Education Bill — 4 Dec 2001 at 22:15

Motion made, and Question put,

That, at this day's sitting, the Motion in the name of Mr. Robin Cook relating to Business of the House may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.-[Mr. Kemp.]

The House divided: Ayes 305, Noes 190.

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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.

Party	Majority (Aye)	Minority (No)	Both	Turnout
Con	0	131 (+2 tell)	0	81.1%
DUP	0	4	0	80.0%
Independent	0	1	0	100.0%
Lab	306 (+2 tell)	0	0	74.9%
LDem	0	47	0	90.4%
PC	0	4	0	100.0%
UUP	0	3	0	50.0%
Total:	306	190	0	77.8%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Mrs Irene Adams	Paisley North	Lab (minister)	aye
Nick Ainger	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Lab (minister)	aye
Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab (minister)	aye
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab	aye
Mr Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Lab (minister)	aye
Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Candy Atherton	Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	aye
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab	aye
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab	aye
Adrian Bailey	West Bromwich West	Lab (minister)	aye
Vera Baird	Redcar	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Banks	West Ham	Lab	aye
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab	aye
Hugh Bayley	City of York	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Nigel Beard	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Lab	aye
Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab (minister)	aye
Joe Benton	Bootle	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	aye
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab (minister)	aye
Liz Blackman	Erewash	Lab	aye
Hazel Blears	Salford	Lab (minister)	aye
Bob Blizzard	Waveney	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Boateng	Brent South	Lab (minister)	aye
David Borrow	South Ribble	Lab	aye
Mr Keith Bradley	Manchester, Withington	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Peter Bradley	The Wrekin	Lab	aye
Kevin Brennan	Cardiff West	Lab (minister)	aye
Russell Brown	Dumfries	Lab (minister)	aye
Chris Bryant	Rhondda	Lab	aye
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab (minister)	aye
Andy Burnham	Leigh	Lab (minister)	aye
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab (minister)	aye
David Cairns	Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	aye
Mrs Anne Campbell	Cambridge	Lab	aye
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	aye
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	aye
Martin Caton	Gower	Lab (minister)	aye
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab	aye
Colin Challen	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	aye
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab	aye
David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	aye
Ms Helen Clark	Peterborough	Lab	aye
Dr Lynda Clark	Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab (minister)	aye
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Clarke	Northampton South	Lab	aye
David Clelland	Tyne Bridge	Lab	aye
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Vernon Coaker	Gedling	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Colman	Putney	Lab	aye
Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab (minister)	aye
Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab (minister)	aye
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	aye
Professor Ross Cranston	Dudley North	Lab	aye
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab (minister)	aye
Jon Cruddas	Dagenham	Lab	aye
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab	aye
John Cummings	Easington	Lab	aye
Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab	aye
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab	aye
Tony Cunningham	Workington	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	aye
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	aye
Wayne David	Caerphilly	Lab (minister)	aye
Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Lab	aye
Geraint Davies	Croydon Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	aye
Janet Dean	Burton	Lab	aye
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab (minister)	aye
Parmjit Dhanda	Gloucester	Lab	aye
Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	aye
Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab (minister)	aye
Frank Doran	Aberdeen Central	Lab	aye
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West	Lab (minister)	aye
David Drew	Stroud	Lab (minister)	aye
Angela Eagle	Wallasey	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Huw Edwards	Monmouth	Lab	aye
Louise Ellman	Liverpool, Riverside	Lab (minister)	aye
Jeff Ennis	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	aye
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab	aye
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	aye
Jim Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Canning Town	Lab (minister)	tellaye
Ms Lorna Fitzsimons	Rochdale	Lab	aye
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland	Lab	aye
Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	aye
Mr George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab (minister)	aye
Hywel Francis	Aberavon	Lab (minister)	aye
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	aye
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab	aye
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab	aye
Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	aye
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	aye
Paul Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab	aye
Ms Jane Griffiths	Reading East	Lab	aye
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab	aye
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab (minister)	aye
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab	aye
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab	aye
David Hamilton	Midlothian	Lab (minister)	aye
Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab (minister)	aye
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	aye
Tom Harris	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab (minister)	aye
Dai Havard	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab (minister)	aye
