Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000
Dr Tony Wright MP, Cannock Chase voted in the minority (Aye).
I beg to move, as an amendment to the Question, to leave out "Mr. Michael J. Martin" and insert thereof "Sir George Young".
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a man of grave deportment, and good morals but looked upon as a violent Tory.
The Election of the Speaker is still very uncertain, for at least twenty of Mr. Smith's friends are absent.
a purse of 1000 guineas as a token of her satisfaction of his choice.
Question put, That the amendment be made:--
The House divided: Ayes 241, Noes 317.
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Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell?
'+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a
teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both
aye and no in the same division. The boths
page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against
the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 4 | 129 (+1 tell) | 0 | 83.8% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Ind | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ind Lab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 295 (+2 tell) | 70 (+1 tell) | 1 | 89.1% |
| LDem | 8 | 28 | 0 | 76.6% |
| PC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% |
| UKUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55.6% |
| Total: | 315 | 240 | 1 | 86.0% |
MPs
for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party.
You can see all votes in this division,
or every eligible MP who could have
voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr William Cash | Stone | Con | no |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con | no |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
| Mrs Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Mr Michael Martin | Glasgow Springburn | whilst Deputy Speaker | no |
| Mr Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab | aye |
| Ms Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Miss Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Ms Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab | aye |
| Ms Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Ms Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Ms Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | tellaye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | aye |
| Dr Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Mr Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | both |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem | no |
| Mr Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem | no |
| Mr Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | no |
| Ms Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | no |
| Mr Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem | no |
| Mr David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem | no |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem | no |
| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | PC | no |
| Ms Roseanna Cunningham | Perth | SNP | aye |
| Mr Alasdair Morgan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | SNP | aye |
