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 majority of MPs voted to reduce the age at which buggery, indecency between men, and homosexual acts in private is legal from 18 to 16.
MPs were considering the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill
The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
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That the clause stand part of the Bill
The clause in question was Clause 1[1] titled: Reduction in age at which certain sexual acts are lawful.
("Buggery" is the legal term for anal intercourse either between men or between a man and a woman.) The clause also sought to reduce the age at which other homosexual acts were permitted from 18 to 16.
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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 |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con | no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| 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 |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | 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 |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | 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 |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Dafydd Wigley | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Cynog Dafis | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony Benn | Chesterfield | Lab | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | tellaye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | 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 |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP | no |
| Sir Peter Emery | East Devon | Con | no |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | no |
| Mr William Ross | East Londonderry | UUP | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr John Townend | East Yorkshire | Con | no |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | 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 |
| 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 |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Canavan | Falkirk West | whilst Lab | aye |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con | no |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 | no |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | 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 | no |
| Ms Tess Kingham | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| 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 |
| Dr Norman Godman | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab | aye |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | 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) | aye |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | 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 |
| 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 |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con | 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 |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Mr Christopher Gill | Ludlow | Con | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christopher Fraser | Mid Dorset and North Poole | Con | no |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | no |
| Jim Wallace | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | 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 |
| 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 |
| Dr Michael Clark | Rayleigh | Con | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | 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 |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | no |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Michael Colvin | Romsey | Con | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | 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 |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | 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 |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Clifford Forsythe | South Antrim | UUP | no |
| 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 |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | 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 |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | 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 |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Taylor | Strangford | UUP | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | no |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | Con | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Wealden | Con | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | no |
| 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 David Faber | Westbury | Con | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roger Stott | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | no |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Ray Whitney | Wycombe | Con | no |
| Mr Paddy Ashdown | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | PC | aye |
