Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations — 19 Dec 2000

The majority of MPs voted in favour[1] of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations which said:[2]

  • Research licences may be authorised under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990[3] for the purposes of
  • increasing knowledge about the development of embryos;
  • increasing knowledge about serious disease, or
  • enabling any such knowledge to be applied in developing treatments for serious disease.

A list of such licenses would be useful to link to from here.

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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 (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con61 79087.5%
DUP0 30100.0%
Ind1 10100.0%
Lab273 (+2 tell) 76 (+1 tell)084.6%
LDem28 11083.0%
PC2 1075.0%
SNP1 0016.7%
UUP0 3 (+1 tell)044.4%
Total:366 174084.1%

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mrs Helen LiddellAirdrie and ShottsLab (minister)no
Mr Barry JonesAlyn and DeesideLabno
Mrs Jacqui LaitBeckenhamConaye
Mr Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDemno
Mr James CranBeverley and HoldernessConaye
Mrs Teresa GormanBillericayConaye
Mr Frank FieldBirkenheadLabno
Mr Roger GodsiffBirmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabno
Mr Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLabno
Mr David CrausbyBolton North EastLabno
Ms Ruth KellyBolton WestLabno
Mr Joe BentonBootleLabno
Mr David TredinnickBosworthConaye
Mr Andrew MacKayBracknellConaye
Mr Terry RooneyBradford NorthLabno
Mr Gerry SutcliffeBradford SouthLab (minister)no
Mr Marsha SinghBradford WestLabno
Mr Alan HurstBraintreeLabno
Mr Tom KingBridgwaterConaye
Mr Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstConaye
Miss Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveConaye
Mr John BercowBuckinghamConaye
Mr Ivan LewisBury SouthLabno
Mr Stephen DorrellCharnwoodConaye
Mr Andrew TyrieChichesterConaye
Sir Sydney ChapmanChipping BarnetConaye
Mr Lindsay HoyleChorleyLabno
Mr Peter BrookeCities of London and WestminsterConaye
Mr Tom ClarkeCoatbridge and ChrystonLabno
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-BrownCotswoldConaye
Ms Claire Curtis-ThomasCrosbyLabno
Mr Richard OttawayCroydon SouthConaye
Mrs Rosemary McKennaCumbernauld and KilsythLabno
Mr Tim BoswellDaventryConaye
Mr Andrew BennettDenton and ReddishLabno
Mr John McFallDumbartonLabno
Mr Stephen PoundEaling NorthLabno
Sir Peter EmeryEast DevonConaye
Mr Michael MatesEast HampshireConaye
Mr John TownendEast YorkshireConaye
Sir Archie HamiltonEpsom and EwellConaye
Mr Ian TaylorEsher and WaltonConaye
Mr Andrew RoweFaversham and Mid KentConaye
Mr Michael HowardFolkestone and HytheConaye
Mr Michael JackFyldeConaye
Mr George GallowayGlasgow KelvinLabno
Mr Thomas McAvoyGlasgow RutherglenLab (minister)no
Mr David MarshallGlasgow ShettlestonLabno
Mr Peter ViggersGosportConaye
Mr Quentin DaviesGrantham and StamfordConaye
Mr Derek TwiggHaltonLabno
Dr John ReidHamilton North and BellshillLab (minister)no
Mr Bill TynanHamilton SouthLabno
Mr Edward GarnierHarboroughConaye
Mr Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDemno
Mr Tony McNultyHarrow EastLab (minister)no
Mr Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLabno
Mr Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemno
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabno
Mr Andrew DismoreHendonLabno
Mr Michael HeseltineHenleyConaye
Mr Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabno
Mr John MajorHuntingdonConaye
Mr Greg PopeHyndburnLab (minister)no
Mr Jamie CannIpswichLabno
Mr Don TouhigIslwynLab (minister)no
Mr Des BrowneKilmarnock and LoudounLabno
Mr Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDemno
Mr Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull NorthLabtellno
Mr Hilton DawsonLancaster and WyreLabno
Mr George MudieLeeds EastLabno
Mr Keith VazLeicester EastLab (minister)no
Ms Bridget PrenticeLewisham EastLabno
Mr Michael FabricantLichfieldConaye
Mr Peter KilfoyleLiverpool, WaltonLabno
Mr Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno
Mr Gerald KaufmanManchester, GortonLabno
Mr Alan MealeMansfieldLabno
Mr Elfyn LlwydMeirionnydd Nant ConwyPCno
Mr Ted RowlandsMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabno
Mr Keith SimpsonMid NorfolkConaye
Hon. Nicholas SoamesMid SussexConaye
Mr Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)no
Sir Paul BeresfordMole ValleyConaye
Ms Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabno
Mr Frank RoyMotherwell and WishawLabno
Mr Calum MacDonaldNa h-Eileanan an IarLabno
Fiona JonesNewarkLabno
Mr Bill O'BrienNormantonLabno
Mr James ArbuthnotNorth East HampshireConaye
Hon. Bernard JenkinNorth EssexConaye
Mr David PriorNorth NorfolkConaye
Mr David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabno
Professor Steve WebbNorthavonLDemno
Mr Bill OlnerNuneatonLabno
Mr Edward HeathOld Bexley and SidcupConaye
Ms Helen ClarkPeterboroughLabno
Mr Tony ColmanPutneyLabno
Dr Michael ClarkRayleighConaye
Mr Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Mr Andy KingRugby and KenilworthLabno
Mr Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeConaye
Mr Robert KeySalisburyConaye
Mr Lawrie QuinnScarborough and WhitbyLabno
Mr John GroganSelbyLabno
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and AtchamLabno
Mr David CurrySkipton and RiponConaye
Mr Douglas HoggSleaford and North HykehamConaye
Mr David HeathSomerton and FromeLDemno
Mr Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireConaye
Mr James PaiceSouth East CambridgeshireConaye
Mr Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDemno
Mr John MacGregorSouth NorfolkConaye
Mr David BorrowSouth RibbleLabno
Mr Tim YeoSouth SuffolkConaye
Mr David MadelSouth West BedfordshireConaye
Mr Richard PageSouth West HertfordshireConaye
Mrs Virginia BottomleySouth West SurreyConaye
Mr Ronnie FearnSouthportLDemno
Mr David WilshireSpelthorneConaye
Mr Gerry BerminghamSt Helens SouthLabno
Mr David KidneyStaffordLabno
Mr Tom PendryStalybridge and HydeLabno
Mrs Anne McGuireStirlingLab (minister)no
Mr John MaplesStratford-on-AvonConaye
Mr David DrewStroudLabno
Mr Nick HawkinsSurrey HeathConaye
Mr Donald AndersonSwansea EastLabno
Mr Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyConaye
Mr Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabno
Mrs Angela BrowningTiverton and HonitonConaye
Mr John StanleyTonbridge and MallingConaye
Mr Tom CoxTootingLabno
Mr Adrian SandersTorbayLDemno
Mr Paul MurphyTorfaenLab (minister)no
Dr Vincent CableTwickenhamLDemno
Mrs Anne McIntoshVale of YorkConaye
Mr Denis MurphyWansbeckLabno
Mr Robert JacksonWantageConaye
Ms Helen JonesWarrington NorthLabno
Sir Geoffrey Johnson SmithWealdenConaye
Mr Oliver LetwinWest DorsetConaye
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDemno
Mr Roger CasaleWimbledonLabno
Mr Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLabno
Mr Dale Campbell-SavoursWorkingtonLabno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabno
Mr Peter BottomleyWorthing WestConaye
Mr Paul GogginsWythenshawe and Sale EastLabno

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