How MPs voted on abortion limit

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Attempts to reduce the 24-week limit for abortions have been defeated in the House of Commons.

In the closest vote, 233 MPs voted to reduce the limit to 22 weeks, with 304 against.

Which MPs voted for 22 weeks?

Which MPs voted against 22 weeks?

Those in favour of 22 weeks were:

Ainsworth, Peter (Con)

Ancram, Michael (Con)

Arbuthnot, James (Con)

Atkinson, Peter (Con)

Bacon, Richard (Con)

Baker, Norman (Lib Dem)

Barker, Gregory (Con)

Barlow, Celia (Lab)

Barrett, John (Lib Dem)

Battle, John (Lab)

Bell, Stuart (Lab)

Bellingham, Henry (Con)

Benton, Joe (Lab)

Benyon, Richard (Con)

Binley, Brian (Con)

Bone, Peter (Con)

Borrow, David S (Lab)

Bottomley, Peter (Con)

Brady, Graham (Con)

Brazier, Julian (Con)

Breed, Colin (Lib Dem)

Brokenshire, James (Con)

Brooke, Annette (Lib Dem)

Browne, Des (Lab)

Browning, Angela (Con)

Burns, Simon (Con)

Burrowes, David (Con)

Burt, Alistair (Con)

Burt, Lorely (Lib Dem)

Cameron, David (Con)

Campbell, Gregory (DUP)

Campbell, Ronnie (Lab)

Carswell, Douglas (Con)

Cash, William (Con)

Chope, Christopher (Con)

Clappison, James (Con)

Clark, Greg (Con)

Clarke, Tom (Lab)

Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey (Con)

Conway, Derek (Con)

Cormack, Patrick (Con)

Cox, Geoffrey (Con)

Crabb, Stephen (Con)

Crausby, David (Lab)

Cummings, John (Lab)

Cunningham, Tony (Lab)

Curtis-Thomas, Claire (Lab)

Davies, David TC (Con)

Davis, David (Con)

Dhanda, Parmjit (Lab)

Djanogly, Jonathan (Con)

Dodds, Nigel (DUP)

Dorries, Nadine (Con)

Drew, David (Labour)

Duncan Smith, Iain (Con)

Durkan, Mark (SDLP)

Ellwood, Tobias (Con)

Evans, Nigel (Con)

Evennett, David (Con)

Fallon, Michael (Con)

Field, Frank (Lab)

Field, Mark (Con)

Fitzpatrick, Jim (Lab)

Foster, Michael Jabez (Lab)

Fox, Liam (Con)

Francois, Mark (Con)

Gauke, Mr David (Con)

Gillan, Cheryl (Con)

Goggins, Paul (Lab)

Goodman, Paul (Con)

Goodwill, Robert (Con)

Gray, James (Con)

Grayling, Chris (Con)

Green, Damian (Con)

Greening, Justine (Con)

Grieve, Dominic (Con)

Grogan, John (Lab)

Gummer, John (Con)

Gwynne, Andrew (Lab)

Hague, William (Con)

Hamilton, David (Lab)

Hammond, Philip (Con)

Hammond, Stephen (Con)

Hancock, Mike (Lab)

Hands, Greg (Con)

Harper, Mark (Con)

Harris, Tom (Con)

Hayes, John (Con)

Heald, Oliver (Con)

Heathcoat-Amory, David (Con)

Hendry, Charles (Con)

Herbert, Nick (Con)

Hermon, Lady (UUP)

Hillier, Meg (Lab)

Hoban, Mark (Con)

Hogg, Douglas (Con)

Hollobone, Philip (Con)

Holloway, Adam (Con)

Horam, John (Con)

Horwood, Martin (Lib Dem)

Howard, Michael (Con)

Howarth, Gerald (Con)

Hoyle, Lindsay (Lab)

Hughes, Simon (Lib Dem)

Hunt, Jeremy (Con)

