17 March 2021 · Rights & Democracy
How MPs voted: Opposition day: Scottish Parliamentary General Election and Scotland's constitutional future
Scotland's constitutional future
Voting Aye meant: Supported Scottish independence discussion
53voted Aye
362voted No
Defeated
by 309 votes
By party
MPs who sit now. The totals above are the official count.
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 0 | 89 |
| Reform UK | 0 | 5 |
| Scottish National Party | 5 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 2 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 2 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 0 | 1 |
| Labour | 0 | 1 |
How each MP voted
105 of 415 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 (9)
- Ben Lake — Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion Preseli
- 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
- Dave Doogan — Scottish National Party, Angus and Perthshire Glens
- Kirsty Blackman — Scottish National Party, Aberdeen North
- Pete Wishart — Scottish National Party, Perth and Kinross-shire
- Claire Hanna — Social Democratic & Labour Party, Belfast South and Mid Down
- Colum Eastwood — Social Democratic & Labour Party, Foyle
No (96)
- Alan Mak — Conservative, Havant
- Alberto Costa — Conservative, South Leicestershire
- Alex Burghart — Conservative, Brentwood and Ongar
- Alicia Kearns — Conservative, Rutland and Stamford
- Andrew Bowie — Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- Andrew Griffith — Conservative, Arundel and South Downs
- Bob Blackman — Conservative, Harrow East
- Caroline Nokes — Conservative, Romsey and Southampton North
- Chris Philp — Conservative, Croydon South
- Claire Coutinho — Conservative, East Surrey
- 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
- David Simmonds — Conservative, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
- Dr Andrew Murrison — Conservative, South West Wiltshire
- Dr Ben Spencer — Conservative, Runnymede and Weybridge
- Dr Caroline Johnson — Conservative, Sleaford and North Hykeham
- Dr Kieran Mullan — Conservative, Bexhill and Battle
- Dr Luke Evans — Conservative, Hinckley and Bosworth
- Dr Neil Hudson — Conservative, Epping Forest
- Edward Argar — Conservative, Melton and Syston
- Esther McVey — Conservative, Tatton
- Gareth Bacon — Conservative, Orpington
- Gareth Davies — Conservative, Grantham and Bourne
- George Freeman — Conservative, Mid Norfolk
- Graham Stuart — Conservative, Beverley and Holderness
- Greg Smith — Conservative, Mid Buckinghamshire
- Helen Grant — Conservative, Maidstone and Malling
- Helen Whately — Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent
- James Cartlidge — Conservative, South Suffolk
- James Wild — Conservative, North West Norfolk
- Jerome Mayhew — Conservative, Broadland and Fakenham
- Jesse Norman — Conservative, Hereford and South Herefordshire
- John Glen — Conservative, Salisbury
- John Lamont — Conservative, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Joy Morrissey — Conservative, Beaconsfield
- Julia Lopez — Conservative, Hornchurch and Upminster
- Kevin Hollinrake — Conservative, Thirsk and Malton
- Kit Malthouse — Conservative, North West Hampshire
- Laura Trott — Conservative, Sevenoaks
- Mark Garnier — Conservative, Wyre Forest
- Mark Pritchard — Conservative, The Wrekin
- Martin Vickers — Conservative, Brigg and Immingham
- Matt Vickers — Conservative, Stockton West
- Mike Wood — Conservative, Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
- Mims Davies — Conservative, East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Mr Gagan Mohindra — Conservative, South West Hertfordshire
- Mr Mark Francois — Conservative, Rayleigh and Wickford
- Mr Richard Holden — Conservative, Basildon and Billericay
- Mrs Kemi Badenoch — Conservative, North West Essex
- Ms Nusrat Ghani — Conservative, Sussex Weald
- Neil O'Brien — Conservative, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Nigel Huddleston — Conservative, Droitwich and Evesham
- Paul Holmes — Conservative, Hamble Valley
- Priti Patel — Conservative, Witham
- Rebecca Harris — Conservative, Castle Point
- Richard Fuller — Conservative, North Bedfordshire
- Rishi Sunak — Conservative, Richmond and Northallerton
- Robbie Moore — Conservative, Keighley and Ilkley
- Saqib Bhatti — Conservative, Meriden and Solihull East
- 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 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 Anderson — Conservative, South Shropshire
- 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
- Christian Wakeford — Labour, Bury South
- Andrew Rosindell — Reform UK, Romford
- Danny Kruger — Reform UK, East Wiltshire
- Lee Anderson — Reform UK, Ashfield
- Robert Jenrick — Reform UK, Newark
- Suella Braverman — Reform UK, Fareham and Waterlooville
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Source: division 240 on votes.parliament.uk ↗. The plain-English summary is ours.