John Healey	Wentworth	Lab (minister)	aye
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	aye
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	aye
Mark Hendrick	Preston	Lab (minister)	aye
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	aye
John Heppell	Nottingham East	Lab (minister)	aye
Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab	aye
David Heyes	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab (minister)	aye
Keith Hill	Streatham	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	aye
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab (minister)	aye
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	aye
Jimmy Hood	Clydesdale	Lab (minister)	aye
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab (minister)	aye
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	aye
Mr Alan Howarth	Newport East	Lab (minister)	aye
George Howarth	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Lab	aye
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab (minister)	aye
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab (minister)	aye
Beverley Hughes	Stretford and Urmston	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Kevin Hughes	Doncaster North	Lab	aye
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	aye
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	aye
John Hutton	Barrow and Furness	Lab (minister)	aye
Brian Iddon	Bolton South East	Lab	aye
Eric Illsley	Barnsley Central	Lab	aye
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab (minister)	aye
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab	aye
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	aye
Mr David Jamieson	Plymouth, Devonport	Lab (minister)	aye
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab	aye
Alan Johnson	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Lab (minister)	aye
Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab	aye
Mr Jon Owen Jones	Cardiff Central	Lab	aye
Kevan Jones	North Durham	Lab (minister)	aye
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	aye
Martyn Jones	Clwyd South	Lab	aye
Eric Joyce	Falkirk West	Lab (minister)	aye
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab (minister)	aye
Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	aye
Ann Keen	Brentford and Isleworth	Lab	aye
Fraser Kemp	Houghton and Washington East	Lab (minister)	aye
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	aye
David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	aye
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab	aye
Mr Andy King	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	aye
Ms Oona King	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab (minister)	aye
Ashok Kumar	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab	aye
Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	aye
David Lammy	Tottenham	Lab	aye
Mrs Jackie Lawrence	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Lab	aye
Bob Laxton	Derby North	Lab	aye
Mark Lazarowicz	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab (minister)	aye
David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	aye
Chris Leslie	Shipley	Lab (minister)	aye
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	aye
Ivan Lewis	Bury South	Lab (minister)	aye
Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab (minister)	aye
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	aye
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab (minister)	aye
Ian Lucas	Wrexham	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Iain Luke	Dundee East	Lab	aye
Mr John Lyons	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab	aye
Mr Calum MacDonald	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Lab	aye
John MacDougall	Central Fife	Lab	aye
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab	aye
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab (minister)	aye
Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	aye
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Mandelson	Hartlepool	Lab	aye
John Mann	Bassetlaw	Lab	aye
Rob Marris	Wolverhampton South West	Lab (minister)	aye
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	aye
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	aye
Eric Martlew	Carlisle	Lab	aye
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab (minister)	aye
Steve McCabe	Birmingham, Hall Green	Lab (minister)	aye
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab (minister)	aye
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab (minister)	aye
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab (minister)	aye
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab (minister)	tellaye
Shona McIsaac	Cleethorpes	Lab	aye
Ann McKechin	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab (minister)	aye
Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	aye
Tony McNulty	Harrow East	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	aye
Mr John McWilliam	Blaydon	Lab	aye
Gillian Merron	Lincoln	Lab	aye
Alun Michael	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab (minister)	aye
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab (minister)	aye
Laura Moffatt	Crawley	Lab	aye
Chris Mole	Ipswich	Lab	aye
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy	Lab (minister)	aye
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab	aye
Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	Lab	aye
Elliot Morley	Scunthorpe	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Estelle Morris	Birmingham, Yardley	Lab (minister)	aye
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab	aye
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab (minister)	aye
Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab	aye
Meg Munn	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab (minister)	aye
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	aye
Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab	aye
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab (minister)	aye
Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	aye
Mr Bill O'Brien	Normanton	Lab	aye
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	aye
Sandra Osborne	Ayr	Lab	aye
Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	aye
Ian Pearson	Dudley South	Lab (minister)	aye
Ms Linda Perham	Ilford North	Lab	aye
Mrs Anne Picking	East Lothian	Lab	aye
