22 November 2016 · Welfare, Health & Benefits
How MPs voted: Opposition Motion: Education and Social Mobility
Improving education and social mobility
Voting Aye meant: Supported improving education and social mobility
263voted Aye
310voted No
Defeated
by 47 votes
By party
MPs who sit now. The totals above are the official count.
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 81 | 0 |
| Conservative | 0 | 59 |
| Labour (Co-op) | 14 | 0 |
| Scottish National Party | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 1 | 0 |
| Your Party | 1 | 0 |
How each MP voted
167 of 573 recorded votes were cast by MPs who still sit, listed here. MPs who did not vote are not shown: an absence can mean a pair, ministerial duty, illness or a deliberate abstention, and the data cannot tell those apart.
Aye (103)
- Karl Turner — Independent, Kingston upon Hull East
- Alison McGovern — Labour, Birkenhead
- Andy McDonald — Labour, Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Andy Slaughter — Labour, Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Angela Rayner — Labour, Ashton-under-Lyne
- Barry Gardiner — Labour, Brent West
- Bill Esterson — Labour, Sefton Central
- Bridget Phillipson — Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South
- Carolyn Harris — Labour, Neath and Swansea East
- Cat Smith — Labour, Lancaster and Wyre
- Catherine West — Labour, Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Chris Bryant — Labour, Rhondda and Ogmore
- Chris Elmore — Labour, Bridgend
- Clive Efford — Labour, Eltham and Chislehurst
- Dame Angela Eagle — Labour, Wallasey
- Dame Chi Onwurah — Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Dame Diana Johnson — Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
- Dame Nia Griffith — Labour, Llanelli
- Daniel Zeichner — Labour, Cambridge
- Dawn Butler — Labour, Brent East
- Debbie Abrahams — Labour, Oldham East and Saddleworth
- Dr Rosena Allin-Khan — Labour, Tooting
- Dr Rupa Huq — Labour, Ealing Central and Acton
- Ed Miliband — Labour, Doncaster North
- Emily Thornberry — Labour, Islington South and Finsbury
- Emma Lewell — Labour, South Shields
- Emma Reynolds — Labour, Wycombe
- Fabian Hamilton — Labour, Leeds North East
- Gerald Jones — Labour, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
- Gill Furniss — Labour, Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Graham Stringer — Labour, Blackley and Middleton South
- Heidi Alexander — Labour, Swindon South
- Helen Hayes — Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood
- Hilary Benn — Labour, Leeds South
- Ian Lavery — Labour, Blyth and Ashington
- Ian Murray — Labour, Edinburgh South
- Imran Hussain — Labour, Bradford East
- Jess Phillips — Labour, Birmingham Yardley
- Jo Stevens — Labour, Cardiff East
- John Healey — Labour, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
- John McDonnell — Labour, Hayes and Harlington
- Jon Trickett — Labour, Normanton and Hemsworth
- Justin Madders — Labour, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Karin Smyth — Labour, Bristol South
- Kerry McCarthy — Labour, Bristol East
- Liam Byrne — Labour, Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
- Lisa Nandy — Labour, Wigan
- Liz Kendall — Labour, Leicester West
- Louise Haigh — Labour, Sheffield Heeley
- Maria Eagle — Labour, Liverpool Garston
- Mary Glindon — Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Melanie Onn — Labour, Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Mike Kane — Labour, Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Mr Clive Betts — Labour, Sheffield South East
- Mr Toby Perkins — Labour, Chesterfield
- Mrs Sharon Hodgson — Labour, Washington and Gateshead South
- Ms Diane Abbott — Labour, Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Ms Marie Rimmer — Labour, St Helens South and Whiston
- Naz Shah — Labour, Bradford West
- Nick Smith — Labour, Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
- Pat McFadden — Labour, Wolverhampton South East
- Peter Dowd — Labour, Bootle
- Peter Kyle — Labour, Hove and Portslade
- Rachel Reeves — Labour, Leeds West and Pudsey
- Rebecca Long Bailey — Labour, Salford
- Richard Burgon — Labour, Leeds East
- Rushanara Ali — Labour, Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Ruth Cadbury — Labour, Brentford and Isleworth
- Sarah Champion — Labour, Rotherham
- Shabana Mahmood — Labour, Birmingham Ladywood
- Sir Alan Campbell — Labour, Tynemouth
- Sir Keir Starmer — Labour, Holborn and St Pancras
- Sir Mark Tami — Labour, Alyn and Deeside
- Sir Nicholas Dakin — Labour, Scunthorpe
- Sir Stephen Timms — Labour, East Ham
- Stephen Kinnock — Labour, Aberafan Maesteg
- Tulip Siddiq — Labour, Hampstead and Highgate
- Valerie Vaz — Labour, Walsall and Bloxwich
- Vicky Foxcroft — Labour, Lewisham North
- Wes Streeting — Labour, Ilford North
- Yasmin Qureshi — Labour, Bolton South and Walkden
