The majority of MPs voted against changing the proposed Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill (designed to remove Parliament and MPs from the power of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) to not include the exemption for MPs' correspondence.
The Bill was to add the following Freedom of Information exemption:
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Information is exempt information if it consists of correspondence between a Member of Parliament and a public authority, as listed in Schedule 1 of this Act.
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The duty to confirm or deny does not arise in relation to information which is exempt information by virtue of this section.
The proposal, which MPs voted against, would have deleted this provision, and kept only the part which prevented the Freedom of Information laws from applying to Parliament (and to MPs' expenses). But since the official purpose of this Bill was to protect MPs' correspondence (as opposed to the actual reason of hiding their expenses) they had to vote to keep it.
The vote to start discussion on this amendment was made in Division 119.
Debate in Parliament | Source |
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.
Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained)
from this vote.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con | tellno |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con | no |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con | absent |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Amess | Southend West | Con | absent |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con | absent |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con | absent |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con | absent |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con | absent |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con | absent |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con | absent |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con | absent |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con | absent |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | absent |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | absent |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con | absent |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con | absent |
| William Cash | Stone | Con | absent |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | absent |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con | absent |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con | absent |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con | absent |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con | absent |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | absent |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con | absent |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | absent |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con | absent |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | absent |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | absent |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con | absent |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | absent |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | absent |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | absent |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con | absent |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con | absent |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | absent |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con | absent |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | absent |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | absent |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con | absent |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | absent |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con | absent |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | absent |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | absent |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | absent |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con | absent |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con | absent |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | absent |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | absent |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con | absent |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con | absent |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con | absent |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con | absent |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con | absent |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | absent |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | absent |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | absent |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | absent |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con | absent |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con | absent |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con | absent |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con | absent |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con | absent |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | absent |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con | absent |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con | absent |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | absent |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con | absent |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | absent |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | absent |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con | absent |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sir Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | absent |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con | absent |
| Edward Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | absent |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con | absent |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con | absent |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | absent |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | absent |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | absent |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con | absent |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | absent |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con | absent |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con | absent |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | whilst Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Michael Lord | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | whilst Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP | absent |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP | absent |
| Jeffrey M Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP | absent |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP | absent |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP | absent |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | absent |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP | absent |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP | absent |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Ind | absent |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Ind | absent |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Ind Lab | absent |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (PPS) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (PPS) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (PPS) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | tellno |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Pound | Ealing North | Lab | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (PPS) | no |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (PPS) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | absent |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | absent |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab | absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | absent |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab | absent |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab | absent |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | absent |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | absent |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | absent |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | absent |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab | absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | absent |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab | absent |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | absent |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab | absent |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | absent |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | absent |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | absent |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab | absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | absent |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | absent |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab | absent |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab | absent |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | absent |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab | absent |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | absent |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | absent |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | absent |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | absent |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab | absent |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | absent |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab | absent |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab | absent |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | absent |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | absent |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | absent |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | absent |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | absent |
| Robert Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | absent |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | absent |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab | absent |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | absent |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | absent |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | absent |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | absent |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab | absent |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab | absent |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | absent |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | absent |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab | absent |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab | absent |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab | absent |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | absent |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab | absent |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab | absent |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | absent |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab | absent |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab | absent |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | absent |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | absent |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab | absent |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | absent |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Diana Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | absent |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | absent |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | absent |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab | absent |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | absent |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | absent |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab | absent |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab | absent |
| John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab | absent |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | absent |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | absent |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | absent |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | absent |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | absent |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab | absent |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| John McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | absent |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab | absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab | absent |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab | absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | absent |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab | absent |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab | absent |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | absent |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab | absent |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | absent |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | absent |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | absent |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab | absent |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | absent |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | absent |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | absent |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab | absent |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab | absent |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | absent |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | absent |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | absent |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | absent |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab | absent |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | absent |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | absent |
| Andy Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | absent |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | absent |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | absent |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | absent |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | absent |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | absent |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab | absent |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab | absent |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | absent |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | absent |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | absent |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | absent |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | absent |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | absent |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | absent |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (PPS) | absent |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | absent |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | absent |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | absent |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | absent |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | absent |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | absent |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab | absent |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | absent |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem | absent |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | absent |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem | absent |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem | absent |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | absent |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | absent |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | absent |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | absent |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | absent |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | absent |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem | absent |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem | absent |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
| George Galloway | Bethnal Green and Bow | Res | absent |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP | absent |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP | absent |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | absent |
| Gerry Adams | Belfast West | SF | absent |
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | SF | absent |
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | SF | absent |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Martin | Glasgow North East | whilst Speaker | absent |
| Lady Hermon | North Down | UUP | absent |
