Named: All the MPs who have voted against abortion laws in the UK
Universities minister Michelle Donelan is among the 99 MPs who voted against extending abortion rights to Northern Ireland
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On Friday, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade ruling which protected a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy in America, a move which is expected to ban abortions across half of American states. There have been protests around the world, and people are horrified at what this means for women’s rights.
But whilst women still have the right to abortions in the UK, and have done since 1967 in England, Scotland and Wales, voting on abortion laws isn’t a thing of the past in the UK. Back in 2019, MPs voted to legalise same-sex marriage and extend abortion rights in Northern Ireland – but 99 MPs in the UK voted *against* the move on abortion rights (73 also opposed the same-sex marriage vote, in case you were wondering).
Some of these MPs who voted against abortion laws in 2019 include: now-deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab; Michelle Donelan, who is now universities minister; Jacob Rees-Mogg; Kevin Foster, who works under Priti Patel; Charlie Elphicke, who was jailed in 2020 for sexually assaulting two women (jurors heard that after he assaulted one victim he chased her around his home chanting “I’m a naughty Tory”).
Just last week, MPs voted on an amendment that would allow the UK Government to directly commission abortion services in Northern Ireland, essentially increasing access to abortions – it passed, but 70 MPs voted against it. The majority of them are men, and they include Iain Duncan Smith; joining many of the cast from 2019 including Michelle Donelan, Kevin Foster, and Jacob Rees-Mogg. Dominic Raab, who voted against the laws in 2019, did not vote.
The 70 MPs who have just voted against improving access to abortions in Northern Ireland:
Lee Anderson (Conservative)
Caroline Ansell (Conservative)
Shaun Bailey (Conservative)
Steve Baker (Conservative)
Scott Benton (Conservative)
Jake Berry (Conservative)
Rob Blackman (Conservative)
Peter Bone (Conservative)
Andrew Bridgen (Conservative)
Paul Bristow (Conservative)
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Gregory Campbell (DUP)
William Cash (Conservative)
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
Brendan Clarke-Smith (Conservative)
Virgina Crosbie (Conservative)
Philip Davies (Conservative)
Jeffrey M Donaldson (DUP)
Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
Richard Drax (Conservative)
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Natalie Elphicke (Conservative)
Nick Fletcher (Conservative)
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Liam Fox (Conservative)
Richard Fuller (Conservative)
Paul Girvan (DUP)
Chris Green (Conservative)
Damian Green (Conservative)
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
James Grundy (Conservative)
Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative)
John Hayes (Conservative)
Oliver Heald (Conservative)
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Adam Holloway (Conservative)
Eddie Hughes (Conservative)
Mark Jenkinson (Conservative)
Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
David Jones (Conservative)
Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)
Greg Knight (Conservative)
Danny Kruger (Conservative)
Andrew Lewer (Conservative)
Carla Lockhart (DUP)
Marco Longhi (Conservative)
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Robin Millar (Conservative)
Matthew Offord (Conservative)
Ian Paisley (DUP)
Tom Randall (Conservative)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Gavin Robinson (DUP)
Lee Rowley (Conservative)
Gary Sambrook (Conservative)
Jim Shannon (DUP)
Greg Smith (Conservative)
Alexander Stafford (Conservative)
Iain Stweart (Conservative)
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Michael Tomlinson (Conservative)
Martin Vickers (Conservative)
Matt Vickers (Conservative)
Craig Whittaker (Conservative)
Sammy Wilson (DUP)
Mike Wood (Conservative)
Jacob Young (Conservative)
The 99 MPs who, in 2019, voted against extending abortion rights in Northern Ireland were:
David Amess (Conservative)
Steve Baker (Conservative)
Henry Bellingham (Conservative)
Paul Beresford (Conservative)
Bob Blackman (Conservative)
Peter Bone (Conservative)
Suella Braverman (Conservative) (Proxy vote cast by Steve Baker)
Andrew Bridgen (Conservative)
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
Fiona Bruce (Conservative)
Lisa Cameron (SNP)
Gregory Campbell (DUP)
James Cartlidge (Conservative)
William Cash (Conservative)
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
Rehman Chishti (Conservative)
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Simon Clarke (Conservative)
Therese Coffey (Conservative)
Rosie Cooper (Labour)
Robert Courts (Conservative)
Philip Davies (Conservative)
David Davis (Conservative)
Nigel Dodds (DUP)
Michelle Donelan (Conservative)
Steve Double (Conservative)
Richard Drax (Conservative)
David Duguid (Conservative)
Charlie Elphicke (Conservative)
George Eustice (Conservative)
Michael Fallon (Conservative)
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
Mark Francois (Conservative)
Roger Gale (Conservative)
Paul Girvan (DUP)
Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
Peter Grant (SNP)
James Gray (Conservative)
Chris Grayling (Conservative)
Chris Green (Conservative)
Damian Green (Conservative)
Kirstene Hair (Conservative)
Mark Harper (Conservative)
John Hayes (Conservative)
Lady Hermon (Independent)
Philip Hollobone (Conservative)
Adam Holloway (Conservative)
Eddie Hughes (Conservative)
Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative)
Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative)
Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
Helen Jones (Labour)
David Jones (Conservative)
Marcus Jones (Conservative)
Mike Kane (Labour)
Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative)
Stephen Kerr (Conservative)
Greg Knight (Conservative)
John Lamont (Conservative)
Pauline Latham (Conservative)
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative)
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Andrew Lewer (Conservative)
Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative)
David Lidington (Conservative)
Emma Little Pengelly (DUP)
Jonathan Lord (Conservative)
Anne Main (Conservative)
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
Nigel Mills (Conservative)
Matthew Offord (Conservative)
Ian Paisley (DUP)
Owen Paterson (Conservative)
Mike Penning (Conservative)
Stephen Pound (Labour)
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
Mark Prisk (Conservative)
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
Dominic Raab (Conservative)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative)
Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Mary Robinson (Conservative)
Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)
Douglas Ross (Conservative)
Jim Shannon (DUP)
David Simpson (DUP)
John Stevenson (Conservative)
Gary Streeter (Conservative)
Desmond Swayne (Conservative)
Robert Syms (Conservative)
Derek Thomas (Conservative)
Ross Thomson (Conservative)
Michael Tomlinson (Conservative)
Martin Vickers (Conservative)
Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
John Whittingdale (Conservative)
Bill Wiggin (Conservative)
Sammy Wilson (DUP)
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