Water Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Prohibition of Artificial Fluoridation of Water Supplies — 10 Nov 2003 at 20:45

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

It being Nine o'clock, Mr. Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair.

The House divided: Ayes 181, Noes 284.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con26 92072.4%
Independent1 0050.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 1033.3%
Lab248 (+2 tell) 53 (+2 tell)074.8%
LDem10 32077.8%
PC0 40100.0%
Total:285 182074.3%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mrs Irene AdamsPaisley NorthLab (minister)aye
Peter AtkinsonHexhamConno
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLabaye
Tony BaldryBanburyCon (front bench)no
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabaye
Hilary BennLeeds CentralLab (minister)aye
Mr Andrew BennettDenton and ReddishLabaye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateConno
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Colin BurgonElmetLabaye
Patsy CaltonCheadleLDemno
Mr David ChidgeyEastleighLDem (front bench)no
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeCon (front bench)no
Frank CookStockton NorthLabaye
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)aye
John CryerHornchurchLabaye
David CurrySkipton and RiponConno
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)no
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabaye
Brian H DonohoeCunninghame SouthLab (minister)aye
Frank DoranAberdeen CentralLabaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabaye
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDem (front bench)no
John GroganSelbyLabaye
Philip HammondRunnymede and WeybridgeCon (front bench)no
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDemno
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsCon (front bench)no
Mr David HinchliffeWakefieldLabaye
Kate HoeyVauxhallLabaye
Jimmy HoodClydesdaleLab (minister)aye
John HoramOrpingtonConno
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)aye
Mr Kevin HughesDoncaster NorthLabaye
Mr Alan HurstBraintreeLabaye
Michael JackFyldeConno
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)aye
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLabaye
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDem (front bench)no
Robert KeySalisburyConno
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveConno
Mr Terry LewisWorsleyLabaye
Peter LuffMid WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Mr John LyonsStrathkelvin and BearsdenLabaye
John MacDougallCentral FifeLabaye
David MarshallGlasgow ShettlestonLabaye
Dr Brian MawhinneyNorth West CambridgeshireConno
Thomas McAvoyGlasgow RutherglenLab (minister)aye
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Mr Kevin McNamaraKingston upon Hull NorthLabaye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)aye
Jim MurphyEast RenfrewshireLab (minister)tellaye
Mike O'BrienNorth WarwickshireLab (minister)aye
Mr Richard PageSouth West HertfordshireConno
Greg PopeHyndburnLabaye
Mr Michael PortilloKensington and ChelseaConno
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLabaye
Mr David RendelNewburyLDemno
Joan RuddockLewisham, DeptfordLab (minister)aye
Jim SheridanWest RenfrewshireLab (minister)aye
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabaye
Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabaye
Jack StrawBlackburnLab (minister)aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)no
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConno
Ian TaylorEsher and WaltonConno
Mr John TaylorSolihullConno
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)no
Mr Gareth ThomasClwyd WestLabaye
Paddy TippingSherwoodLabaye
Dr Jenny TongeRichmond ParkLDemno
David TredinnickBosworthCon (front bench)no
Jon TrickettHemsworthLab (minister)aye
Derek TwiggHaltonLab (minister)tellaye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)aye
Robert WalterNorth DorsetCon (front bench)no
Mr Brian WhiteNorth East Milton KeynesLabaye
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdConno
Mr John WilkinsonRuislip - NorthwoodConno
Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLabaye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Mr Jimmy WrayGlasgow BailliestonLabaye
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no

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