Standing Committee on Regional Affairs — 11 Apr 2000
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MPs
for which their vote in this division differed
from the majority vote of their party are marked in red.
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | tellno |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | no |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Faber | Westbury | Con | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Fraser | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | Con | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Mr Tom King | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con | no |
| Mr John MacGregor | South Norfolk | Con | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | no |
| Mr David Madel | South West Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | no |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| Mr John Townend | East Yorkshire | Con | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | no |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | no |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
