How did my MP vote over welfare reforms in Parliament?

A total of 44 Labour MPs, including two tellers, supported Rachael Maskell’s reasoned amendment, which proposed to scrap the Government’s plans to overhaul the system.

However, a Government defeat was averted, after disability minister Sir Stephen Timms offered a further concession during the Commons debate.

Sir Stephen said the Government had listened to the concerns raised, and changes to personal independence payments (Pip) would not take place until after a review of the benefit had concluded.

Ms Maskell’s amendment proposed to decline to give the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill a second reading, meaning it would have killed the Bill.

MPs voted 149 to 328, majority 179 to reject Ms Maskell’s amendment.

Here’s how North East and North Yorkshire MPs voted:

MPs Who Voted For the Amendment (“Ayes”)

These MPs voted in favour of scrapping the government’s overhaul of welfare (supporting the amendment):

• Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) – Labour
• Mary Glindon (Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) – Labour
• Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington) – Labour
• Emma Lewell (South Shields) – Labour
• Grahame Morris (Easington) – Labour
• Kate Osborne (Jarrow and Gateshead East) – Labour
• Tom Gordon (Liberal Democrats – Harrogate and Knaresborough)

MPs Who Voted Against the Amendment (“Noes”)

These MPs voted to retain the government’s current welfare plans (opposing the amendment):

• Luke Akehurst (North Durham) – Labour
• Lewis Atkinson (Sunderland Central) – Labour
• Sir Alan Campbell (Tynemouth) – Labour
• Mark Ferguson (Gateshead Central and Whickham) – Labour
• Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth) – Labour (Co-op)
• Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Gateshead South) – Labour
• Chris McDonald (Stockton North) – Labour
• Lola McEvoy (Darlington) – Labour
• Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) – Labour
• Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) – Labour
• Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) – Labour
• Liz Twist (Blaydon and Consett) – Labour
• Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland) – Labour
• Joe Morris (Hexham) – Labour
• Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) – Labour
• Keir Mather (Labour – Selby)

MPs with No Vote Recorded

These MPs were listed as not recorded in the official division list. This does not necessarily mean abstention—they may have had permission to miss the vote:

• Jonathan Brash (Hartlepool) – Labour
• Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) – Labour (note: he served as a teller for the Ayes, which indicates he was involved but does not cast a vote himself)
• Matt Vickers (Stockton West) – Conservative
• Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative – Thirsk and Malton)
• Alison Hume (Labour – Scarborough and Whitby)
• Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative – Wetherby and Easingwold)
• Sir Julian Smith (Conservative – Skipton and Ripon)
• Rishi Sunak (Conservative – Richmond and Northallerton)