Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews MP, Medway voted in the minority (Aye).
I beg to move, as an amendment to the Question, to leave out "Mr. Michael J. Martin" and insert instead thereof "Mr. Richard Shepherd".
Sir Edward, the hour calls for brevity. Brevity is in my nature, and the cause for which I rise is simply stated. It is to suggest that the name of the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd) be inserted as an amendment, by nature of the quality of the man.
There is nothing so necessary for the preservation of the prince and state as free speech, and without it it is a scorn and mockery to call it a Parliament house, for in truth it is none but a very school of flattery and dissimulation.
For that, the Queen had him locked up in the Tower of London the next day.
Question put , That the amendment be made:--
The House divided: Ayes 136, Noes 282.
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.
| Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 0 | 93 (+2 tell) | 0 | 59.4% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Ind | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Ind Lab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 260 (+2 tell) | 21 | 0 | 68.4% |
| LDem | 19 | 14 | 0 | 70.2% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| UKUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 282 | 136 | 0 | 65.1% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
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
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