Votes · December 2024 · Ten Minute Rule motion

Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion: how MPs voted on 3 December 2024

Division 52, 3 December 2024, 14:51. 138 Ayes to 136 Noes: Ayes by 2 votes, says the Commons Votes API.

Ayes

138

Noes

136

Result (Hansard)

Question accordingly agreed to.

The question

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to introduce a system of proportional representation for parliamentary elections and for local government elections in England; and for connected purposes.

As printed in Hansard before the division.

By party

Liberal Democrat MPs cast 63 of the 138 named Aye votes; Conservative MPs 78 of the 135 named No votes.

Party	Aye (named)	No (named)
Labour	59	50
Conservative	0	78
Liberal Democrat	63	0
Independent	4	1
Democratic Unionist Party	0	4
Green Party	4	0
Plaid Cymru	4	0
Reform UK	3	1
Traditional Unionist Voice	1	0
Ulster Unionist Party	0	1
Total	138	135

Tellers: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat, Cheadle) and Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (Ayes); Sir Julian Lewis (Conservative, New Forest East) and Blake Stephenson (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire) (Noes).

How each MP voted

273 named · CSV

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Jack Abbott	Labour	Ipswich	No
Luke Akehurst	Labour	North Durham	Aye
Sadik Al-Hassan	Labour	North Somerset	Aye
Mr Bayo Alaba	Labour	Southend East and Rochford	Aye
Jim Allister	Traditional Unionist Voice	North Antrim	Aye
Gideon Amos	Liberal Democrat	Taunton and Wellington	Aye
Lee Anderson	Reform UK	Ashfield	Aye
Stuart Anderson	Conservative	South Shropshire	No
Steff Aquarone	Liberal Democrat	North Norfolk	Aye
Edward Argar	Conservative	Melton and Syston	No
Dr Scott Arthur	Labour	Edinburgh South West	Aye
Jess Asato	Labour	Lowestoft	No
Jas Athwal	Labour	Ilford South	No
Josh Babarinde	Liberal Democrat	Eastbourne	Aye
Gareth Bacon	Conservative	Orpington	No
David Baines	Labour	St Helens North	No
Richard Baker	Labour	Glenrothes and Mid Fife	Aye
Dame Harriett Baldwin	Conservative	West Worcestershire	No
Lee Barron	Labour	Corby and East Northamptonshire	Aye
Mr Alex Barros-Curtis	Labour	Cardiff West	No
Lorraine Beavers	Labour	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Aye
Mr Peter Bedford	Conservative	Mid Leicestershire	No
Alison Bennett	Liberal Democrat	Mid Sussex	Aye
Siân Berry	Green Party	Brighton Pavilion	Aye
Matt Bishop	Labour	Forest of Dean	No
Bob Blackman	Conservative	Harrow East	No
Olivia Blake	Labour	Sheffield Hallam	Aye
Rachel Blake	Labour	Cities of London and Westminster	Aye
Sarah Bool	Conservative	South Northamptonshire	No
Sureena Brackenridge	Labour	Wolverhampton North East	No
Aphra Brandreth	Conservative	Chester South and Eddisbury	No
Alex Brewer	Liberal Democrat	North East Hampshire	Aye
Jess Brown-Fuller	Liberal Democrat	Chichester	Aye
Richard Burgon	Independent	Leeds East	Aye
Maureen Burke	Labour	Glasgow North East	No
Nesil Caliskan	Labour	Barking	No
Mr Gregory Campbell	Democratic Unionist Party	East Londonderry	No
Markus Campbell-Savours	Labour	Penrith and Solway	Aye
Charlotte Cane	Liberal Democrat	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	Aye
Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat	Orkney and Shetland	Aye
James Cartlidge	Conservative	South Suffolk	No
David Chadwick	Liberal Democrat	Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe	Aye
Wendy Chamberlain	Liberal Democrat	North East Fife	Aye
Dr Danny Chambers	Liberal Democrat	Winchester	Aye
Dr Ellie Chowns	Green Party	North Herefordshire	Aye
Sir James Cleverly	Conservative	Braintree	No
Lewis Cocking	Conservative	Broxbourne	No
Chris Coghlan	Liberal Democrat	Dorking and Horley	Aye
Jacob Collier	Labour	Burton and Uttoxeter	No
Tom Collins	Labour	Worcester	Aye
Victoria Collins	Liberal Democrat	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	Aye
