Decommissioning and Prisoner Releases — 9 Dec 1998
Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments):--
The House divided: Ayes 352, Noes 7.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | tellno |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ken Livingstone | Brent East | whilst Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | 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 |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | 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 |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 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 (minister) | 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 |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee 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 |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr William Ross | East Londonderry | UUP | tellno |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | aye |
| Donald Gorrie | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Alasdair Morgan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | SNP | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Donald Dewar | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Robertson | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe | Leigh | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Margaret Ewing | Moray | SNP | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Robert McCartney | North Down | UKUP | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| 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) | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Mo Mowlam | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | 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 |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Clifford Forsythe | South Antrim | UUP | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | 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 |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr William Thompson | West Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Mr Roger Stott | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| 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 (minister) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
