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Syria: rebels and absentees (full list)

commons bench by UK Parliament, file at http://www.flickr.com/photos/uk_parliament/2700549765/sizes/s/in/photostream/For those who like to see not only those who voted against their party whip in the two crucial votes on possible military intervention in Syria yesterday, but also those who abstained or were absent, we have compiled a complete list.

These exclude the Speaker and his deputies who do not normally vote, and Sinn Fein MPs. Anyone who voted in one division but not the other is treated as having abstained. Anyone who abstained in both divisions is listed with absentees.

Labour

Voted against Labour amendment but against Government motion:

Ronnie Campbell, Jim Fitzpatrick, Stephen Hepburn, Siân C. James, Grahame Morris and Graham Stringer (6)

Abstained on Labour amendment but against Government motion:

Jeremy Corbyn, Roger Godsiff, Fabian Hamilton, Meg Hillier, Kelvin Hopkins, Ian Lavery, John McDonnell, Ian Mearns, Linda Riordan, Steve Rotherham, Denis Skinner and David Winnickb (12)

Supported Labour amendment but abstained on Government motion:

Ben Bradshaw, Ann Clwyd, Meg Munn and John Woodcock (4)

Absent or did not vote in either division for other reasons

Ian Austin, Roberta Blackman-Woods, Hazel Blears, Paul Blomfield, Gordon Brown, Richard Burden, Sarah Champion, Michael Connarty, Rosie Cooper, David Crausby, John Cryer, Ian Davidson, Yvonne Fovargue, Lilian Greenwood, Peter Hain, David Hanson, David Heyes, Sharon Hodgson, Barbara Keeley, Andrew Love, Siobhain McDonagh, Austin Mitchell, Yasmin Qureshi, Emma Reynolds, Angela Smith, John Spellar, Karl Turner and Shaun Woodward (28)

Liberal Democrat

Opposed Labour amendment but also opposed Government motion:

Gordon Birtwistle, Mike Crockart, Andrew George, *Mike Hancock, Julian Huppert, Dan Rogerson, Andrew Stunell, Ian Swales, Sarah Teather, *David Ward and Roger Williams (8 plus * two suspended from whip)

Opposed Labour amendment but abstained on Government motion:

Annette Brooke, Lorely Burt, Tim Farron, Greg Mulholland, John Thurso and Mark William (5)

Absent or did not vote in either division for other reasons:

Nick Harvey, Mark Hunter, Charles Kennedy, Tessa Munt, John Pugh, Adrian Sanders, Steve Webb and Jenny Willott (7)

Conservative

Abstained on Labour amendment and opposed Government motion:

David Davis, Julian Lewis, Richard Shepherd, Sarah Wollaston (4)

Opposed Labour amendment but also opposed Government motion:

David Amess, Steve Baker, Richard Bacon , John Baron, Andrew Bingham, Crispin Blunt, Fiona Bruce, Tracey Crouch, David TC Davies, Philip Davies, Nick de Bois, Richard Drax, Gordon Henderson, Philip Hollobone, Adam Holloway, Phillip Lee, Jason McCartney, Stephen McPartland, Nigel Mills, Anne Marie Morris, Andrew Percy, Peter Tapsell, Andrew Turner, Martin Vickers, Charles Walker, Chris White (26)

Opposed Labour amendment but abstained on Government motion:

Adam Afriyie, Christopher Chope, Justine Greening (allegedly by mistake), Edwsard Leigh, Tim Loughton, John Redwood, Andrew Rosindell, Mark Simmonds, Tim Yeo (8)

Absent or did not vote in either division for other reasons:

Henry Bellingham, Graham Brady, William Cash,Kenneth Clarke, Geoffrey Cox,
Stephen Crabb, Nadine Dorries, Alan Duncan, Nigel Evans,David Gauke, Alan Haselhurst, Chris Kelly, Mark Lancaster, Pauline Latham, Charlotte Leslie, Ian Liddell-Grainger, Jack Lopresti, Anne Main, Patrick Mercer, Jesse Norman, James Paice, Priti Patel, David Ruffley, Rory Stewart, David Tredinnick, Andrew Tyrie, and Bill Wiggin (26)

Other Parties

All members of other parties (DUP, SDLP, Alliance, SNP, Plaid Cymru, Green, Respect) who were present opposed the Government motion.

The DUP, SNP and Plaid Cymru supported the Labour amendment, Green and Respect abstained on it and the SDLP, Alliance party and Lady Hermon opposed it.

Three of the seven members of the DUP were absent (William McCrea, Ian Paisley and Sammy Wilson)

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