National Party
- Natalie McGarry Independent
- Catherine McKinnell Labour
- Anne McLaughlin Scottish National Party
- Jim McMahon Labour
- John McNally Scottish National Party
- Stephen McPartland Conservative
- Ed Miliband Labour
- Maria Miller Conservative
- Amanda Milling Conservative
- Andrew Mitchell Conservative
- Francie Molloy Sinn Féin
- Carol Monaghan Scottish National Party
- Paul Monaghan Scottish National Party
- Roger Mullin Scottish National Party
- Ian Murray Labour
- Gavin Newlands Scottish National Party
- John Nicolson Scottish National Party
- Jesse Norman Conservative
- Brendan O'Hara Scottish National Party
- Kirsten Oswald Scottish National Party
- Ian Paisley Jnr DUP
- Owen Paterson Conservative
- Steven Paterson Scottish National Party
- Mark Pawsey Conservative
- Mike Penning Conservative
- Andrew Percy Conservative
- Toby Perkins Labour
- Stephen Phillips Conservative
- Bridget Phillipson Labour
- Eric Pickles Conservative
- Christopher Pincher Conservative
- Steve Pound Labour
- Mark Pritchard Conservative
- Jeremy Quin Conservative
- Angus Robertson Scottish National Party
- Gavin Robinson DUP
- Steve Rotheram Labour
- Joan Ryan Labour
- Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
- Antoinette Sandbach Conservative
- Naseem Shah Labour
- Alec Shelbrooke Conservative
- Tommy Sheppard Scottish National Party
- David Simpson DUP
- Chris Skidmore Conservative
- Owen Smith Labour
- John Spellar Labour
- Chris Stephens Scottish National Party
- Rory Stewart Conservative
- Bob Stewart Conservative
- Gisela Stuart Labour
- Robert Syms Conservative
- Alison Thewliss Scottish National Party
- Owen Thompson Scottish National Party
- Michelle Thomson Independent
- Elizabeth Truss Conservative
- Karl Turner Labour
- Theresa Villiers Conservative
- Tom Watson Labour
- Michael Weir Scottish National Party
- Heather Wheeler Conservative
- Eilidh Whiteford Scottish National Party
- Philippa Whitford Scottish National Party
- Corri Wilson Scottish National Party
- Sammy Wilson DUP
- Pete Wishart Scottish National Party
- Jeremy Wright Conservative