Andrew Cooper	Labour	Mid Cheshire	Aye
Daisy Cooper	Liberal Democrat	St Albans	Aye
Claire Coutinho	Conservative	East Surrey	No
Sir Geoffrey Cox	Conservative	Torridge and Tavistock	No
Ms Stella Creasy	Labour	Walthamstow	Aye
Harriet Cross	Conservative	Gordon and Buchan	No
Adam Dance	Liberal Democrat	Yeovil	Aye
Steve Darling	Liberal Democrat	Torbay	Aye
Emily Darlington	Labour	Milton Keynes Central	Aye
Ann Davies	Plaid Cymru	Caerfyrddin	Aye
Gareth Davies	Conservative	Grantham and Bourne	No
Mims Davies	Conservative	East Grinstead and Uckfield	No
Shaun Davies	Labour	Telford	No
Bobby Dean	Liberal Democrat	Carshalton and Wallington	Aye
Carla Denyer	Green Party	Bristol Central	Aye
Charlie Dewhirst	Conservative	Bridlington and The Wolds	No
Jim Dickson	Labour	Dartford	Aye
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Conservative	Gosport	No
Anna Dixon	Labour	Shipley	Aye
Helena Dollimore	Labour	Hastings and Rye	No
Sir Oliver Dowden	Conservative	Hertsmere	No
Rosie Duffield	Independent	Canterbury	Aye
Sir Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	Chingford and Woodford Green	No
Neil Duncan-Jordan	Labour	Poole	No
Sarah Dyke	Liberal Democrat	Glastonbury and Somerton	Aye
Alex Easton	Independent	North Down	No
Cat Eccles	Labour	Stourbridge	No
Lauren Edwards	Labour	Rochester and Strood	No
Maya Ellis	Labour	Ribble Valley	No
Kirith Entwistle	Labour	Bolton North East	No
Florence Eshalomi	Labour	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	Aye
Dr Luke Evans	Conservative	Hinckley and Bosworth	No
Tim Farron	Liberal Democrat	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Aye
Mark Ferguson	Labour	Gateshead Central and Whickham	No
Patricia Ferguson	Labour	Glasgow West	No
Richard Foord	Liberal Democrat	Honiton and Sidmouth	Aye
Mr Will Forster	Liberal Democrat	Woking	Aye
Peter Fortune	Conservative	Bromley and Biggin Hill	No
Sir Ashley Fox	Conservative	Bridgwater	No
Daniel Francis	Labour	Bexleyheath and Crayford	No
Zöe Franklin	Liberal Democrat	Guildford	Aye
George Freeman	Conservative	Mid Norfolk	No
Mr Louie French	Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup	No
Sir Roger Gale	Conservative	Herne Bay and Sandwich	No
Dr Allison Gardner	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent South	Aye
Dr Allison Gardner	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent South	No
Andrew George	Liberal Democrat	St Ives	Aye
Gill German	Labour	Clwyd North	No
Sarah Gibson	Liberal Democrat	Chippenham	Aye
Tracy Gilbert	Labour	Edinburgh North and Leith	Aye
Rachel Gilmour	Liberal Democrat	Tiverton and Minehead	Aye
John Glen	Conservative	Salisbury	No
Mary Glindon	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	No
Olly Glover	Liberal Democrat	Didcot and Wantage	Aye
Marie Goldman	Liberal Democrat	Chelmsford	Aye
Tom Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Aye
John Grady	Labour	Glasgow East	No
Helen Grant	Conservative	Maidstone and Malling	No
Sarah Green	Liberal Democrat	Chesham and Amersham	Aye
Sarah Hall	Labour	Warrington South	Aye
Monica Harding	Liberal Democrat	Esher and Walton	Aye
Rebecca Harris	Conservative	Castle Point	No
Sir John Hayes	Conservative	South Holland and The Deepings	No
Tom Hayes	Labour	Bournemouth East	Aye
Sir Mark Hendrick	Labour	Preston	No
Pippa Heylings	Liberal Democrat	South Cambridgeshire	Aye
Chris Hinchliff	Labour	North East Hertfordshire	Aye
Damian Hinds	Conservative	East Hampshire	No
Simon Hoare	Conservative	North Dorset	No
Mr Richard Holden	Conservative	Basildon and Billericay	No
Paul Holmes	Conservative	Hamble Valley	No
Dr Neil Hudson	Conservative	Epping Forest	No
Sir Jeremy Hunt	Conservative	Godalming and Ash	No
Dr Rupa Huq	Labour	Ealing Central and Acton	Aye
Patrick Hurley	Labour	Southport	Aye
Christine Jardine	Liberal Democrat	Edinburgh West	Aye
Liz Jarvis	Liberal Democrat	Eastleigh	Aye
