Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected — 26 Feb 2003 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted against inserting at the end of a Parliamentary motion that broadly supported Government's policy, the line:[1]
- ...but finds the case for military action against Iraq as yet unproven.
The main motion in support of the Government was then passed in a vote immediately afterward.[2]
- [1] Chris Smith MP speech, House of Commons, 26 February 2003
- [2] Iraq - Support of government, House of Commons Division, 26 February 2003.
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 | 128 | 13 (+1 tell) | 0 | 87.1% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Ind | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ind Con | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 253 (+2 tell) | 120 (+1 tell) | 1 | 92.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 52 | 0 | 98.1% |
| PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 392 | 198 | 1 | 91.4% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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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