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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a right-wing political party in Northern Ireland, UK. The DUP the largest of 11 political parties currently active in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 by Ian Paisley. It is currently led by Arlene Foster. It has 28 seats in the Assembly, 10 MPs in the House of Commons and 3 Peers in the House of Lords.

  • What The 2017 General Election Result Could Mean For The LGBT Community

    What. A. Night.

    Defying all expectations, Jeremy Corbyn increased the number of Labour seats in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Theresa May lost her majority, leading to a hung parliament and casting doubt on Mrs May’s future as the Conservative Party leader. Right now she looks like she’s hanging on by the skin of her teeth, looking to do a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party.

    This is bad news for the LGBT community. The DUP is promising to “make its influence felt” in Westminster. We should all be concerned.

    Back in 2015, I wrote about what a disaster a Tory-DUP coalition would mean for us. The DUP is deeply homophobic; they’ve blocked same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland at least four times and laid down as a “red line” marriage equality as a condition for forming a stable government at Stormont with Sinn Fien, the nationalist and pro-gay marriage party.

    That the DUP is so anti-gay that they’re willing to send Northern Ireland into political turmoil over the issue of marriage should concern everyone. Theresa May looks to form a government propped up by their 10 MPs, and this could mean a hard stop to any progress the LGBT community has made.

    The majority of Tory MPs voted against equalising marriage in England and Wales. When the Conservatives passed mandatory personal and sexual health education earlier this year, they omitted education about LGBT people and issues, despite the fact that Education Secretary Justine Greening is an out lesbian. The Tories themselves don’t have the best record of LGBT equality.

    So put them with the DUP, we can expect a real halt to any progress we’ve made over the past 20 years. Whilst education and marriage are devolved issues in Northern Ireland, the party is so deeply homophobic that it’s easy to imagine the Tories not bringing up equality votes for as long as the DUP is the linchpin in their government. Why risk losing your tenuous majority over an “identity politics” issue? Beyond that, though, the Tories are unlikely to push the DUP to enhance and equalise the rights of the LGBT community in Northern Ireland – the last legally homophobic holdout in the British Isles.

    This becomes even riskier considering Theresa May’s commitment (that wasn’t in the manifesto, by the way) to scrap human rights laws – notably the Human Rights Act – which protect LGBT rights. This is ostensibly to combat terrorism at home, but has implications for LGBT equality (for example, in the armed services). Whether the Tories would let the DUP dictate which LGBT rights protections are enshrined in UK law as we transfer EU law to our domestic books is an unknowable. But considering how much of a red line it is at Stormont (after all, they’re willing to jeopardise Northern Ireland peace to keep gay people from marrying), it’s deeply concerning.

    The Tories don’t have a good record on LGBT equality, no matter how you cut it. Yes, David Cameron introduced equal marriage, but it only passed because of Labour and Liberal Democrat votes. The Conservative Party has improved, but it’s not at the level of “ally” yet. That they’re considering going into coalition with the DUP jeopardises LGBT rights in Northern Ireland and, indeed, England and Wales as EU laws which protect us are written into British law.

    The news of the night isn’t all bad, though. Whilst some gay MPs – such as Tory Ben Howlett, who I interviewed last month – lost their seats, we look set to have at least 30 LGBT MPs in the next parliament. Gay candidates such as Wes Streeting and Peter Kyle increased their majorities, whilst Mhairi Black and Justine Greening clung on with reduced majorities – is welcome news for the community. I don’t have an exact count on how many LGBT candidates were elected, but I hope to do so by this evening.

    In the meantime, the LGBT community – like the rest of the country – waits with bated breath to find out what is going to happen to the country we love. No one knows the answer. If Theresa May does hang on, though, it is incumbent upon her to put the LGBT community’s welfare beyond her own desire for power and to make sure any deal, including with the DUP, does not sacrifice the progress we have made – or the victories we are yet to win.

  • Which MPs voted against gay marriage in England and Wales

    Which MPs voted against gay marriage in England and Wales

    As a reminder to where MPs stood on one of the most recent and important pieces of legislation affecting the LGBT+ community in England and Wales, we’ve listed all the MPs who voted against same-sex marriage in 2013.

    Here is the full list of MPs who voted against same-sex marriage in the UK.

    CONSERVATIVES (136)

    The Conservative MPs who voted against same-sex marriage:

    Nigel Adams (Selby & Ainsty)

    Adam Afriyie (Windsor)

    Peter Aldous (Waveney)

    David Amess (Southend West)

    James Arbuthnot (Hampshire North East)

    Richard Bacon (Norfolk South)

    Steven Baker (Wycombe)

    Tony Baldry (Banbury)

    Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)

    Henry Bellingham (Norfolk North West)

    Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

    Andrew Bingham (High Peak)

    Bob Blackman (Harrow East)

    Peter Bone (Wellingborough)

    Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West)

    Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

    Andrew Bridgen (Leicestershire North West)

    Steve Brine (Winchester)

    Fiona Bruce (Congleton)

    Robert Buckland (Swindon South)

    Simon Burns (Chelmsford)

    David Burrowes (Enfield Southgate)

    Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)

    Douglas Carswell (Clacton)

    Bill Cash (Stone)

    Rehman Chishti (Gillingham & Rainham)

    Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

    Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswolds, The)

    Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)

    Geoffrey Cox (Devon West & Torridge)

    Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

    David Davies (Monmouth)

    Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)

    Philip Davies (Shipley)

    David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden)

    Nick de Bois (Enfield North)

    Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)

    Richard Drax (Dorset South)

    Charlie Elphicke (Dover)

    Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North)

    David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford)

    Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

    Liam Fox (Somerset North)

    Mark Francois (Rayleigh & Wickford)

    George Freeman (Norfolk Mid)

    Roger Gale (Thanet North)

    Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough)

    Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest)

    Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham)

    John Glen (Salisbury)

    Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby)

    James Gray (Wiltshire North)

    Andrew Griffiths (Burton)

    Robert Halfon (Harlow)

    Simon Hart (Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South)

    Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden)

    John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings)

    Oliver Heald (Hertfordshire North East)

    Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)

    Philip Hollobone (Kettering)

    Adam Holloway (Gravesham)

    Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

    Stewart Jackson (Peterborough)

    Gareth Johnson (Dartford)

    David Jones (Clwyd West)

    Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)

    Greg Knight (Yorkshire East)

    Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne)

    Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North)

    Pauline Latham (Derbyshire Mid)

    Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)

    Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

    Julian Lewis (New Forest East)

    David Lidington (Aylesbury)

    Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden)

    Jack Lopresti (Filton & Bradley Stoke)

    Jonathan Lord (Woking)

    Tim Loughton (Worthing East & Shoreham)

    Karen Lumley (Redditch)

    Karl McCartney (Lincoln)

    Anne McIntosh (Thirsk & Malton)

    Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)

    Esther McVey (Wirral West)

    Anne Main (St Albans)

    Paul Maynard (Blackpool North & Cleveleys)

    Stephen Metcalfe (Basildon South & Thurrock East)

    Nicky Morgan (Loughborough)

    Anne-Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)

    David Morris (Morecambe & Lunesdale)

    James Morris (Halesowen & Rowley Regis)

    Bob Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst)

    Caroline Nokes (Romsey & Southampton North)

    David Nuttall (Bury North)

    Stephen O’Brien (Eddisbury)

    Matthew Offord (Hendon)

    Jim Paice (Cambridgeshire South East)

    Neil Parish (Tiverton & Honiton)

    Priti Patel (Witham)

    Owen Paterson (Shropshire North)

    Mark Pawsey (Rugby)

    Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead)

    Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The)

    John Randall (Uxbridge & Ruislip South)

    John Redwood (Wokingham)

    Jacob Rees-Mogg (Somerset North East)

    Simon Reevell (Dewsbury)

    Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington)

    Andrew Robathan (Leicestershire South)

    Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)

    Andrew Rosindell (Romford)

    David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds)

    David Rutley (Macclesfield)

    Andrew Selous (Bedfordshire South West)

    Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet & Rothwell)

    Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

    Henry Smith (Crawley)

    Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling)

    John Stevenson (Carlisle)

    Bob Stewart (Beckenham)

    Mel Stride (Devon Central)

    Julian Sturdy (York Outer)

    Robert Syms (Poole)

    Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle)

    David Tredinnick (Bosworth)

    Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)

    Shailesh Vara (Cambridgeshire North West)

    Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)

    Ben Wallace (Wyre & Preston North)

    Robert Walter (Dorset North)

    James Wharton (Stockton South)

    Heather Wheeler (Derbyshire South)

    Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)

    John Whittingdale (Maldon)

    Bill Wiggin (Herefordshire North)

    Gavin Williamson (Staffordshire South)

    Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth & Southam)

    LABOUR (22)

    The Labour MPs who voted against same-sex marriage:

    Joe Benton (Bootle)

    Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

    Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill)

    Rosie Cooper (Lancashire West)

    David Crausby (Bolton North East)

    Tony Cunningham (Workington)

    Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton)

    Brian Donohoe (Ayrshire Central)

    Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)

    Mary Glindon (Tyneside North)

    Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East)

    Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney)

    Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow)

    Jim McGovern (Dundee West)

    Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde)

    George Mudie (Leeds East)

    Paul Murphy (Torfaen)

    Stephen Pound (Ealing North)

    Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw)

    Jim Sheridan (Paisley & Renfrewshire North)

    Derek Twigg (Halton)

    Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)

    LIBERAL DEMOCRAT (4)

    The Liberal Democrat MPs who voted against same-sex marriage:

    Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

    Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley)

    John Pugh (Southport)

    Sarah Teather (Brent Central)

    Democratic Unionist Party

    The Democratic Unionist Party MPs who voted against same-sex marriage:

    Gregory Campbell (Londonderry East)

    Nigel Dodds (Belfast North)

    Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

    The Rev William McCrea (Antrim South)

    Ian Paisley Jr (Antrim North)

    Jim Shannon (Strangford)

    David Simpson (Upper Bann)

    Sammy Wilson (Antrim East)

    INDEPENDENTS (2)

    The Independent MPs who voted against same-sex marriage:

    Nadine Dorries (Bedfordshire Mid)

    Lady Sylvia Hermon (Down North)

  • How LGBT friendly are the major political parties’ manifestos?

    How LGBT friendly are the major political parties’ manifestos?

    How do the major parties compare on LGBT+ manifesto pledges?

