'(1) No new or existing maintained school shall select pupils by aptitude.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "maintained school" includes all Academies, Specialist, Trust or Foundation Schools.'.- [Mr. Laws.]
Brought up, and read the First time.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-
The House divided: Ayes 37, Noes 359.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | no |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | no |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | no |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | no |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Lab (front bench) | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem | aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | both |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst UKIP (front bench) | no |
