The majority of MPs voted to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from eighteen to sixteen bringing equality to the the law affecting heterosexual and homosexual acts.
The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
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That the Bill be now read a Second time:--
A majority of MPs voted for the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill to be read a second time, thus moving it closer to becoming law.
The bill sought to reduce the age at which buggery was legal from 18 to 16. ("Buggery" is the legal term for anal intercourse either between men or between a man and a woman.) It also sought to reduce the age at which other homosexual acts were permitted from 18 to 16.
The House divided: Ayes 313, Noes 130.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | no |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | Con | no |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | UUP | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | no |
| Charles Wardle | Bexhill and Battle | whilst Con | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Teresa Gorman | Billericay | Con | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Ken Livingstone | Brent East | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | tellaye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | 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 |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ron Davies | Caerphilly | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | no |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| Mr Peter Brooke | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Judith Church | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | 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 |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Sir Peter Emery | East Devon | Con | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | no |
| Mr William Ross | East Londonderry | UUP | no |
| John Home Robertson | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | no |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | 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 |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Archie Hamilton | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Rowe | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ken Maginnis | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con | no |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Mandelson | Hartlepool | Lab | 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 |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Michael Heseltine | Henley | Con | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Margaret Ewing | Moray | SNP | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| 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 |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Nicholas Lyell | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Swinney | North Tayside | SNP | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | no |
| Mr Edward Heath | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Ms Audrey Wise | Preston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Dr Michael Clark | Rayleigh | Con | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Allan Rogers | Rhondda | Lab | no |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | no |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | no |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | no |
| 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 (minister) | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ian Bruce | South Dorset | Con | no |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr John MacGregor | South Norfolk | Con | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Madel | South West Bedfordshire | Con | no |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | no |
| 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 |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | no |
| Mr Norman Fowler | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | no |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Mr Patrick Nicholls | Teignbridge | Con | no |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | 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 | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | 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 |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr William Thompson | West Tyrone | UUP | no |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roger Stott | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | PC | aye |