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    We have divided the main issues into six sections:

    Education: specific classes and lessons in sex and relationship education and a commitment to tackle bullying.

    Crime: a specific look into tackling hate crime on the basis of sexual/gender orientation. Better support for domestic violence victims and survivors.

    Workplace: a specific look into tackling inequality in the workplace.

    Healthcare: a specific look into policies affecting mental, sexual health, PrEP and transgender/intersex issues.

    In politics: What laws will be amended and changed to fully equalise the LGBT community.

    On the world stage: What will the next government do to show that the UK is a beacon of LGBT rights?

    We have also only taken parties that have a national footprint.

    CONSERVATIVES

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 0

    Education: No specific mentions of LGBT+ sex or relationship education

    Crime: No specific mention of LGBT+ but pledged: “push forward with our plan for tackling hate crime committed on the basis of religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity”

    Workplace: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: No specific mention of healthcare reforms for LGBT people – including PrEP.

    In politics: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    On the world stage: “We will expand our global efforts to combat extremism, terror, and the perpetration of violence against people because of their faith, gender or sexuality”.

    LABOUR

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 11

    Education: Teachers will be given training on how to deal with bullying.

    They’ll also ensure that new guidance is issued on relationships and LGBT-inclusive sex education.

    Crime: Labour pledges to bring the law on LGBT hate crimes into line with hate crimes based on race and faith, by making them aggravated offences.

    Workplace: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: Labour has pledged that it will work to “reverse the damage done to mental health services under this Tory government, which is particularly hitting services for LGBT and BAME communities”.

    Various charities have gone by the wayside or had massive funding cuts during the latest government. Some of these cuts have affected charities which include much-needed HIV care.

    Labour also pledges that frontline healthcare professionals receive ongoing training to understand and meet the needs of LGBT patients and service users.

    And PrEP? Well, they pledge that “NHS England completes the trial programme to provide PrEP as quickly as possible, and fully roll out the treatment to high-risk groups to help reduce HIV infection”.

    In politics: They pledge to reform the Gender Recognition Act, which will protect trans people by changing the protected characteristic of ‘gender assignment’ to ‘gender identity’. They also pledge to remove outdated language such as “transexual”.

    On the world stage: Labour have announced that they will “appoint dedicated global ambassadors for women’s rights, LGBT rights and religious freedom to fight discrimination and promote equality globally”

     

    LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 5

    Education: The Lib Dems have promised to review sex education in schools saying that they will include lessons on sexual consent, LGBT+ relationships and issues surrounding explicit images and content.

    Crime: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Workplace: The Lib Dems want companies with more than 250 employees to publish data on their employment of BAMEs LGBTs and pay gaps.

    Healthcare: The Liberal Democrats have promised to ensure that “LGBT+ inclusive mental health services receive funding and support”. They also want to make PrEP available on the NHS.

    In politics: The Lib Dems pledge to introduce legislation that will allow for all-BAME and all LGBT+ parliamentary shortlists.

    On the world stage: The Liberal Democrats pledge a commitment to promoting the “decriminalisation of homosexuality around the world and advancing the cause of LGBT+ rights”.

    UKIP

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 1

    n education: UKIP will end sex education in primary schools. Will look into whether further legislation is required to tackle cyberbullying.

    On health: Nothing specific to the LGBT+ community, but promised to increase funding for mental health. Will also hold a review into editorial codes of the media, to promote “healthy body images”.

    On politics: UKIP pledge to test the social attitudes of those who are seeking to immigrate to the UK. They wrote,

    “…we do not believe in treating women or gay people as second-class citizens, and we hold to a fundamental belief in democracy and free speech. UKIP’s points-based immigration system will, therefore, include one further major principle: we will test the social attitudes of migration applicants to foster community cohesion and protect core British values”.

    UKIP also will repeal Labour’s Human Rights legislation and remove the UK from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights”. They will replace with a new UK Bill of rights.

    On crime: Nothing specific to the LGBT+ community.

    On the world stage: Nothing specific to the LGBT+ community

    THE GREEN PARTY

    Number of mentions of LGBT: Have released an entirely separate LGBT+ Manifesto.

    They have released an entire LGBT+ manifesto. Which includes the following pledges:

    Education: Sexual and relationship education for all students. Require every school to have an anti-bullying programme. Provide teachers with training to provide LGBT+ inclusive education.

    Crime: Greens pledge to “Combat all forms of antiLGBTIQA+ prejudice and violence through improved hate crime protections”.

    Workplace: Noting specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: Wide-ranging policies affecting the Trans and Intersex community. Including, giving people “personal autonomy in all medical decisions” and “Improve access to medical services and gender identity clinics, particularly for trans and non-binary young people.” They have said they would also, “Protect the welfare state in the face of Government cuts and preserve the vital security net many LGBTIQA+ people rely upon”.

    In politics: Has pledged to make same-sex marriage “truly equal” to include pension rights. They will also open civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples. Will “Apologise to and pardon all 50,000–100,000 people convicted of consenting adult same-gender sexual relations under antisodomy laws that have now been repealed.”

    On the world stage: The Greens have said, “The Green Party would speak out against those countries that discriminate against, marginalise and kill LGBTIQA+ citizens, and work with countries leading the way in recognising and protecting” the LGBT+ community.

    SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 5

    Education: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Crime: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Workplace: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: The SNP will support efforts to ensure PrEP becomes available on NHS to any who needs it in the UK.

    In politics: The SNP pledge to push the UK Government to extend the Turing Bill pardon to gay men convicted of same-sex activity who are still alive today.

    They also pledge to ensure that same-sex couple have equal pension rights and “protected characteristics are expanded to ensure all LGBTI people are fully protected from discrimination and harassment”.

    On the world stage: The SNP pledge to reform the detention and asylum system for LGBT+ people escaping countries where homosexuality is still illegal. They also pledge to remove “unfair and invasive demands for ‘proof’ of sexuality or gender identity”.

    They also say,

    “SNP MPs will support the establishment of a special envoy to promote the rights of LGBTI people throughout the world, as an integral part of UK foreign policy – helping to alleviate the discrimination and persecution faced by LGBTI people in Chechnya and across the world”.

    Plaid Cymru

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 0

    Education: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Crime: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Workplace: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: No specific mention of healthcare reforms for LGBT people – including PrEP.

    In politics: Has pledged to publish a “human rights charter” to provide human rights regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation.

    On the world stage: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Democratic Unionist Party

    Number of mentions of LGBT: 0

    Education: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Crime: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Workplace: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    Healthcare: No specific mention of healthcare reforms for LGBT people – including PrEP.

    In politics: Nothing specific to LGBT+

    On the world stage: Nothing specific to LGBT+

  • COMMENT | Northern Ireland: Wedged between equality

    As Northern Ireland continues to reel from the recent collapse of Stormont and consequent election, many others quietly anticipate what possible changes will come should a new power-sharing executive be formed or get pushed through by Westminster should the current stalemate persist and direct rule be reinstated, one example being marriage equality.

    While MLAs voted for marriage equality by a majority in the most recent motion it was blocked by NIs largest political party, theDemocratic Unionist Party (DUP), who used a petition of concern to effectively veto the vote. Petitions of concern were incorporated into The Good Friday Agreement, which ended years of bloodshed in the province, as a mechanism to prevent disagreement if the vote would be on a cross-community basis, rather than a simple majority. This petition requires the signature of 30 executive members which previously the DUP had but with the loss of 10 seats in election 2017 comes the loss of their ability to use it if or when a new government is formed meaning the next motion put forward would almost definitely pass. If direct rule should be reinstated the DUP will no longer have a choice in the matter of marriage equality as well as the many other issues they continue to oppose, in spite of public opinions, such as reform on abortion laws.

    “Living in Northern Ireland as a gay person can be a surreal experience, the civilisation of same-sex marriage has already been introduced just a few miles down the road in Southern Ireland as well as a few miles across the sea in Scotland, England and Wales, while we remain oppressed by a so called democratic party, it’s rather like being an outdated sandwich filling wedged between two slices of fresh modern bread”

    However optimistic, most of the LGBT community in Northern Ireland remain reserved, fearful that hopes of achieving the equality we are wedged between will once again be dashed. Living in Northern Ireland as a gay person can be a surreal experience, the civilisation of same-sex marriage has already been introduced just a few miles down the road in Southern Ireland as well as a few miles across the sea in Scotland, England and Wales, while we remain oppressed by a so called democratic party, it’s rather like being an outdated sandwich filling wedged between two slices of fresh modern bread. On occasion I have felt like there is no place for me as a gay man in this society and considered leaving Belfast for pastures new where bigotry is not so engrained in politics, just like gay people have had to do for decades, when it occurs to me that this is not the 1960s or 70s anymore, this is 2017 and the majority of people in Northern Ireland along with politicians are in support of equality, understanding and humanity towards the LGBT so why should I leave?

    There is a place in society for the LGBT community whether it’s in Belfast or Baghdad, Grozny or Moscow, there is no place for the oppression inflicted on so many people around the world purely based on their sexual orientation.

    With bars, support services and the gay scene as we know it gradually disappearing it’s more important than ever that we stand together as an international community offering support to our fellow brothers and sisters. This is not just a fight for equality or for us to feel accepted by society, it’s a fight to belong and for us to accept society instead of rejecting it as being incomprehensible and lacking in compassion.

     

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  • ELTON JOHN To Northern Ireland Politicians “enter the 21st Century”

    Sir Elton John told Northern Ireland politicians to “enter the 21st Century” on Radio 4’s Today programme.

    Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the legendary singer said that politicians in Northern Ireland should “enter the 21st Century” saying that if it was left to public decision same-sex marriage would “sail in”.

    MPs voted recently on whether same-sex marriage should become law in Northern Ireland. As it stands Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where marriage between gay couples is not legal.

    Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland Programme Director of Amnesty International, said:

    “Sir Elton John’s support for marriage equality in Northern Ireland is very welcome.

    “Sir Elton has a proud track record of standing up for gay rights around the world. It’s great that he’s speaking out for the rights of LGBTI people in Northern Ireland, which is now the only part of the UK or Ireland that ban same-sex marriage.

    “He’s 100% correct when he says that most people in Northern Ireland back same-sex marriage and that if there was a public vote it would ‘sail in’. Local politicians who continue to block equality must wake up and realise the damage they’re causing to gay people in Northern Ireland, as well as to our international reputation.”

