Council Tax — 17 Jul 1997
I beg to move,
That the draft Council Tax Limitation (England) (Maximum Amounts) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 14th July, be approved.
Question put:--
The House divided: Ayes 301, Noes 36.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom King | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Robertson | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Mo Mowlam | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Sam Galbraith | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | Con | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | no |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Tommy Graham | West Renfrewshire | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Stott | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr John Marek | Wrexham | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
