I beg to move,
That this House recognises that rationing has always been a part of how the Health Service manages health care resources; expresses its dismay at the comments of the Right honourable Member for Dulwich and West Norwood denying the obvious fact that rationing exists in the Health Service; expresses grave concern at the proposed changes to be effected by Her Majesty's Government, which through bureaucratic bodies such as a National Institute for Clinical Excellence and a Commission for Health Improvement will force clinicians to carry the burden on rationing decisions; recognises that the availability of modern drugs for conditions such as schizophrenia and MS makes clear the reality of rationing in today's Health Service; recognises the fact that waiting lists are a hidden form of rationing; notes that excessive political concentration upon waiting lists has been largely responsible for the continuing winter crisis in the Health Service, over which Her Majesty's Government appears wholly complacent and unconcerned; and urges Her Majesty's Government to acknowledge the concerns of professional bodies such as the BMA over rationing and embark upon a mature debate on the future of the Health Service.
I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:
"reaffirms the historic principles of the NHS, that if people are ill or injured there will be a national health service there to help, and access to it will be based on need and need alone, not on ability to
Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:--
The House divided: Ayes 169, Noes 336.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| Andrew Welsh | Angus | SNP | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | aye |
| Charles Wardle | Bexhill and Battle | whilst Con | aye |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab | no |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Body | Boston and Skegness | Con | aye |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Mr Tom King | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | aye |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | no |
| Mr Ron Davies | Caerphilly | Lab | no |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | no |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | aye |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | aye |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | no |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Sir Peter Emery | East Devon | Con | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | aye |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | no |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Townend | East Yorkshire | Con | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Mr Alastair Goodlad | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | no |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | no |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Archie Hamilton | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | aye |
| Mr Andrew Rowe | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | no |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr George Robertson | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | no |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | no |
| Mr John Major | Huntingdon | Con | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Clark | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| Mr Derek Fatchett | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrence Cunliffe | Leigh | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | aye |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | no |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Nicholas Lyell | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | no |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | no |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Dr Michael Clark | Rayleigh | Con | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | no |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Lab | no |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | tellaye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | no |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| Mr David Madel | South West Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | no |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | no |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Norman Fowler | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | no |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | aye |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | aye |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Faber | Westbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | tellaye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | aye |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dr John Marek | Wrexham | Lab | no |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