Adam Jogee	Labour	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Aye
Dr Caroline Johnson	Conservative	Sleaford and North Hykeham	No
Clive Jones	Liberal Democrat	Wokingham	Aye
Lincoln Jopp	Conservative	Spelthorne	No
Gurinder Singh Josan	Labour	Smethwick	No
Mr Paul Kohler	Liberal Democrat	Wimbledon	Aye
Danny Kruger	Conservative	East Wiltshire	No
Ben Lake	Plaid Cymru	Ceredigion Preseli	Aye
Katie Lam	Conservative	Weald of Kent	No
Peter Lamb	Labour	Crawley	No
John Lamont	Conservative	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	No
Sir Edward Leigh	Conservative	Gainsborough	No
Clive Lewis	Labour	Norwich South	Aye
Carla Lockhart	Democratic Unionist Party	Upper Bann	No
Julia Lopez	Conservative	Hornchurch and Upminster	No
Rupert Lowe	Reform UK	Great Yarmouth	No
James MacCleary	Liberal Democrat	Lewes	Aye
Mr Angus MacDonald	Liberal Democrat	Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire	Aye
Andy MacNae	Labour	Rossendale and Darwen	Aye
Ben Maguire	Liberal Democrat	North Cornwall	Aye
Helen Maguire	Liberal Democrat	Epsom and Ewell	Aye
Alan Mak	Conservative	Havant	No
Kit Malthouse	Conservative	North West Hampshire	No
Mike Martin	Liberal Democrat	Tunbridge Wells	Aye
Rachael Maskell	Labour	York Central	Aye
Brian Mathew	Liberal Democrat	Melksham and Devizes	Aye
Douglas McAllister	Labour	West Dunbartonshire	No
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	Labour	Mitcham and Morden	No
John McDonnell	Independent	Hayes and Harlington	Aye
Lola McEvoy	Labour	Darlington	No
James McMurdock	Reform UK	South Basildon and East Thurrock	Aye
Frank McNally	Labour	Coatbridge and Bellshill	Aye
Llinos Medi	Plaid Cymru	Ynys Môn	Aye
Anneliese Midgley	Labour	Knowsley	No
Calum Miller	Liberal Democrat	Bicester and Woodstock	Aye
John Milne	Liberal Democrat	Horsham	Aye
Abtisam Mohamed	Labour	Sheffield Central	Aye
Iqbal Mohamed	Independent	Dewsbury and Batley	Aye
Mr Gagan Mohindra	Conservative	South West Hertfordshire	No
Perran Moon	Labour	Camborne and Redruth	Aye
Robbie Moore	Conservative	Keighley and Ilkley	No
Layla Moran	Liberal Democrat	Oxford West and Abingdon	Aye
Edward Morello	Liberal Democrat	West Dorset	Aye
Helen Morgan	Liberal Democrat	North Shropshire	Aye
Wendy Morton	Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills	No
Dr Kieran Mullan	Conservative	Bexhill and Battle	No
Margaret Mullane	Labour	Dagenham and Rainham	No
Tessa Munt	Liberal Democrat	Wells and Mendip Hills	Aye
Susan Murray	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dunbartonshire	Aye
Dr Andrew Murrison	Conservative	South West Wiltshire	No
Luke Myer	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Aye
James Naish	Labour	Rushcliffe	Aye
Connor Naismith	Labour	Crewe and Nantwich	No
Samantha Niblett	Labour	South Derbyshire	Aye
Jesse Norman	Conservative	Hereford and South Herefordshire	No
Neil O'Brien	Conservative	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	No
Ben Obese-Jecty	Conservative	Huntingdon	No
Sarah Olney	Liberal Democrat	Richmond Park	Aye
Melanie Onn	Labour	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	No
Dame Chi Onwurah	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	Aye
Dame Chi Onwurah	Labour	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	No
Dr Simon Opher	Labour	Stroud	Aye
Darren Paffey	Labour	Southampton Itchen	Aye
Andrew Pakes	Labour	Peterborough	Aye
Priti Patel	Conservative	Witham	No
Rebecca Paul	Conservative	Reigate	No
Michael Payne	Labour	Gedling	Aye
Manuela Perteghella	Liberal Democrat	Stratford-on-Avon	Aye
Chris Philp	Conservative	Croydon South	No
David Pinto-Duschinsky	Labour	Hendon	No
Jo Platt	Labour	Leigh and Atherton	Aye
Dr Peter Prinsley	Labour	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	Aye
Adrian Ramsay	Green Party	Waveney Valley	Aye
Andrew Ranger	Labour	Wrexham	Aye
Jack Rankin	Conservative	Windsor	No
Joani Reid	Labour	East Kilbride and Strathaven	Aye