Hunter, Mark (Lib Dem)

Hurd, Nick (Con)

Irranca-Davies, Huw (Lab)

Jack, Michael (Con)

Jackson, Stewart (Con)

Jones, David (Con)

Jones, Helen (Lab)

Kawczynski, Daniel (Con)

Kelly, Ruth (Lab)

Kilfoyle, Peter (Lab)

Lansley, Andrew (Con)

Laws, David (Lib Dem)

Leigh, Edward (Con)

Letwin, Oliver (Con)

Lewis, Ivan (Lab)

Lewis, Julian (Con)

Lidington, David (Con)

Lilley, Peter (Con)

Linton, Martin (Lab)

Loughton, Tim (Con)

Mackinlay, Andrew (Lab)

Maclean, David (Con)

MacNeil, Angus (SNP)

Main, Anne (Con)

Malins, Humfrey (Con)

Marsden, Gordon (Lab)

Martlew, Eric (Lab)

Mates, Michael (Con)

Maude, Francis (Con)

May, Theresa (Con)

McAvoy, Thomas (Lab)

McCrea, William (DUP)

McDonnell, Alasdair (SDLP)

McFall, John (Lab)

McGovern, Jim (Lab)

McGrady, Eddie (SDLP)

McLoughlin, Patrick (Con)

Miller, Maria (Con)

Milton, Anne (Con)

Moss, Malcolm (Con)

Mulholland, Greg (Lib Dem)

Mullin, Chris (Lab)

Mundell, David (Con)

Murphy, Paul (Lab)

Murrison, Andrew (Con)

Neill, Robert (Con)

Newmark, Brooks (Con)

O'Brien, Mike (Lab)

O'Brien, Stephen (Con)

Ottaway, Richard (Con)

Owen, Albert (Lab)

Paice, James (Con)

Palmer, Nick (Lab)

Paterson, Owen (Con)

Pelling, Andrew (Con)

Penning, Mike (Con)

Pickles, Eric (Con)

Plaskitt, James (Lab)

Pope, Greg (Lab)

Pound, Stephen (Lab)

Prentice, Bridget (Lab)

Pritchard, Mark (Con)

Pugh, John (Lib Dem)

Randall, John (Con)

Redwood, John (Con)

Reed, Andy (Lab)

Reid, Alan (LD)

Reid, John (Lab)

Rifkind, Malcolm (Con)

Robathan, Andrew (Con)

Robertson, Hugh (Con)

Robertson, Laurence (Con)

Robinson, Iris (DUP)

Rogerson, Dan (Lib Dem)

Rooney, Terry (Lab)

Rowen, Paul (Lib Dem)

Roy, Frank (Lab)

Ruane, Chris (Lab)

Russell, Bob (Lib Dem)

Salmond, Alex (SNP)

Selous, Andrew (Con)

Shapps, Grant (Con)

Shepherd, Richard (Con)

Simmonds, Mark (Con)

Simpson, David (DUP)

Simpson, Keith (Con)

Smith, Geraldine (Lab)

Soames, Nicholas (Con)

Spelman, Caroline (Con)

Spicer, Michael (Con)

Spring, Richard (Con)

Stanley, John (Con)

Steen, Anthony (Con)

Streeter, Gary (Con)

Stuart, Graham (Con)

Stunell, Andrew (Lib Dem)

Sutcliffe, Gerry (Lab)

Swayne, Desmond (Con)

Swire, Hugo (Con)

Syms, Robert (Con)

Taylor, David (Lab)

Teather, Sarah (Lib Dem)

Tipping, Paddy (Lab)

Touhig, Don (Lab)

Turner, Andrew (Con)

Twigg, Derek (Lab)

Ussher, Kitty (Lab)

Vaizey, Edward (Con)

Vara, Shailesh (Con)

Vaz, Keith (Lab)

Walker, Charles (Con)

Wallace, Ben (Con)

Walter, Robert (Con)

