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The Crossbencher16 MAY 2025
Commons division 202 (2025-05-16): Closure motion - Ayes 288, Noes 239
CLAIMDivision 202 · 2025-05-16
SOURCEcommonsvotes-api.parliament.uk (Commons Votes API)
RETRIEVED19 JUL 2026 · sha256 bc81231a…dd9c

How the parties broke

Labour
206-126
Conservative
15-76
Liberal Democrat
55-10
Independent
3-12
Democratic Unionist Party
0-5
Reform UK
1-4
Plaid Cymru
4-0
Green Party
4-0

155 MPs voted against most of their own party (where ≥5 voted and ≥60% went one way): Barry Gardiner (Labour) · Stephen Timms (Labour) · Diane Abbott (Labour) · Siobhain McDonagh (Labour) · Graham Stringer (Labour) · Liam Byrne (Labour) · Dawn Butler (Labour) · Meg Hillier (Labour) · Mary Creagh (Labour) · Shabana Mahmood (Labour) · +145 more

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SUBJECTdataset · commons-divisions
STATUSauto
SOURCEhttps://commonsvotes-api.parliament.uk/data/division/2028.json
SHA-256bc81231a25f63bdd2ee3d1ec21bdd195ee668007eb5cf1b29eea2b3a4397dd9c
RETRIEVED2026-07-19T14:22:10.152+00:00
OCCURRED2025-05-16T13:58:00+00:00
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