House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected — 7 Mar 2007 at 17:09
Neil Gerrard MP, Walthamstow voted with the majority (No).
The majority Noes rejected the proposal that a reformed House of Lords should be composed of 50 per cent elected members and 50 per cent appointed members.[1]
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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 | 155 | 26 | 0 | 92.3% |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 187 (+2 tell) | 127 (+2 tell) | 1 | 90.6% |
| LDem | 63 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 417 | 154 | 1 | 92.3% |
MPs
for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party.
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con | aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con | aye |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | aye |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con | aye |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con | aye |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab | aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab | aye |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | aye |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab | aye |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab | tellaye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | aye |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | aye |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab | both |