- Yvette Cooper — Labour, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Andy Burnham — Labour (Co-op), Makerfield
- Chris Evans — Labour (Co-op), Caerphilly
- Dame Meg Hillier — Labour (Co-op), Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Gareth Thomas — Labour (Co-op), Harrow West
- Jim McMahon — Labour (Co-op), Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Jonathan Reynolds — Labour (Co-op), Stalybridge and Hyde
- Kate Osamor — Labour (Co-op), Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
- Lucy Powell — Labour (Co-op), Manchester Central
- Ms Stella Creasy — Labour (Co-op), Walthamstow
- Rachael Maskell — Labour (Co-op), York Central
- Seema Malhotra — Labour (Co-op), Feltham and Heston
- Sir Mark Hendrick — Labour (Co-op), Preston
- Stephen Doughty — Labour (Co-op), Cardiff South and Penarth
- Steve Reed — Labour (Co-op), Streatham and Croydon North
- Mr Alistair Carmichael — Liberal Democrat, Orkney and Shetland
- Liz Saville Roberts — Plaid Cymru, Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Brendan O'Hara — Scottish National Party, Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Chris Law — Scottish National Party, Dundee Central
- Kirsty Blackman — Scottish National Party, Aberdeen North
- Pete Wishart — Scottish National Party, Perth and Kinross-shire
- Jeremy Corbyn — Your Party, Islington North
No (64)
- Alan Mak — Conservative, Havant
- Alberto Costa — Conservative, South Leicestershire
- Bob Blackman — Conservative, Harrow East
- Caroline Nokes — Conservative, Romsey and Southampton North
- Chris Philp — Conservative, Croydon South
- Dame Caroline Dinenage — Conservative, Gosport
- Dame Harriett Baldwin — Conservative, West Worcestershire
- Dame Karen Bradley — Conservative, Staffordshire Moorlands
- Damian Hinds — Conservative, East Hampshire
- David Davis — Conservative, Goole and Pocklington
- David Mundell — Conservative, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Dr Andrew Murrison — Conservative, South West Wiltshire
- Edward Argar — Conservative, Melton and Syston
- George Freeman — Conservative, Mid Norfolk
- Graham Stuart — Conservative, Beverley and Holderness
- Helen Grant — Conservative, Maidstone and Malling
- Helen Whately — Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent
- James Cartlidge — Conservative, South Suffolk
- Jesse Norman — Conservative, Hereford and South Herefordshire
- John Glen — Conservative, Salisbury
- Kevin Hollinrake — Conservative, Thirsk and Malton
- Kit Malthouse — Conservative, North West Hampshire
- Mark Garnier — Conservative, Wyre Forest
- Martin Vickers — Conservative, Brigg and Immingham
- Mike Wood — Conservative, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Mims Davies — Conservative, East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Mr Mark Francois — Conservative, Rayleigh and Wickford
- Ms Nusrat Ghani — Conservative, Sussex Weald
- Nigel Huddleston — Conservative, Droitwich and Evesham
- Priti Patel — Conservative, Witham
- Rebecca Harris — Conservative, Castle Point
- Richard Fuller — Conservative, North Bedfordshire
- Rishi Sunak — Conservative, Richmond and Northallerton
- Simon Hoare — Conservative, North Dorset
- Sir Alec Shelbrooke — Conservative, Wetherby and Easingwold
- Sir Andrew Mitchell — Conservative, Sutton Coldfield
- Sir Bernard Jenkin — Conservative, Harwich and North Essex
- Sir Christopher Chope — Conservative, Christchurch
- Sir Desmond Swayne — Conservative, New Forest West
- Sir Edward Leigh — Conservative, Gainsborough
- Sir Gavin Williamson — Conservative, Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown — Conservative, North Cotswolds
- Sir Geoffrey Cox — Conservative, Torridge and Tavistock
- Sir Iain Duncan Smith — Conservative, Chingford and Woodford Green
- Sir James Cleverly — Conservative, Braintree
- Sir Jeremy Hunt — Conservative, Godalming and Ash
- Sir Jeremy Wright — Conservative, Kenilworth and Southam
- Sir John Hayes — Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings
- Sir John Whittingdale — Conservative, Maldon
- Sir Julian Lewis — Conservative, New Forest East
- Sir Julian Smith — Conservative, Skipton and Ripon
- Sir Mel Stride — Conservative, Central Devon
- Sir Oliver Dowden — Conservative, Hertsmere
- Sir Roger Gale — Conservative, Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Steve Barclay — Conservative, North East Cambridgeshire
- Stuart Andrew — Conservative, Daventry
- Tom Tugendhat — Conservative, Tonbridge
- Victoria Atkins — Conservative, Louth and Horncastle
- Wendy Morton — Conservative, Aldridge-Brownhills
- Jim Shannon — Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford
- Sammy Wilson — Democratic Unionist Party, East Antrim
- Andrew Rosindell — Reform UK, Romford
- Robert Jenrick — Reform UK, Newark
- Suella Braverman — Reform UK, Fareham and Waterlooville
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Source: division 94 on votes.parliament.uk ↗. The plain-English summary is ours.