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Pike	Burnley	Lab	aye
James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	aye
Mr Kerry Pollard	St Albans	Lab	aye
Greg Pope	Hyndburn	Lab	aye
Steve Pound	Ealing North	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab	aye
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab	aye
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab (minister)	aye
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	aye
James Purnell	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	aye
Ms Joyce Quin	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab	aye
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	aye
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab	aye
Mr Syd Rapson	Portsmouth North	Lab	aye
Nick Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab (minister)	aye
Andy Reed	Loughborough	Lab	aye
John Robertson	Glasgow Anniesland	Lab (minister)	aye
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab	aye
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	aye
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	aye
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab (minister)	aye
Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab (minister)	aye
Christine Russell	City of Chester	Lab	aye
Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	aye
Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	aye
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	aye
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	aye
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	aye
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab (minister)	aye
Jim Sheridan	West Renfrewshire	Lab (minister)	aye
Siôn Simon	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab	aye
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	aye
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab (minister)	aye
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab (minister)	aye
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	aye
Jacqui Smith	Redditch	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	aye
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab	aye
Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	aye
John Spellar	Warley	Lab (minister)	aye
Rachel Squire	Dunfermline West	Lab	aye
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	aye
Mr Gerry Steinberg	City of Durham	Lab	aye
Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	aye
Mr David Stewart	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	aye
Ian Stewart	Eccles	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	aye
Howard Stoate	Dartford	Lab	aye
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab	aye
Graham Stringer	Manchester, Blackley	Lab (minister)	aye
Gisela Stuart	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Lab (minister)	aye
Gerry Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab (minister)	aye
Mark Tami	Alyn and Deeside	Lab (minister)	aye
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab	aye
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	aye
Mr Gareth Thomas	Clwyd West	Lab	aye
Stephen Timms	East Ham	Lab (minister)	aye
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab	aye
Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Don Touhig	Islwyn	Lab (minister)	aye
Jon Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab (minister)	aye
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	aye
Mr Dennis Turner	Wolverhampton South East	Lab (minister)	aye
Desmond Turner	Brighton, Kemptown	Lab	aye
Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab	aye
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	aye
Stephen Twigg	Enfield, Southgate	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Bill Tynan	Hamilton South	Lab	aye
Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab (minister)	aye
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	Lab	aye
Tom Watson	West Bromwich East	Lab (minister)	aye
Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab	aye
Alan Whitehead	Southampton, Test	Lab (minister)	aye
Malcolm Wicks	Croydon North	Lab (minister)	aye
Alan Williams	Swansea West	Lab	aye
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	aye
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab (minister)	aye
Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab (minister)	aye
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	aye
Shaun Woodward	St Helens South	Lab (minister)	aye
Phil Woolas	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab (minister)	aye
Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab	aye
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	aye
David Wright	Telford	Lab (minister)	aye
Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	aye
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con	no
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem (front bench)	no
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con (front bench)	no
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con (front bench)	no
Richard Bacon	South Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem (front bench)	no
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con (front bench)	no
Gregory Barker	Bexhill and Battle	Con (front bench)	no
John Barrett	Edinburgh West	LDem	no
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	no
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem (front bench)	no
Henry Bellingham	North West Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
John Bercow	Buckingham	Con (front bench)	no
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con (front bench)	no
Tim Boswell	Daventry	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con	no
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con (front bench)	no
Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem (front bench)	no
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con (front bench)	no
Colin Breed	South East Cornwall	LDem	no
Annette Brooke	Mid Dorset and North Poole	LDem (front bench)	no
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con (front bench)	no
Mr John Burnett	Torridge and West Devon	LDem	no
Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem (front bench)	no
Alistair Burt	North East Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	no
John Butterfill	Bournemouth West	Con	no
Patsy Calton	Cheadle	LDem	no