Ward, Claire (Lab)

Wareing, Robert N (Lab)

Waterson, Nigel (Con)

Watkinson, Angela (Con)

Webb, Steve (Lib Dem)

Weir, Mike (SNP)

Widdecombe, Ann (Con)

Williams, Mark (Lib Dem)

Williams, Roger (Lib Dem)

Willis, Phil (Lib Dem)

Wilson, Rob (Con)

Wilson, Sammy (DUP)

Wright, Iain (Lab)

Wright, Jeremy (Con)

Younger-Ross, Richard (Lib Dem)

Tellers for the Ayes:

Lee Scott and David Amess Return to the top

Those who voted against 22 weeks were:

Abbott, Diane (Lab)

Ainsworth, Bob (Lab)

Alexander, Danny (Lib Dem)

Alexander, Douglas (Lab)

Armstrong, Hilary (Lab)

Austin, John (Lab)

Bailey, Adrian (Lab)

Baldry, Tony (Con)

Balls, Ed (Lab)

Banks, Gordon (Lab)

Baron, John (Con)

Barron, Kevin (Lab)

Bayley, Hugh (Lab)

Beckett, Margaret (Lab)

Begg, Anne (Lab)

Benn, Hilary (Lab)

Bercow, John (Con)

Beresford, Paul (Con)

Berry, Roger (Lab)

Betts, Clive (Lab)

Blackman, Liz (Lab)

Blackman-Woods, Roberta (Lab)

Blears, Hazel (Lab)

Blizzard, Bob (Lab)

Blunkett, David (Lab)

Blunt, Crispin (Con)

Bradshaw, Ben (Lab)

Brake, Tom (Lib Dem)

Brennan, Kevin (Lab)

Brown, Gordon (Lab)

Brown, Lyn (Lab)

Brown, Nicholas (Lab)

Brown, Russell (Lab)

Bruce, Malcolm (Lib Dem)

Bryant, Chris (Lab)

Buck, Karen (Lab)

Burden, Richard (Lab)

Burgon, Colin (Lab)

Burnham, Andy (Lab)

Burstow, Paul (Lib Dem)

Butler, Dawn (Lab)

Byers, Stephen (Lab)

Caborn, Richard (Lab)

Campbell, Alan (Lab)

Campbell, Menzies (Lib Dem)

Carmichael, Alistair (Lib Dem)

Cawsey, Ian (Lab)

Challen, Colin (Lab)

Chaytor, David (Lab)

Clapham, Michael (Lab)

Clark, Katy (Lab)

Clark, Paul (Lab)

Clarke, Charles (Lab)

Clegg, Nick (Lib Dem)

Clelland, David (Lab)

Coaker, Vernon (Lab)

Coffey, Ann (Lab)

Cohen, Harry (Lab)

Connarty, Michael (Lab)

Cooper, Yvette (Lab)

Corbyn, Jeremy (Lab)

Cousins, Jim (Lab)

Creagh, Mary (Lab)

Cruddas, Jon (Lab)

Cryer, Ann (Lab)

Cunningham, Jim (Lab)

Curry, David (Con)

Darling, Alistair (Lab)

Davey, Edward (Lib Dem)

David, Wayne (Lab)

Davidson, Ian (Lab)

Davies, Dai (Ind)

Davies, Quentin (Lab)

Dean, Janet (Lab)

Denham, John (Lab)

Devine, Jim (Lab)

Dismore, Andrew (Lab)

Dobson, Frank (Lab)

Donohoe, Brian H (Lab)

Doran, Frank (Lab)

Dorrell, Stephen (Con)

Dowd, Jim (Lab)

Duddridge, James (Con)

Dunne, Philip (Con)

Eagle, Angela (Lab)

Eagle, Maria (Lab)

Efford, Clive (Lab)

Ellman, Louise (Lab)

Engel, Natascha (Lab)

Ennis, Jeff (Lab)

Etherington, Bill (Lab)

