Deferred Division — Sexual Orientation Discrimination — 25 Jun 2003 at 19:37
That the draft Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003, which were laid before this House on 8th May, be approved.
The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments has drawn the instrument to the special attention of the House in its Twenty-first Report, HC 96-xxi.
The House divided: Ayes 267, Noes 54.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst Independent Ulster Unionist | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | no |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | no |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | whilst Independent Ulster Unionist (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst Independent Ulster Unionist | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
