How MPs voted on the "John Lewis list"

A number of people have asked me how MPs had voted on their expenses.

In Cumbria the position of the six sitting MPs was

In favour of the reform package proposed by the Estimates Committee, which would have introduced external audit and scrapped the "John Lewis List"

David Maclean (Penrith and the Borders, Conservative)
Eric Martlew (Carlisle, Labour)

For the amendment which supported internal audit instead and kept the "John Lewis List"

Tony Cunningham (Workington, Labour)


Did not vote

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale, Lib/Dem)
John Hutton (Barrow & Furness, Labour)
Jamie Reed (Copeland, Labour)


Five cabinet ministers voted against the reform: they were

Jacqui Smith - Home Secretary;
Andy Burnham - Culture;
Caroline Flint - Housing;
Paul Murphy - Wales;
and Shaun Woodward - Northern Ireland.


Gordon Brown was one of the MPs who did not vote on the issue.

David Cameron and most of his shadow cabinet voted for the reform package and against the amendment.


Full details of the vote on the amendment are as follows

The House divided: Ayes 172, Noes 144.

AYES (e.g. for the amendment which kept the John Lewis list and rejected external audit of members' expenses)

Ainger, Nick
Allen, Mr. Graham
Amess, Mr. David
Anderson, Mr. David
Anderson, Janet
Arbuthnot, rh Mr. James
Austin, Mr. Ian
Bailey, Mr. Adrian
Banks, Gordon
Barron, rh Mr. Kevin
Beckett, rh Margaret
Bellingham, Mr. Henry
Betts, Mr. Clive
Binley, Mr. Brian
Blackman, Liz
Blackman-Woods, Dr. Roberta
Blizzard, Mr. Bob
Borrow, Mr. David S.
Brown, rh Mr. Nicholas
Burden, Richard
Burgon, Colin
Burnham, rh Andy
Butterfill, Sir John
Byers, rh Mr. Stephen
Campbell, Mr. Alan
Campbell, Mr. Ronnie
Chapman, Ben
Chaytor, Mr. David
Chope, Mr. Christopher
Clarke, rh Mr. Tom
Clelland, Mr. David
Clwyd, rh Ann
Coffey, Ann
Cohen, Harry
Connarty, Michael
Cooper, Rosie
Cryer, Mrs. Ann
Cummings, John
Cunningham, Mr. Jim
Cunningham, Tony
David, Mr. Wayne
Davidson, Mr. Ian
Davies, Mr. Dai
Dean, Mrs. Janet
Dobson, rh Frank
Donohoe, Mr. Brian H.
Dowd, Jim
Eagle, Angela
Eagle, Maria
Ennis, Jeff
Etherington, Bill
Flint, rh Caroline
Flynn, Paul
Follett, Barbara
Foster, Mr. Michael (Worcester)
Foster, Michael Jabez (Hastings and Rye)
Gapes, Mike
Gibson, Dr. Ian
Gilroy, Linda
Greenway, Mr. John
Griffith, Nia
Gwynne, Andrew
Hall, Mr. Mike
Hamilton, Mr. David
Havard, Mr. Dai
Hesford, Stephen
Hodgson, Mrs. Sharon
Hood, Mr. Jim
Howarth, rh Mr. George
Howarth, Mr. Gerald
Hughes, rh Beverley
Humble, Mrs. Joan
Iddon, Dr. Brian
Illsley, Mr. Eric
Ingram, rh Mr. Adam
Jenkin, Mr. Bernard
Jenkins, Mr. Brian
Johnson, Ms Diana R.
Jones, Mr. Kevan
Jones, Mr. Martyn
Jowell, rh Tessa
Joyce, Mr. Eric
Keen, Alan
Kidney, Mr. David
Kilfoyle, Mr. Peter
Kirkbride, Miss Julie
Laing, Mrs. Eleanor
Laxton, Mr. Bob
Levitt, Tom
Lewis, Mr. Ivan
Lloyd, Tony
Lucas, Ian
Mackay, rh Mr. Andrew
MacShane, rh Mr. Denis
Mahmood, Mr. Khalid
Marris, Rob
Marsden, Mr. Gordon
McAvoy, rh Mr. Thomas
McCabe, Steve
McCafferty, Chris
McCarthy, Kerry
McCarthy-Fry, Sarah
McDonagh, Siobhain
McGovern, Mr. Jim
McGuire, Mrs. Anne
McIntosh, Miss Anne
McIsaac, Shona
McKenna, Rosemary
McNulty, rh Mr. Tony
Meale, Mr. Alan
Merron, Gillian
Miller, Andrew
Moon, Mrs. Madeleine
Morden, Jessica
Morley, rh Mr. Elliot
Mudie, Mr. George
Murphy, Mr. Denis
Murphy, rh Mr. Paul
O'Brien, Mr. Mike
O'Hara, Mr. Edward
Osborne, Sandra
Plaskitt, Mr. James
Prentice, Bridget
Prentice, Mr. Gordon
Prosser, Gwyn
Purchase, Mr. Ken
Raynsford, rh Mr. Nick
Robertson, John
Rooney, Mr. Terry
Rosindell, Andrew
Ruane, Chris
Russell, Christine
Seabeck, Alison
Sheerman, Mr. Barry
Sheridan, Jim
Smith, Ms Angela C. (Sheffield, Hillsborough)
Smith, Angela E. (Basildon)
Smith, rh Jacqui
Snelgrove, Anne
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Spellar, rh Mr. John
Spink, Bob
Starkey, Dr. Phyllis
Strang, rh Dr. Gavin
Stuart, Ms Gisela
Sutcliffe, Mr. Gerry
Swire, Mr. Hugo
Tami, Mark
Tapsell, Sir Peter
Thomas, Mr. Gareth
Thornberry, Emily
Touhig, rh Mr. Don
Twigg, Derek
Ussher, Kitty
Vaz, rh Keith
Waltho, Lynda
Ward, Claire
Wareing, Mr. Robert N.
Watkinson, Angela
Watson, Mr. Tom
Watts, Mr. Dave
Widdecombe, rh Miss Ann
Wilshire, Mr. David
Wilson, Phil
Winterton, Ann
Winterton, Sir Nicholas
Winterton, rh Ms Rosie
Woodward, rh Mr. Shaun
Woolas, Mr. Phil
Wright, David
Wright, Mr. Iain
Wyatt, Derek