Featherstone, Lynne (Lib Dem)

Fisher, Mark (Lab)

Flint, Caroline (Lab)

Flynn, Paul (Lab)

Follett, Barbara (Lab)

Foster, Don (Lib Dem)

Foster, Michael (Worcester)

Francis, Hywel (Lab)

Gapes, Mike (Lab)

Garnier, Edward (Con)

George, Andrew (Lib Dem)

Gerrard, Neil (Lab)

Gibson, Ian (Lab)

Gidley, Sandra (Lib Dem)

Gilroy, Linda (Lab)

Godsiff, Roger (Lab)

Goldsworthy, Julia (Lib Dem)

Goodman, Helen (Lab)

Griffith, Nia (Lab)

Griffiths, Nigel (Lab)

Hain, Peter (Lab)

Hall, Patrick (Lab)

Hamilton, Fabian (Lab)

Hanson, David (Lab)

Harman, Harriet (Lab)

Harris, Evan (Lib Dem)

Harvey, Nick (Lib Dem)

Havard, Dai (Lab)

Healey, John (Lab)

Hemming, John (Lib Dem)

Henderson, Doug (Lab)

Hepburn, Stephen (Lab)

Hewitt, Patricia (Lab)

Heyes, David (Lab)

Hill, Keith (Lab)

Hodge, Margaret (Lab)

Hodgson, Sharon (Lab)

Hoey, Kate (Lab)

Holmes, Paul (Lib Dem)

Hope, Phil (Lab)

Hopkins, Kelvin (Lab)

Hosie, Stewart (SNP)

Howarth, David (Lib Dem)

Howarth, George (Lab)

Howells, Kim (Lab)

Hughes, Beverley (Lab)

Huhne, Chris (Lib Dem)

Humble, Joan (Lab)

Hutton, John (Lab)

Iddon, Brian (Lab)

Illsley, Eric (Lab)

Ingram, Adam (Lab)

Jackson, Glenda (Lab)

James, Sian C (Lab)

Jenkins, Brian (Lab)

Johnson, Alan (Lab)

Johnson, Diana R (Lab)

Jones, Kevan (Lab)

Jones, Lynne (Lab)

Jones, Martyn (Lab)

Jowell, Tessa (Lab)

Joyce, Eric (Lab)

Keeble, Sally (Lab)

Keeley, Barbara (Lab)

Keen, Ann (Lab)

Keetch, Paul (Lib Dem)

Kemp, Fraser (Lab)

Kennedy, Jane (Lab)

Key, Robert (Con)

Khan, Sadiq (Lab)

Kidney, David (Lab)

Kirkbride, Julie (Con)

Knight, Greg

Knight, Jim (Lab)

Kramer, Susan (Lib Dem)

Kumar, Ashok (Lab)

Ladyman, Stephen (Lab)

Lait, Jacqui (Con)

Lamb, Norman (Lib Dem)

Lammy, David (Lab)

Lazarowicz, Mark (Lab)

Leech, John (Lb Dem)

Lepper, David (Lab)

Levitt, Tom (Lab)

Liddell-Grainger, Ian (Con)

Llwyd, Elfyn (Plaid Cymru)

Love, Andrew (Lab)

Lucas, Ian (Lab)

Mackay, Andrew (Lab)

MacShane, Denis (Lab)

Mactaggart, Fiona (Lab)

Malik, Shahid (Lab)

Mallaber, Judy (Lab)

Mann, John (Lab)

Maples, John (Con)

Marris, Rob (Lab)

McCafferty, Chris (Lab)

McCarthy, Kerry (Lab)

McCarthy-Fry, Sarah (Lab)

McDonnell, John (Lab)

McFadden, Pat (Lab)

McIntosh, Anne (Con)

McIsaac, Shona (Lab)

McKechin, Ann (Lab)

McNulty, Tony (Lab)

Meacher, Michael (Lab)

Meale, Alan (Lab)