  • No To Gay Marriage In Northern Ireland For Fourth Time

    The lesbian, gay and bisexual community in Northern Ireland have suffered another blow to their equal rights as the NI Assembly rejects a motion for the fourth time.

    96 MLAs took part in a vote for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, 49 of them voted against the Sinn Féin promoted motion, despite a Belfast Telegraph poll in September 2014, showing that a majority of the Northern Ireland population supporting same-sex marriage. 40.1 per cent of those surveyed supported equal marriage, while 39.4% opposed it. 20.5% had no opinion on it either way.

    With Sinn Féin, SDLP and five Alliance MLA’s supporting the proposal, the DUP and Unionists road blocked the bill which would see all LGBs given equality in marriage. All DUP members voted against it and of 53 unionists, just four voted in favour.

    Marriage is a devolved issue for the United Kingdom. Gay couples in England and Wales were afforded their rights on 13th March 2014 and couples in Scotland on 16th December 2014. Couples in Northern Ireland are at this time only permitted to have civil partnerships.

  • Which MPs Voted For And Against Gay Marriage In The UK

    Here is the full list of MPs and how they voted in the government’s same-sex marriage legislation.

    Opposed

    136 Conservatives

    Nigel Adams (Selby & Ainsty)

    Adam Afriyie (Windsor)

    Peter Aldous (Waveney)

    David Amess (Southend West)

    James Arbuthnot (Hampshire North East)

    Richard Bacon (Norfolk South)

    Steven Baker (Wycombe)

    Tony Baldry (Banbury)

    Guto Bebb (Aberconwy)

    Henry Bellingham (Norfolk North West)

    Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

    Andrew Bingham (High Peak)

    Bob Blackman (Harrow East)

    Peter Bone (Wellingborough)

    Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West)

    Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

    Andrew Bridgen (Leicestershire North West)

    Steve Brine (Winchester)

    Fiona Bruce (Congleton)

    Robert Buckland (Swindon South)

    Simon Burns (Chelmsford)

    David Burrowes (Enfield Southgate)

    Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan)

    Douglas Carswell (Clacton)

    Bill Cash (Stone)

    Rehman Chishti (Gillingham & Rainham)

    Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

    Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswolds, The)

    Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal)

    Geoffrey Cox (Devon West & Torridge)

    Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

    David Davies (Monmouth)

    Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire)

    Philip Davies (Shipley)

    David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden)

    Nick de Bois (Enfield North)

    Caroline Dinenage (Gosport)

    Richard Drax (Dorset South)

    Charlie Elphicke (Dover)

    Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North)

    David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford)

    Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

    Liam Fox (Somerset North)

    Mark Francois (Rayleigh & Wickford)

    George Freeman (Norfolk Mid)

    Roger Gale (Thanet North)

    Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough)

    Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest)

    Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham)

    John Glen (Salisbury)

    Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby)

    James Gray (Wiltshire North)

    Andrew Griffiths (Burton)

    Robert Halfon (Harlow)

    Simon Hart (Carmarthen West & Pembrokeshire South)

    Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden)

    John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings)

    Oliver Heald (Hertfordshire North East)

    Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne & Sheppey)

    Philip Hollobone (Kettering)

    Adam Holloway (Gravesham)

    Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

    Stewart Jackson (Peterborough)

    Gareth Johnson (Dartford)

    David Jones (Clwyd West)

    Marcus Jones (Nuneaton)

    Greg Knight (Yorkshire East)

    Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne)

    Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North)

    Pauline Latham (Derbyshire Mid)

    Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford)

    Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

    Julian Lewis (New Forest East)

    David Lidington (Aylesbury)

    Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden)

    Jack Lopresti (Filton & Bradley Stoke)

    Jonathan Lord (Woking)

    Tim Loughton (Worthing East & Shoreham)

    Karen Lumley (Redditch)

    Karl McCartney (Lincoln)

    Anne McIntosh (Thirsk & Malton)

    Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)

    Esther McVey (Wirral West)

    Anne Main (St Albans)

    Paul Maynard (Blackpool North & Cleveleys)

    Stephen Metcalfe (Basildon South & Thurrock East)

    Nicky Morgan (Loughborough)

    Anne-Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)

    David Morris (Morecambe & Lunesdale)

    James Morris (Halesowen & Rowley Regis)

    Bob Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst)

    Caroline Nokes (Romsey & Southampton North)

    David Nuttall (Bury North)

    Stephen O’Brien (Eddisbury)

    Matthew Offord (Hendon)

    Jim Paice (Cambridgeshire South East)

    Neil Parish (Tiverton & Honiton)

    Priti Patel (Witham)

    Owen Paterson (Shropshire North)

    Mark Pawsey (Rugby)

    Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead)

    Mark Pritchard (Wrekin, The)

    John Randall (Uxbridge & Ruislip South)

    John Redwood (Wokingham)

    Jacob Rees-Mogg (Somerset North East)

    Simon Reevell (Dewsbury)

    Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington)

    Andrew Robathan (Leicestershire South)

    Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)

    Andrew Rosindell (Romford)

    David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds)

    David Rutley (Macclesfield)

    Andrew Selous (Bedfordshire South West)

    Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet & Rothwell)

    Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

    Henry Smith (Crawley)

    Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling)

