Full list: how the cabinet voted on assisted dying

This afternoon the House of Commons voted to support assisted dying for the first time. By a majority of 55, MPs decided to back Kim Leadbeater’s Private Members’ Bill, with 330 recorded ‘Aye’ votes against 275 ‘Nays.’ More than a third of the cabinet were against the move which the Prime Minister, Chancellor and Home Secretary all decided to support.

Some 234 Labour MPs voted for the measure, with 147 against. By contrast, 92 Tories voted against it, with 23 – including Rishi Sunak – backing the measure. The party most in favour was the Liberal Democrats, with 61 of their 72 MPs supporting Leadbeater’s legislation and just 11 against. Below you can see the full list of how each cabinet minister in the Commons chose to vote:

Aye votes (14):

1. Keir Starmer, Prime Minister
2. Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
3. Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary
4. Pat McFadden, Minister for the Cabinet Office
5. John Healey, Defence Secretary
6. Ed Miliband, Energy Secretary
7. Liz Kendall, Work and Pensions Secretary
8. Peter Kyle, Science Secretary
9. Lisa Nandy, Culture Secretary
10. Steve Reed, Environment Secretary
11. Heidi Alexander, Transport Secretary
12. Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons
13. Hilary Benn, Northern Ireland Secretary
14. Jo Stevens, Wales Secretary
15. Alan Campbell, Chief Whip

Nay votes (8):

1. Angela Rayner, Deputy Prime Minister
2. David Lammy, Foreign Secretary
3. Shabana Mahmood, Justice Secretary
4. Wes Streeting, Health Secretary
5. Jonathan Reynolds, Business Secretary
6. Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary
7. Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
8. Anneliese Dodds, Equalities Minister

Abstentions (1):

1. Ian Murray, Scotland Secretary