Mercer, Patrick (Con)

Merron, Gillian (Lab)

Milburn, Alan (Lab)

Miliband, Edward (Lab)

Miller, Andrew (Lab)

Mitchell, Austin (Lab)

Moffat, Anne (Lab)

Moffatt, Laura (Lab)

Mole, Chris (Lab)

Moon, Madeleine (Lab)

Moore, Michael (Lib Dem)

Moran, Margaret (Lab)

Morden, Jessica (Lab)

Morgan, Julie (Lab)

Mountford, Kali (Lab)

Munn, Meg (Lab)

Murphy, Denis (Lab)

Naysmith, Doug (Lab)

Norris, Dan (Lab)

O'Hara, Edward (Lab)

Opik, Lembit (Lib Dem)

Osborne, George (Con)

Osborne, Sandra (Lab)

Pearson, Ian (Lab)

Penrose, John (Lib Dem)

Prentice, Gordon (Lab)

Prescott, John (Lab)

Primarolo, Dawn (Lab)

Prosser, Gwyn (Lab)

Purchase, Ken (Lab)

Purnell, James (Lab)

Rammell, Bill (Lab)

Raynsford, Nick (Lab)

Reed, Jamie (Lab)

Rennie, Willie (Lib Dem)

Riordan, Linda (Lab)

Robertson, Angus (SNP)

Robertson, John (Lab)

Robinson, Geoffrey (Lab)

Ruddock, Joan (Lab)

Russell, Christine (Lab)

Ryan, Joan (Lab)

Salter, Martin (Lab)

Seabeck, Alison (Lab)

Shaw, Jonathan (Lab)

Sheerman, Barry (Lab)

Sheridan, Jim (Lab)

Short, Clare (Ind)

Simon, Sion (Lab)

Simpson, Alan (Lab)

Singh, Marsha (Lab)

Skinner, Dennis (Lab)

Slaughter, Andy (Lab)

Smith, Andrew (Lab)

Smith, Angela E (Basildon) (Lab)

Smith, Jacqui (Lab)

Smith, Robert (Lib Dem)

Snelgrove, Anne (Lab)

Soulsby, Peter (Lab)

Southworth, Helen (Lab)

Spellar, John (Lab)

Starkey, Phyllis (Lab)

Stewart, Ian (Lab)

Stoate, Howard (Lab)

Strang, Gavin (Lab)

Straw, Jack (Lab)

Swinson, Jo (Lib Dem)

Tami, Mark (Lab)

Taylor, Dari (Lab)

Taylor, Matthew (Lib Dem)

Taylor, Richard (Ind)

Thomas, Gareth (Lab)

Thornberry, Emily (Lab)

Thurso, John (Lib Dem)

Timms, Stephen (Lab)

Todd, Mark (Lab)

Tredinnick, David (Con)

Trickett, Jon (Lab)

Truswell, Paul (Lab)

Turner, Desmond (Lab)

Turner, Neil (Lab)

Tyrie, Andrew (Con)

Viggers, Peter (Con)

Villiers, Theresa (Con)

Vis, Rudi (Lab)

Walley, Joan (Lab)

Waltho, Lynda (Lab)

Whitehead, Alan (Lab)

Wicks, Malcolm (Lab)

Wiggin, Bill (Con)

Williams, Alan (Lab)

Williams, Betty (Lab)

Williams, Hywel (Plaid Cymru)

Williams, Stephen (Lib Dem)

Willott, Jenny (Lib Dem)

Wills, Michael (Lab)

Wilson, Phil (Lab)

Winnick, David (Lab)

Winterton, Rosie (Lab)

Wishart, Pete (SNP)

Wood, Mike (Lab)

Woolas, Phil (Lab)

Wright, Anthony (Lab)

Wright, David (Lab)

Wright, Tony (Lab)

Young, George (Con)

Tellers for the Nos:

Tony Lloyd and Angela C Smith

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