Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000

I beg to move, as an amendment to the Question, to leave out "Mr. Michael J. Martin" and insert instead thereof "Mr. John McWilliam".

My hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. McWilliam) became an MP in 1979. I arrived rather later, in 1992, and bumped into him almost immediately.

Question put, That the amendment be made:--

The House divided: Ayes 30, Noes 309.

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Party Summary

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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con31 8024.4%
DUP1 0033.3%
Independent2 0066.7%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab238 (+2 tell) 20 (+2 tell)063.3%
LDem33 1072.3%
PC1 2075.0%
SNP2 0033.3%
UUP0 1011.1%
Total:309 32053.3%

Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr Robert SheldonAshton-under-LyneLab (minister)aye
Mr Andrew HunterBasingstokeConaye
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabaye
Mr John McWilliamBlaydonLabaye
John ButterfillBournemouth WestConaye
Eric PicklesBrentwood and OngarCon (front bench)aye
Julie MorganCardiff NorthLabaye
Eric MartlewCarlisleLabtellaye
Mr Simon ThomasCeredigionPCno
Mr Stephen DayCheadleConaye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)aye
John CummingsEasingtonLabaye
Donald GorrieEdinburgh WestLDemaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Peter AtkinsonHexhamConaye
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConaye
Mr Jamie CannIpswichLabaye
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLabaye
Mr Peter Temple-MorrisLeominsterwhilst Labaye
Mr Tam DalyellLinlithgowLabaye
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabaye
Margaret MoranLuton SouthLabaye
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendLab (minister)aye
Mr Giles RadiceNorth DurhamLab (minister)aye
Mr Brian WhiteNorth East Milton KeynesLabaye
Mr Tony ClarkeNorthampton SouthLabaye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Ms Helen ClarkPeterboroughLabtellaye
Ms Jane GriffithsReading EastLabaye
Mr Ian BruceSouth DorsetConaye
Dr David ClarkSouth ShieldsLabaye
Bruce GeorgeWalsall SouthLabaye

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