    John Stevenson (Carlisle)

    Bob Stewart (Beckenham)

    Mel Stride (Devon Central)

    Julian Sturdy (York Outer)

    Robert Syms (Poole)

    Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle)

    David Tredinnick (Bosworth)

    Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)

    Shailesh Vara (Cambridgeshire North West)

    Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)

    Ben Wallace (Wyre & Preston North)

    Robert Walter (Dorset North)

    James Wharton (Stockton South)

    Heather Wheeler (Derbyshire South)

    Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley)

    John Whittingdale (Maldon)

    Bill Wiggin (Herefordshire North)

    Gavin Williamson (Staffordshire South)

    Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth & Southam)

    22 Labour MPs

    Joe Benton (Bootle)

    Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

    Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill)

    Rosie Cooper (Lancashire West)

    David Crausby (Bolton North East)

    Tony Cunningham (Workington)

    Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton)

    Brian Donohoe (Ayrshire Central)

    Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South)

    Mary Glindon (Tyneside North)

    Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe & Sale East)

    Dai Havard (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney)

    Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow)

    Jim McGovern (Dundee West)

    Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde)

    George Mudie (Leeds East)

    Paul Murphy (Torfaen)

    Stephen Pound (Ealing North)

    Frank Roy (Motherwell & Wishaw)

    Jim Sheridan (Paisley & Renfrewshire North)

    Derek Twigg (Halton)

    Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)

    4 Lib Dem MPs

    Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

    Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley)

    John Pugh (Southport)

    Sarah Teather (Brent Central)

    Others

    8 DUP:

    Gregory Campbell (Londonderry East)

    Nigel Dodds (Belfast North)

    Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

    The Rev William McCrea (Antrim South)

    Ian Paisley Jr (Antrim North)

    Jim Shannon (Strangford)

    David Simpson (Upper Bann)

    Sammy Wilson (Antrim East)

    2 independents:

    Nadine Dorries (Bedfordshire Mid)

    Lady Sylvia Hermon (Down North)

    In favour

    127 Conservatives

    Stuart Andrew (Pudsey)

    Greg Barker (Bexhill & Battle)

    John Baron (Basildon & Billericay)

    Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central)

    Richard Benyon (Newbury)

    Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

    Nick Boles (Grantham & Stamford)

    Peter Bottomley (Worthing West)

    Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands)

    James Brokenshire (Old Bexley & Sidcup)

    Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase)

    Conor Burns (Bournemouth West)

    Alistair Burt (Bedfordshire North East)

    Dan Byles (Warwickshire North)

    David Cameron (Witney)

    Neil Carmichael (Stroud)

    James Clappison (Hertsmere)

    Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells)

    Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)

    Damian Collins (Folkestone & Hythe)

    Oliver Colville (Plymouth Sutton & Devonport)

    Tracey Crouch (Chatham & Aylesford)

    Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

    James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East)

    Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton)

    Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green)

    Michael Ellis (Northampton North)

    Jane Ellison (Battersea)

    Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

    Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster)

    Mike Freer (Finchley & Golders Green)

    Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble)

    David Gauke (Hertfordshire South West)

    Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton)

    Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park)

    Michael Gove (Surrey Heath)

    Richard Graham (Gloucester)

    Helen Grant (Maidstone & The Weald)

    Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell)

    Damian Green (Ashford)

    Justine Greening (Putney)

    Ben Gummer (Ipswich)

    Sam Gyimah (Surrey East)

    William Hague (Richmond (Yorks))

    Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon)

    Matthew Hancock (Suffolk West)

    Greg Hands (Chelsea & Fulham)

    Mark Harper (Forest of Dean)

    Richard Harrington (Watford)

    Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry)

    Charles Hendry (Wealden)

    Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs)

    Damian Hinds (Hampshire East)

    George Hollingbery (Meon Valley)

    Kris Hopkins (Keighley)

    John Howell (Henley)

    Jeremy Hunt (Surrey South West)

    Margot James (Stourbridge)

    Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove)

    Bernard Jenkin (Harwich & Essex North)

    Jo Johnson (Orpington)

    Andrew Jones (Harrogate & Knaresborough)

    Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham)

    Simon Kirby (Brighton Kemptown)

    Andrew Lansley (Cambridgeshire South)

    Jessica Lee (Erewash)

    Oliver Letwin (Dorset West)

    Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth)

    Peter Luff (Worcestershire Mid)

    Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)

    Mary Macleod (Brentford & Isleworth)

    Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales)

    Francis Maude (Horsham)

    Theresa May (Maidenhead)

    Mark Menzies (Fylde)

    Maria Miller (Basingstoke)

    Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)

    Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield)

    Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North)

    Stephen Mosley (Chester, City of)

    David Mowat (Warrington South)

    David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale)

    Andrew Murrison (Wiltshire South West)

    Brooks Newmark (Braintree)

    Sarah Newton (Truro & Falmouth)

    Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster & Fleetwood)

    Guy Opperman (Hexham)

    George Osborne (Tatton)

    Richard Ottaway (Croydon South)

    John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare)

    Andrew Percy (Brigg & Goole)

    Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar)

    Chris Pincher (Tamworth)

    Daniel Poulter (Suffolk Central & Ipswich North)

    Dominic Raab (Esher & Walton)

    Mark Reckless (Rochester & Strood)

    Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Kent Mid)

    Amber Rudd (Hastings & Rye)

    Laura Sandys (Thanet South)

    Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield)

    Alok Sharma (Reading West)

    Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness)

    Keith Simpson (Broadland)

    Chris Skidmore (Kingswood)

    Chloe Smith (Norwich North)

    Julian Smith (Skipton & Ripon)

    Nicholas Soames (Sussex Mid)

    Anna Soubry (Broxtowe)

    Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

    Andrew Stephenson (Pendle)

    Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South)

    Rory Stewart (Penrith & The Border)

    Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)

    Hugo Swire (Devon East)

    Justin Tomlinson (Swindon North)

    Elizabeth Truss (Norfolk South West)

    Ed Vaizey (Wantage)

    Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet)

    Charles Walker (Broxbourne)

    Robin Walker (Worcester)

    Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch & Upminster)

    Mike Weatherley (Hove)

    Chris White (Warwick & Leamington)

    David Willetts (Havant)

    Sarah Wollaston (Totnes)

    Tim Yeo (Suffolk South)

    Sir George Young (Hampshire North West)

    217 Labour MPs

    Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)

    Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East & Saddleworth)

    Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East)

    Douglas Alexander (Paisley & Renfrewshire South)

    Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East)

    Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow)

    Graham Allen (Nottingham North)

    Dave Anderson (Blaydon)

    Mr Jon Ashworth (Leicester South)

    Ian Austin (Dudley North)

    Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West)

    Willie Bain (Glasgow North East)

    Ed Balls (Morley & Outwood)

    Gordon Banks (Ochil & Perthshire South)

    Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

    Hugh Bayley (York Central)

    Dame Margaret Beckett (Derby South)

    Hilary Benn (Leeds Central)

    Luciana Berger (Liverpool Wavertree)

    Clive Betts (Sheffield South East)

    Roberta Blackman-Woods (Durham, City of)

    Hazel Blears (Salford & Eccles)

    Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South & Cleveland East)

    Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central)

    David Blunkett (Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough)

    Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

    Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West)

    Lyn Brown (West Ham)

    Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East)

    Russell Brown (Dumfries & Galloway)

    Chris Bryant (Rhondda)

    Karen Buck (Westminster North)

    Richard Burden (Birmingham Northfield)

    Andy Burnham (Leigh)

    Liam Byrne (Birmingham Hodge Hill)

    Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)

    Martin Caton (Gower)

    Sarah Champion (Rotherham)

    Jenny Chapman (Darlington)

    Katy Clark (Ayrshire North & Arran)

    Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

    Vernon Coaker (Gedling)

    Ann Coffey (Stockport)

    Michael Connarty (Linlithgow & Falkirk East)

    Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford)

    Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)

    Mary Creagh (Wakefield)

    Stella Creasy (Walthamstow)

    Jon Cruddas (Dagenham & Rainham)

    John Cryer (Leyton & Wanstead)

    Jim Cunningham (Coventry South)

    Margaret Curran (Glasgow East)

    Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe)

    Simon Danczuk (Rochdale)

    Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West)

    Wayne David (Caerphilly)

    Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West)

    Geraint Davies (Swansea West)

    Gloria De Piero (Ashfield)

    John Denham (Southampton Itchen)

    Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras)

    Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline & Fife West)

    Frank Doran (Aberdeen North)

    Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South & Penarth)

    Jim Dowd (Lewisham West & Penge)

    Gemma Doyle (Dunbartonshire West)

    Jack Dromey (Birmingham Erdington)

    Michael Dugher (Barnsley East)

    Angela Eagle (Wallasey)

    Maria Eagle (Garston & Halewood)

    Clive Efford (Eltham)

    Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central)

    Louise Ellman (Liverpool Riverside)

    Natascha Engel (Derbyshire North East)

    Chris Evans (Islwyn)

    Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

    Frank Field (Birkenhead)

    Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse)

    Caroline Flint (Don Valley)

    Paul Flynn (Newport West)

    Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield)

    Hywel Francis (Aberavon)

    Mike Gapes (Ilford South)

    Barry Gardiner (Brent North)

    Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East)

    Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland)

    Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen & Hamilton West)

    Kate Green (Stretford & Urmston)

    Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South)

    Nia Griffith (Llanelli)

    Andrew Gwynne (Denton & Reddish)

    Peter Hain (Neath)

    David Hamilton (Midlothian)

    Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East)

    David Hanson (Delyn)

    Harriet Harman (Camberwell & Peckham)

    Tom Harris (Glasgow South)

    John Healey (Wentworth & Dearne)

    Mark Hendrick (Preston)

    Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

    Meg Hillier (Hackney South & Shoreditch)

    Julie Hilling (Bolton West)

    Margaret Hodge (Barking)

    Sharon Hodgson (Washington & Sunderland West)

    Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)

    Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)

    George Howarth (Knowsley)

    Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central)

    Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)

    Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Kilburn)

    Sian James (Swansea East)

    Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock & Loudoun)

    Major Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central)

    Alan Johnson (Hull West & Hessle)

    Diana Johnson (Hull North)

    Graham Jones (Hyndburn)

    Helen Jones (Warrington North)

    Kevan Jones (Durham North)

    Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South)

    Dame Tessa Jowell (Dulwich & West Norwood)

    Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester Gorton)