David Cameron	Witney	Con (front bench)	no
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem (front bench)	no
Alistair Carmichael	Orkney and Shetland	LDem (front bench)	no
Bill Cash	Stone	Con (front bench)	no
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con (front bench)	no
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Tim Collins	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	no
Derek Conway	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	no
Mr Brian Cotter	Weston-Super-Mare	LDem (front bench)	no
David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con	no
Edward Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem (front bench)	no
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	Con (front bench)	no
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con (front bench)	no
Jonathan Djanogly	Huntingdon	Con (front bench)	no
Nigel Dodds	Belfast North	DUP (front bench)	no
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con	no
Ms Sue Doughty	Guildford	LDem	no
Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con (front bench)	no
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con (front bench)	no
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con (front bench)	no
Mark Field	Cities of London and Westminster	Con	no
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	whilst Con	no
Mr Adrian Flook	Taunton	Con	no
Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	no
Don Foster	Bath	LDem	no
Mark Francois	Rayleigh	Con (front bench)	no
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con (front bench)	no
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con	no
Andrew George	St Ives	LDem (front bench)	no
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con (front bench)	no
Sandra Gidley	Romsey	LDem	no
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con (front bench)	tellno
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	no
Chris Grayling	Epsom and Ewell	Con (front bench)	no
Damian Green	Ashford	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Matthew Green	Ludlow	LDem	no
John Greenway	Ryedale	Con	no
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con (front bench)	no
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	no
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con	no
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con (front bench)	no
Evan Harris	Oxford West and Abingdon	LDem	no
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem (front bench)	no
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con (front bench)	no
Oliver Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con (front bench)	no
David Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem (front bench)	no
Charles Hendry	Wealden	Con (front bench)	no
Sylvia Hermon	North Down	UUP (front bench)	no
Mark Hoban	Fareham	Con (front bench)	no
Douglas Hogg	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con	no
Paul Holmes	Chesterfield	LDem	no
John Horam	Orpington	Con	no
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con (front bench)	no
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con (front bench)	no
Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem (front bench)	no
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	whilst Con	no
Michael Jack	Fylde	Con	no
Robert Jackson	Wantage	whilst Con	no
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con (front bench)	no
Boris Johnson	Henley	Con	no
Mr Nigel Jones	Cheltenham	LDem	no
Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	no
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con	no
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem (front bench)	no
Greg Knight	East Yorkshire	Con	no
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con (front bench)	no
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	no
Norman Lamb	North Norfolk	LDem (front bench)	no
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	no
David Laws	Yeovil	LDem (front bench)	no
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con (front bench)	no
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con (front bench)	no
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con (front bench)	tellno
Ian Liddell-Grainger	Bridgwater	Con (front bench)	no
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con	no
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC (front bench)	no
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con (front bench)	no
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con (front bench)	no
Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	no
John Maples	Stratford-on-Avon	Con (front bench)	no
Michael Mates	East Hampshire	Con	no
Francis Maude	Horsham	Con	no
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con (front bench)	no
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con (front bench)	no
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con (front bench)	no
Patrick Mercer	Newark	Con	no
Andrew Mitchell	Sutton Coldfield	Con (front bench)	no
Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem (front bench)	no
Malcolm Moss	North East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Andrew Murrison	Westbury	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Archie Norman	Tunbridge Wells	Con	no
Stephen O'Brien	Eddisbury	Con (front bench)	no
Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	no
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem	no
George Osborne	Tatton	Con (front bench)	no
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con (front bench)	no
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP (front bench)	no
Owen Paterson	North Shropshire	Con	no
Mr Michael Portillo	Kensington and Chelsea	Con	no
Adam Price	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	PC	no
Mark Prisk	Hertford and Stortford	Con (front bench)	no
John Pugh	Southport	LDem (front bench)	no
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	no
Alan Reid	Argyll and Bute	LDem (front bench)	no
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	no
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con (front bench)	no
Hugh Robertson	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	no
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con (front bench)	no
Iris Robinson	Strangford	DUP	no
Peter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	no
