Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student — 31 Mar 2004 at 18:20

The majority of MPs voted to introduce variable university tuition fees (top-up fees) of up to £3,000 per year in place of the previous fixed fee of £1,250 per year.

The defeated amendment, No. 128, was introduced by Dr Ian Gibson MP who said of the amendment^[1]:

It was recommended by the Public Bill Office as the only way to remove the introduction of variable fees from the Bill
[1] Dr Ian Gibson MP, House of Commons, 31 March 2004

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 (No)	Minority (Aye)	Both	Turnout
Con	1	155	0	95.7%
DUP	0	6	0	100.0%
Ind	0	2	0	100.0%
Ind Con	0	1	0	100.0%
Lab	315 (+2 tell)	55 (+2 tell)	0	91.7%
LDem	0	54	0	100.0%
PC	0	4	0	100.0%
SDLP	0	1	0	33.3%
SNP	0	5	0	100.0%
UUP	0	5	0	100.0%
Total:	316	288	0	93.4%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party

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

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

Higher Education Bill — New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student — 31 Mar 2004 at 18:20

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