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter	Labour	Suffolk Coastal	Aye
Dave Robertson	Labour	Lichfield	Aye
Joe Robertson	Conservative	Isle of Wight East	No
Tim Roca	Labour	Macclesfield	Aye
Ian Roome	Liberal Democrat	North Devon	Aye
Andrew Rosindell	Conservative	Romford	No
Sarah Russell	Labour	Congleton	Aye
Tom Rutland	Labour	East Worthing and Shoreham	No
Anna Sabine	Liberal Democrat	Frome and East Somerset	Aye
Dr Roz Savage	Liberal Democrat	South Cotswolds	Aye
Liz Saville Roberts	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Aye
Baggy Shanker	Labour	Derby South	No
Jim Shannon	Democratic Unionist Party	Strangford	No
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Conservative	Wetherby and Easingwold	No
David Simmonds	Conservative	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	No
Vikki Slade	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Aye
Andy Slaughter	Labour	Hammersmith and Chiswick	Aye
Lisa Smart	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Grove	Aye
Greg Smith	Conservative	Mid Buckinghamshire	No
Nick Smith	Labour	Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney	No
Rebecca Smith	Conservative	South West Devon	No
Sarah Smith	Labour	Hyndburn	No
Alex Sobel	Labour	Leeds Central and Headingley	Aye
Dr Ben Spencer	Conservative	Runnymede and Weybridge	No
Patrick Spencer	Conservative	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	No
Gregory Stafford	Conservative	Farnham and Bordon	No
Euan Stainbank	Labour	Falkirk	Aye
Kenneth Stevenson	Labour	Airdrie and Shotts	Aye
Will Stone	Labour	Swindon North	Aye
Sir Mel Stride	Conservative	Central Devon	No
Graham Stringer	Labour	Blackley and Middleton South	No
Graham Stuart	Conservative	Beverley and Holderness	No
Kirsteen Sullivan	Labour	Bathgate and Linlithgow	No
Robin Swann	Ulster Unionist Party	South Antrim	No
Sir Desmond Swayne	Conservative	New Forest West	No
Mike Tapp	Labour	Dover and Deal	No
Alison Taylor	Labour	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	No
Luke Taylor	Liberal Democrat	Sutton and Cheam	Aye
Rachel Taylor	Labour	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	No
Bradley Thomas	Conservative	Bromsgrove	No
Cameron Thomas	Liberal Democrat	Tewkesbury	Aye
Fred Thomas	Labour	Plymouth Moor View	No
Richard Tice	Reform UK	Boston and Skegness	Aye
Nick Timothy	Conservative	West Suffolk	No
Laura Trott	Conservative	Sevenoaks	No
Henry Tufnell	Labour	Mid and South Pembrokeshire	No
Matt Turmaine	Labour	Watford	Aye
Matt Turmaine	Labour	Watford	No
Freddie van Mierlo	Liberal Democrat	Henley and Thame	Aye
Martin Vickers	Conservative	Brigg and Immingham	No
Matt Vickers	Conservative	Stockton West	No
Caroline Voaden	Liberal Democrat	South Devon	Aye
Michelle Welsh	Labour	Sherwood Forest	Aye
Michael Wheeler	Labour	Worsley and Eccles	No
Sir John Whittingdale	Conservative	Maldon	No
Nadia Whittome	Labour	Nottingham East	Aye
James Wild	Conservative	North West Norfolk	No
Max Wilkinson	Liberal Democrat	Cheltenham	Aye
David Williams	Labour	Stoke-on-Trent North	No
Munira Wilson	Liberal Democrat	Twickenham	Aye
Sammy Wilson	Democratic Unionist Party	East Antrim	No
Steve Witherden	Labour	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr	Aye
Mike Wood	Conservative	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	No
Sean Woodcock	Labour	Banbury	Aye
Sir Jeremy Wright	Conservative	Kenilworth and Southam	No
Martin Wrigley	Liberal Democrat	Newton Abbot	Aye
Yuan Yang	Labour	Earley and Woodley	Aye
Mohammad Yasin	Labour	Bedford	Aye
Claire Young	Liberal Democrat	Thornbury and Yate	Aye

Sources

Hansard: Elections (Proportional Representation)
Commons division 52
Commons Votes API: division e4328c2f152231e5 15 October 2026
Hansard API: division search 12d07eb2fa5d5e0d 15 October 2026
Hansard API: debate f1a08ccdeaafe119 15 October 2026

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