Mrs Marion Roe	Broxbourne	Con	no
Andrew Rosindell	Romford	Con (front bench)	no
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con (front bench)	no
Bob Russell	Colchester	LDem (front bench)	no
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem (front bench)	no
Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	whilst Con	no
Andrew Selous	South West Bedfordshire	Con (front bench)	no
Mrs Gillian Shephard	South West Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con (front bench)	no
Mark Simmonds	Boston and Skegness	Con (front bench)	no
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con (front bench)	no
Robert Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem (front bench)	no
Martin Smyth	Belfast South	whilst UUP	no
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	no
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con (front bench)	no
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con (front bench)	no
Bob Spink	Castle Point	Con	no
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con	no
John Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con (front bench)	no
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con (front bench)	no
Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem (front bench)	no
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con (front bench)	no
Hugo Swire	East Devon	Con	no
Robert Syms	Poole	Con (front bench)	no
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	no
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	no
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	no
Matthew Taylor	Truro and St Austell	LDem (front bench)	no
Richard Taylor	Wyre Forest	Independent	no
Mr Simon Thomas	Ceredigion	PC	no
John Thurso	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem (front bench)	no
Dr Jenny Tonge	Richmond Park	LDem	no
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	no
Andrew Turner	Isle of Wight	Con (front bench)	no
Mr Paul Tyler	North Cornwall	LDem	no
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con (front bench)	no
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con	no
Angela Watkinson	Upminster	Con (front bench)	no
Steve Webb	Northavon	LDem (front bench)	no
John Whittingdale	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Con (front bench)	no
Ann Widdecombe	Maidstone and The Weald	Con	no
Bill Wiggin	Leominster	Con (front bench)	no
David Willetts	Havant	Con (front bench)	no
Hywel Williams	Caernarfon	PC (front bench)	no
Roger Williams	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem (front bench)	no
Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem (front bench)	no
Ann Winterton	Congleton	whilst Con	no
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con (front bench)	no
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con (front bench)	no
Richard Younger-Ross	Teignbridge	LDem	no
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	absent
Gerry Adams	Belfast West	SF	absent
Bob Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab (minister)	absent
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con (front bench)	absent
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab	absent
Mr David Atkinson	Bournemouth East	Con	absent
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	absent
John Baron	Billericay	Con (front bench)	absent
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab (minister)	absent
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab (minister)	absent
Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Andrew Bennett	Denton and Reddish	Lab	absent
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con (front bench)	absent
Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	absent
Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab (minister)	absent
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab (minister)	absent
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab (minister)	absent
Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	Lab (minister)	absent
Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab (minister)	absent
Des Browne	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab (minister)	absent
Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	LDem (front bench)	absent
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab (minister)	absent
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	absent
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con (front bench)	absent
David Burnside	South Antrim	whilst UUP	absent
Vincent Cable	Twickenham	LDem (front bench)	absent
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab (minister)	absent
Alan Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab	absent
Gregory Campbell	East Londonderry	DUP (front bench)	absent
Mr Ivor Caplin	Hove	Lab (minister)	absent
Sir Sydney Chapman	Chipping Barnet	Con	absent
Mr David Chidgey	Eastleigh	LDem (front bench)	absent
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	absent
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con (front bench)	absent
Paul Clark	Gillingham	Lab	absent
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab (minister)	absent
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	absent
Ann Coffey	Stockport	Lab	absent
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	absent
Mr Iain Coleman	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lab	absent
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	absent
Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab (minister)	absent
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	absent
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con (front bench)	absent
Mr Tom Cox	Tooting	Lab	absent
Mr James Cran	Beverley and Holderness	Con	absent
John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab (minister)	absent
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	absent
Mr Paul Daisley	Brent East	Lab	absent
Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Terry Davis	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab	absent
Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	absent
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	absent
Pat Doherty	West Tyrone	SF	absent
Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Lagan Valley	whilst UUP (front bench)	absent
Ms Julia Drown	South Swindon	Lab	absent
