Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In — 10 Dec 1997
The majority of MPs voted against allowing a terminally ill person to obtain assistance in dying from a doctor.
The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
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That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable a person who is suffering distress as a result of his terminal illness or incurable physical condition to obtain assistance from a doctor to end his life; and for connected purposes.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con | no |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | tellaye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Body | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | no |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| Ms Judith Church | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Clark | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Dr Michael Clark | Rayleigh | Con | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Mr Michael Colvin | Romsey | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe | Leigh | Lab | no |
| Roseanna Cunningham | Perth | SNP | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ron Davies | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | tellno |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Clifford Forsythe | South Antrim | UUP | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con | no |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | no |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| Mr Alastair Goodlad | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | aye |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | no |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | PC | no |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ken Livingstone | Brent East | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | no |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Mr David Madel | South West Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Robert McCartney | North Down | UKUP | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | no |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| Mr Allan Rogers | Rhondda | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | no |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Swinney | North Tayside | SNP | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Independent Conservative | aye |
| Mr William Thompson | West Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | no |
| Mr John Townend | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Jim Wallace | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| Andrew Welsh | Angus | SNP | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | tellno |
| Mr Dafydd Wigley | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Con | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
