That this House takes note of European Union Document No. COM(99)643, a Commission Communication entitled 'Community Support Plan to Combat Doping in Sport', European Union Document No. COM(99)644, the Helsinki Report on Sport and the unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 23rd November 2000, submitted by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport relating to the Declaration on Sport; considers that the special nature and role of sport should be recognised in applying Community rules to sporting activity; and supports the Government's intention to ensure that Europe is effectively represented in the deliberations of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The House divided: Ayes 318, Noes 5.
Historical Hansard | Online Hansard |
MPs
for which their vote in this division differed
from the majority vote of their party are marked in red.
Also shows which MPs
were ministers at the time of this vote.
You can also see every eligible MP
including those who did not vote in this division.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | no |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dafydd Wigley | Caernarfon | PC | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Margaret Ewing | Moray | SNP | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Dr Mo Mowlam | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP | aye |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
