Licensing Bill — Second Reading — 24 Mar 2003 at 21:35

The Aye voters gave the Licensing Bill its Second Reading. This is where the main purpose of the Bill is debated and, since it passed, it now moves on to the Committee Stage.

The main purpose of this Bill is to introduce flexible opening hours for licensed premises, with the potential for up to 24 hour opening, seven days a week.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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	57 (+2 tell)	0	36.2%
Lab	304 (+2 tell)	0	0	74.6%
LDem	0	24	0	45.3%
PC	0	2	0	50.0%
UUP	0	1	0	16.7%
Total:	304	84	0	61.6%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party

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

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

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

Licensing Bill — Second Reading — 24 Mar 2003 at 21:35

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