Adoption and Children Bill — [3rd Allotted Day] — Clause 131 — General interpretation, etc. — 20 May 2002 at 19:30
This amendment to the Adoption and Children Bill would have allowed unmarried heterosexual couples to adopt children. (Homosexual couples were specifically excluded.) The no-voters defeated this amendment.
The House divided: Ayes 174, Noes 301.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | no |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | whilst Con | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | aye |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab | no |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | tellno |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | no |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | both |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | both |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | no |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | no |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Con | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
