MPs who voted to reduce abortion limit from 24 weeks

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The majority of MPs voted against adding a new paragraph to the May 2008 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to change the time limit for the legal termination of pregnancy from 24 weeks to 12, 16, 20 and 22 weeks. The bills were rejected.

The 24 week limit is recorded in the Abortion Act 1967.[2] This limit had most recently been set by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.

See also MPs who voted to keep abortion limit at 24 weeks

Contents 1 MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 12 weeks 1.1 Conservative 1.2 Labour 1.3 Liberal Democrat 1.4 Scottish Nationalist Party 1.5 SDLP 1.6 DUP 1.7 Independent 2 Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 16 weeks 2.1 Conservative 2.2 Labour 3 Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks 3.1 Conservative 3.2 Labour 3.3 Liberal Democrat 3.4 Independent 3.5 SNP 3.6 UUP 4 Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 22 weeks 4.1 Conservative 4.2 Labour 4.3 Liberal Democrat

MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 12 weeks

Sources:

• Public Whip: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks
• http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080520/debtext/80520-0021.htm#0805214000590

Conservative

David Amess Richard Bacon Henry Bellingham Brian Binley Peter Bone Julian Brazier David Burrowes William Cash Patrick Cormack Stephen Crabb David Davies

Nadine Dorries Nigel Evans Liam Fox Paul Goodman Damian Green Dominic Grieve John Gummer Mark Harper John Hayes Nick Herbert Mark Hoban

Philip Hollobone Adam Holloway Jeremy Hunt Daniel Kawczynski Edward Leigh David Lidington Peter Lilley Anne Main Patrick McLoughlin Owen Paterson Mark Pritchard

Laurence Robertson Andrew Selous Gary Streeter Desmond Swayne Andrew Turner Charles Walker Nigel Waterson Angela Watkinson Ann Widdecombe

Labour

John Battle Joe Benton Des Browne Tom Clarke John Cummings Claire Curtis-Thomas David Drew Ruth Kelly Andrew MacKinlay

Thomas McAvoy John McFall James McGovern Paul Murphy Frank Roy Geraldine Smith Don Touhig Keith Vaz

Liberal Democrat

• Greg Mulholland
• John Pugh
• Bob Russell

Scottish Nationalist Party

• Angus MacNeil

SDLP

• Mark Durkan
• Alasdair McDonnell
• Eddie McGrady

DUP

• Gregory Campbell
• Nigel Dodds
• William McCrea
• Iris Robinson
• David Simpson
• Sammy Wilson

Independent

• Derek Conway

Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 16 weeks

All of the above MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 12 weeks also voted to reduce the limit to 16 weeks upon the failure of that bill, with the exception of Des Browne.

Below are the additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 16 weeks, but had not previously voted on any version of the bill.

Sources:

• Public Whip: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 16 weeks
• http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080520/debtext/80520-0022.htm#0805218001515

Conservative

• Michael Ancram
• Christopher Chope
• James Clappison
• Geoffrey Cox
• Stewart Jackson
• David Jones

Labour

• Bill Etherington
• John Reid
• David Taylor

Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks

All of the above MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 12 weeks and/or 16 weeks also voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks upon the failure of those bills.

Below are the additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks, but had not previously voted on any version of the bill. (Des Browne, who had voted to reduce the limit to 12 weeks but not 16 weeks, returned to vote to reduce the limit to 20 weeks)

Sources:

• Public Whip: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks
• http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080520/debtext/80520-0022.htm#0805218001516

Conservative

(* = Ian Liddell-Grainger voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks, but in the subsequent vote over 22 weeks, opted to keep the limit at 24 weeks.)

Peter Ainsworth Peter Atkinson Gregory Barker Richard Benyon James Brokenshire Angela Browning Simon Burns Alistair Burt David Cameron Douglas Carswell Greg Clark Jonathan Djanogly Iain Duncan Smith Tobias Ellwood David Evennett Michael Fallon Mark Field Mark Francois

David Gauke Cheryl Gillan Robert Goodwill James Gray Chris Grayling Justine Greening William Hague Philip Hammond Stephen Hammond Greg Hands Oliver Heald Charles Hendry Michael Howard Michael Jack Eleanor Laing Oliver Letwin Julian Lewis Ian Liddell-Grainger*

David Maclean Humfrey Malins Michael Mates Francis Maude Theresa May Maria Miller Anne Milton Malcolm Moss David Mundell Andrew Murrison Bob Neill Brooks Newmark Stephen O'Brien James Paice Michael Penning Eric Pickles John Randall John Redwood

Andrew Robathan Lee Scott Grant Shapps Richard Shepherd Keith Simpson Nicholas Soames Caroline Spelman Richard Spring Anthony Steen Graham Stuart Robert Syms Edward Vaizey Shailesh Vara Robert Walter Robert Wilson Jeremy Wright

Labour

(* = Shahid Malik voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks, but in the subsequent vote over 22 weeks, opted to keep the limit at 24 weeks.)

Stuart Bell David Borrow Ronnie Campbell David Crausby Tony Cunningham Frank Field Michael Jabez Foster

Paul Goggins John Grogan Tom Harris Meg Hillier Lindsay Hoyle Huw Irranca-Davies

Helen Jones Peter Kilfoyle Shahid Malik* Gordon Marsden Albert Owen Greg Pope

Stephen Pound Bridget Prentice Andy Reed Chris Ruane Derek Twigg Claire Ward

Liberal Democrat

Norman Baker Colin Breed Simon Hughes David Laws Daniel Rogerson Paul Rowen

Andrew Stunell Sarah Teather Mark Williams Roger Williams Richard Younger-Ross

Independent

• Andrew Pelling
• Robert Wareing

SNP

• Alex Salmond
• Michael Weir

UUP

• Lady Hermon

Additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 22 weeks

All of the above MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 12, 16 or 20 weeks also voted to reduce the limit to 22 weeks upon the failure of those bills with the exception of Ian Liddell-Grainger and Shahid Malik who voted to reduce the limit to 20 weeks, but in the subsequent vote over 22 weeks, voted to keep the limit at 24 weeks.

Below are the additional MPs who voted to reduce the limit to 22 weeks, but had not previously voted on any version of the bill.

Sources:

• Public Whip: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks
• http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080520/debtext/80520-0023.htm#08052117000632

Conservative

James Arbuthnot Peter Bottomley Graham Brady Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Geoffrey Cox David Davis David Heathcoat-Amory Douglas Hogg John Horam Gerald Howarth

Andrew Lansley Tim Loughton Richard Ottaway Malcolm Rifkind Hugh Robertson Mark Simmonds Michael Spicer John Stanley Hugo Swire Ben Wallace

Labour

Celia Barlow Parmjit Dhanda Jim Fitzpatrick Andrew Gwynne David Hamilton Ivan Lewis Martin Linton Eric Martlew Chris Mullin

Mike O'Brien Nick Palmer James Plaskitt Terry Rooney Gerry Sutcliffe Paddy Tipping Kitty Ussher Iain Wright

Liberal Democrat

John Barrett Annette Brooke Lorely Burt Mike Hancock Martin Horwood

Mark Hunter Alan Reid Steve Webb Roger Williams Phil Willis