Tellers for the Ayes:
Helen Jones and Anne Moffat


NOES (e.g. for the original motion to introduce external audit and scrap the list)

Alexander, Danny
Bacon, Mr. Richard
Baird, Vera
Baker, Norman
Balls, rh Ed
Bayley, Hugh
Begg, Miss Anne
Beith, rh Sir Alan
Bell, Sir Stuart
Berry, Roger
Bone, Mr. Peter
Boswell, Mr. Tim
Bottomley, Peter
Bradshaw, Mr. Ben
Brady, Mr. Graham
Brazier, Mr. Julian
Brennan, Kevin
Brooke, Annette
Browne, rh Des
Browning, Angela
Bruce, rh Malcolm
Bryant, Chris
Burrowes, Mr. David
Burstow, Mr. Paul
Burt, Alistair
Byrne, Mr. Liam
Cable, Dr. Vincent
Cameron, rh Mr. David
Carmichael, Mr. Alistair
Clark, Ms Katy
Clarke, rh Mr. Kenneth
Cooper, rh Yvette
Corbyn, Jeremy
Creagh, Mary
Curry, rh Mr. David
Davey, Mr. Edward
Denham, rh Mr. John
Duncan, Alan
Dunne, Mr. Philip
Efford, Clive
Evans, Mr. Nigel
Fallon, Mr. Michael
Field, Mr. Mark
Fitzpatrick, Jim
Follett, Barbara
Foster, Mr. Don
Fox, Dr. Liam
Garnier, Mr. Edward
Gauke, Mr. David
George, Andrew
Gerrard, Mr. Neil
Gillan, Mrs. Cheryl
Goggins, Paul
Goldsworthy, Julia
Goodman, Helen
Goodwill, Mr. Robert
Grayling, Chris
Green, Damian
Greening, Justine
Grieve, Mr. Dominic
Grogan, Mr. John
Hague, rh Mr. William
Hall, Patrick
Hammond, Mr. Philip
Hancock, Mr. Mike
Harman, rh Ms Harriet
Harris, Dr. Evan
Hayes, Mr. John
Healey, John
Hendry, Charles
Herbert, Nick
Hodge, rh Margaret
Hollobone, Mr. Philip
Holmes, Paul
Hopkins, Kelvin
Horwood, Martin
Hosie, Stewart
Howarth, David
Hughes, Simon
Huhne, Chris
Hunter, Mark
Keeble, Ms Sally
Keetch, Mr. Paul
Key, Robert
Kramer, Susan
Lamb, Norman
Lancaster, Mr. Mark
Lazarowicz, Mark
Letwin, rh Mr. Oliver
Liddell-Grainger, Mr. Ian
Lidington, Mr. David
Linton, Martin
Luff, Peter
Mactaggart, Fiona
Mallaber, Judy
Mann, John
Maples, Mr. John
Martlew, Mr. Eric
Maude, rh Mr. Francis
May, rh Mrs. Theresa
McLoughlin, rh Mr. Patrick
Mitchell, Mr. Andrew
Moffatt, Laura
Mole, Chris
Morgan, Julie
Mulholland, Greg
Mullin, Mr. Chris
Murphy, Mr. Jim
Murrison, Dr. Andrew
Osborne, Mr. George
Palmer, Dr. Nick
Pound, Stephen
Purnell, rh James
Randall, Mr. John
Reid, Mr. Alan
Robathan, Mr. Andrew
Robinson, Mr. Geoffrey
Ruddock, Joan
Russell, Bob
Selous, Andrew
Skinner, Mr. Dennis
Smith, Sir Robert
Soulsby, Sir Peter
Spicer, Sir Michael
Spink, Bob
Straw, rh Mr. Jack
Stunell, Andrew
Swayne, Mr. Desmond
Taylor, Mr. Ian
Taylor, Matthew
Teather, Sarah
Timms, rh Mr. Stephen
Vara, Mr. Shailesh
Viggers, Sir Peter
Weir, Mr. Mike
Wicks, Malcolm
Williams, Mark
Williams, Mr. Roger
Williams, Stephen
Willis, Mr. Phil
Willott, Jenny
Wills, Mr. Michael
Winnick, Mr. David
Young, rh Sir George

Tellers for the Noes:
Nick Harvey and
David Maclean

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