    Barbara Keeley (Worsley & Eccles South)

    Elizabeth Kendall (Leicester West)

    Sadiq Khan (Tooting)

    David Lammy (Tottenham)

    Ian Lavery (Wansbeck)

    Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North & Leith)

    Christopher Leslie (Nottingham East)

    Ivan Lewis (Bury South)

    Andy Love (Edmonton)

    Ian Lucas (Wrexham)

    Steve McCabe (Birmingham Selly Oak)

    Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)

    Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East)

    Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden)

    Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough)

    John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)

    Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East)

    Alison McGovern (Wirral South)

    Anne McGuire (Stirling)

    Ann McKechin (Glasgow North)

    Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North)

    Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

    Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham Ladywood)

    Seema Malhotra (Feltham & Heston)

    John Mann (Bassetlaw)

    Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South)

    Alan Meale (Mansfield)

    David Miliband (South Shields)

    Ed Miliband (Doncaster North)

    Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston)

    Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

    Madeleine Moon (Bridgend)

    Jessica Morden (Newport East)

    Graeme Morrice (Livingston)

    Grahame Morris (Easington)

    Meg Munn (Sheffield Heeley)

    Jim Murphy (Renfrewshire East)

    Ian Murray (Edinburgh South)

    Lisa Nandy (Wigan)

    Pamela Nash (Airdrie & Shotts)

    Fiona O’Donnell (East Lothian)

    Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)

    Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock)

    Albert Owen (Ynys Mon)

    Teresa Pearce (Erith & Thamesmead)

    Toby Perkins (Chesterfield)

    Bridget Phillipson (Houghton & Sunderland South)

    Lucy Powell (Manchester Central)

    Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich)

    Jamie Reed (Copeland)

    Steve Reed (Croydon North)

    Rachel Reeves (Leeds West)

    Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East)

    Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge & Hyde)

    Linda Riordan (Halifax)

    John Robertson (Glasgow North West)

    Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)

    Steve Rotheram (Liverpool Walton)

    Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes)

    Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd)

    Joan Ruddock (Lewisham Deptford)

    Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central)

    Andy Sawford (Corby)

    Alison Seabeck (Plymouth Moor View)

    Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

    Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

    Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith)

    Andrew Smith (Oxford East)

    Angela Smith (Penistone & Stocksbridge)

    Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

    Owen Smith (Pontypridd)

    John Spellar (Warley)

    Jack Straw (Blackburn)

    Graham Stringer (Blackley & Broughton)

    Gisela Stuart (Birmingham Edgbaston)

    Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South)

    Mark Tami (Alyn & Deeside)

    Gareth Thomas (Harrow West)

    Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury)

    Jon Trickett (Hemsworth)

    Karl Turner (Hull East)

    Stephen Twigg (Liverpool West Derby)

    Chuka Umunna (Streatham)

    Keith Vaz (Leicester East)

    Valerie Vaz (Walsall South)

    Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North)

    Tom Watson (West Bromwich East)

    Dave Watts (St Helens North)

    Alan Whitehead (Southampton Test)

    Chris Williamson (Derby North)

    Phil Wilson (Sedgefield)

    David Winnick (Walsall North)

    Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central)

    John Woodcock (Barrow & Furness)

    David Wright (Telford)

    Iain Wright (Hartlepool)

    44 Liberal Democrats

    Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey)

    Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington)

    Annette Brooke (Dorset Mid & Poole North)

    Jeremy Browne (Taunton Deane)

    Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

    Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam)

    Lorely Burt (Solihull)

    Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

    Sir Menzies Campbell (Fife North East)

    Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland)

    Nick Clegg (Sheffield Hallam)

    Michael Crockart (Edinburgh West)

    Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton)

    Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale)

    Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green)

    Don Foster (Bath)

    Andrew George (St Ives)

    Stephen Gilbert (St Austell & Newquay)

    Duncan Hames (Chippenham)

    Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South)

    Sir Nick Harvey (Devon North)

    David Heath (Somerton & Frome)

    John Hemming (Birmingham Yardley)

    Simon Hughes (Bermondsey & Old Southwark)

    Mark Hunter (Cheadle)

    Julian Huppert (Cambridge)

    Norman Lamb (Norfolk North)

    David Laws (Yeovil)

    John Leech (Manchester Withington)

    Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne)

    Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk)

    Tessa Munt (Wells)

    Alan Reid (Argyll & Bute)

    Dan Rogerson (Cornwall North)

    Bob Russell (Colchester)

    Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

    Sir Robert Smith (Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine)

    Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

    Ian Swales (Redcar)

    Jo Swinson (Dunbartonshire East)

    Steve Webb (Thornbury & Yate)

    Mark Williams (Ceredigion)

    Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire)

    Stephen Williams (Bristol West)

    Simon Wright (Norwich South)

    Others

    3 Plaid Cymru MPs:

    Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr)

    Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

    Hywel Williams (Arfon)

    Green MP Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion)

    The Social Democratic and Labour Party’s Mark Durkan (Foyle)

    Alliance MP Naomi Long (Belfast East)

    Independent Eric Joyce (Falkirk)

    Respect’s George Galloway (Bradford West)

    Registered abstention (by voting both in favour and against)

    5 Conservatives

    Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton)

    Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire)

    Phillip Lee (Bracknell)

    Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West)

    Rob Wilson (Reading East)