That indeed was puzzling to me, but I figured it out by the very entertaining live coverage of parliament sessions last year (with John Bercow still as Mr Speak

That indeed was puzzling to me, but I figured it out by the very entertaining live coverage of parliament sessions last year (with John Bercow still as Mr Speaker). I only knew Aye from pirate movies (and Highlander), so I thought it was a reference to Royal Navy history or some such lol. In US congress (?) they display Yea/Nee on voting displays I believe; anyone knows where that originates from? Edit: there's also the "the Ayes to right, the Noes to the left" thing which contributes to the confusion; it's sad that the House of Commons can't congregate in close proximity like they used to due to coronavirus I guess