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con (front bench)	absent
Mr Peter Duncan	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Con	absent
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	absent
Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab (minister)	absent
Clive Efford	Eltham	Lab	absent
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	absent
Ms Annabelle Ewing	Perth	SNP	absent
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con (front bench)	absent
Paul Farrelly	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	absent
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab	absent
Barbara Follett	Stevenage	Lab	absent
Michael Jabez Foster	Hastings and Rye	Lab	absent
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con (front bench)	absent
George Galloway	Glasgow Kelvin	whilst Lab	absent
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	absent
Barry Gardiner	Brent North	Lab (minister)	absent
Michelle Gildernew	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	SF	absent
Paul Goodman	Wycombe	Con	absent
John Grogan	Selby	Lab	absent
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem (front bench)	absent
Harriet Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab (minister)	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Deputy Speaker (front bench)	absent
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	absent
Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Deputy Speaker	absent
David Heathcoat-Amory	Wells	Con	absent
Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab (minister)	absent
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr John Hume	Foyle	SDLP	absent
Miss Melanie Johnson	Welwyn Hatfield	Lab (minister)	absent
Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab (minister)	absent
Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab (minister)	absent
Ruth Kelly	Bolton West	Lab (minister)	absent
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	LDem (front bench)	absent
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab (minister)	absent
Julie Kirkbride	Bromsgrove	Con	absent
Jim Knight	South Dorset	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Terry Lewis	Worsley	Lab	absent
Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab	absent
Michael Lord	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Deputy Speaker (front bench)	absent
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	absent
Khalid Mahmood	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab (minister)	absent
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	absent
Mr Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh	SDLP	absent
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	whilst Lab	absent
David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	absent
Dr Jim Marshall	Leicester South	Lab	absent
Michael Martin	Glasgow Springburn	Speaker (front bench)	absent
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	absent
John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab (minister)	absent
Eddie McGrady	South Down	SDLP	absent
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Mr Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	absent
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab (minister)	absent
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab (minister)	absent
Alan Milburn	Darlington	Lab (minister)	absent
David Miliband	South Shields	Lab	absent
Dan Norris	Wansdyke	Lab (minister)	absent
Mike O'Brien	North Warwickshire	Lab	absent
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab	absent
Mr Martin O'Neill	Ochil	Lab (minister)	absent
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab	absent
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con (front bench)	absent
Albert Owen	Ynys Môn	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Richard Page	South West Hertfordshire	Con	absent
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con (front bench)	absent
Mr Chris Pond	Gravesham	Lab	absent
Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	absent
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab (minister)	absent
Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	absent
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con (front bench)	absent
John Reid	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab (minister)	absent
Angus Robertson	Moray	SNP (front bench)	absent
Mrs Barbara Roche	Hornsey and Wood Green	Lab (minister)	absent
Joan Ruddock	Lewisham, Deptford	Lab	absent
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP	absent
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab	absent
Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	absent
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	absent
Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab (minister)	absent
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab	absent
Geraldine Smith	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lab	absent
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab	absent
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	absent
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab (minister)	absent
Mrs Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	Lab (minister)	absent
Mr Teddy Taylor	Rochford and Southend East	Con	absent
Gareth Thomas	Harrow West	Lab (minister)	absent
Rt Hon David Trimble	Upper Bann	UUP (front bench)	absent
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab	absent
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con	absent
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	absent
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con (front bench)	absent
Claire Ward	Watford	Lab	absent
Michael Weir	Angus	SNP (front bench)	absent
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	absent
Mr John Wilkinson	Ruislip - Northwood	Con	absent
Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab (minister)	absent
David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con	absent
Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab (minister)	absent
Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	absent
Pete Wishart	North Tayside	SNP (front bench)	absent
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	absent
Tony Wright	Cannock Chase	Lab	absent

Education Bill — 4 Dec 2001 at 22:15

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