Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill — Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors — 3 Nov 1999

Lords amendments considered.

Lords amendment: No. 42, to leave out clause 57.

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in the said amendment.

Madam Speaker:

With this, it will be convenient to take Government amendments (c), (a), (b) and (d) related thereto, Lords amendment No. 43 and Government amendments (c), (a), (b), (d) and (e) related thereto, Lords amendments Nos. 44 and 45, Lords amendment No. 46 and amendments (a) to (d) in lieu thereof, and Lords amendment No. 183.

It being Seven o'clock, Mr. Deputy Speaker put the Question already proposed from the Chair, pursuant to Order this day.

Question put, That this House disagrees with the Lords in the said amendment:--

The House divided: Ayes 325, Noes 265.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

Party	Majority (Aye)	Minority (No)	Both	Turnout
Con	0	149 (+2 tell)	0	93.8%
Independent	1	1	0	100.0%
Lab	324 (+2 tell)	54	0	91.3%
LDem	0	45	0	97.8%
PC	0	3	0	75.0%
SNP	0	6	0	100.0%
UUP	0	7	0	70.0%
Total:	325	265	0	92.1%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con	no
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con	no
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con	no
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con	no
Mr David Atkinson	Bournemouth East	Con	no
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	no
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con	no
John Bercow	Buckingham	Con	no
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con	no
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con	no
Tim Boswell	Daventry	Con	no
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con	no
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con	no
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	no
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	no
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con	no
Mr Ian Bruce	South Dorset	Con	no
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con	no
John Butterfill	Bournemouth West	Con	no
Bill Cash	Stone	Con	no
Sir Sydney Chapman	Chipping Barnet	Con	no
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	no
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con	no
Dr Michael Clark	Rayleigh	Con	no
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	no
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con	no
Mr Tim Collins	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	no
Mr Michael Colvin	Romsey	Con	no
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con	no
Mr James Cran	Beverley and Holderness	Con	no
David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con	no
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	Con	no
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con	no
Mr Stephen Day	Cheadle	Con	no
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con	no
Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con	no
Sir Peter Emery	East Devon	Con	no
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	no
Mr David Faber	Westbury	Con	no
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con	no
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con	no
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	Con	no
Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	no
Mr Norman Fowler	Sutton Coldfield	Con	no
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con	no
Christopher Fraser	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Con	no
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con	no
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con	no
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con	no
Mr Christopher Gill	Ludlow	Con	no
Mrs Teresa Gorman	Billericay	Con	no
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	no
Damian Green	Ashford	Con	no
John Greenway	Ryedale	Con	no
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con	no
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	no
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con	no
Sir Archie Hamilton	Epsom and Ewell	Con	no
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con	no
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	no
Oliver Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con	tellno
Mr Edward Heath	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	no
David Heathcoat-Amory	Wells	Con	no
Douglas Hogg	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con	no
John Horam	Orpington	Con	no
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con	no
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con	no
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	Con	no
Michael Jack	Fylde	Con	no
Robert Jackson	Wantage	Con	no
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con	no
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Wealden	Con	no
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con	no
Mr Tom King	Bridgwater	Con	no
Julie Kirkbride	Bromsgrove	Con	no
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con	no
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	no
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con	no
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con	no
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con	no
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con	no
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con	no
Sir Peter Lloyd	Fareham	Con	no
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con	no
Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con	no
Sir Nicholas Lyell	North East Bedfordshire	Con	no
Mr John MacGregor	South Norfolk	Con	no
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	no
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con	no
Mr David Madel	South West Bedfordshire	Con	no
John Maples	Stratford-on-Avon	Con	no
Michael Mates	East Hampshire	Con	no
Francis Maude	Horsham	Con	no
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con	no
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con	no
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con	no
Malcolm Moss	North East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Mr Patrick Nicholls	Teignbridge	Con	no
Mr Archie Norman	Tunbridge Wells	Con	no
Stephen O'Brien	Eddisbury	Con	no
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con	no
Mr Richard Page	South West Hertfordshire	Con	no
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con	no
Owen Paterson	North Shropshire	Con	no
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con	no
Mr David Prior	North Norfolk	Con	no
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con	no
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	no
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con	no
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con	no
Mr Andrew Rowe	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	no
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con	no
Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	Con	no
Mrs Gillian Shephard	South West Norfolk	Con	no
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	no
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con	tellno
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	no
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con	no
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con	no
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con	no
Mr Nick St Aubyn	Guildford	Con	no
John Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con	no
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	no
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con	no
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con	no
Robert Syms	Poole	Con	no
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	no
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	no
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	no
Mr Teddy Taylor	Rochford and Southend East	Con	no
Mr John Townend	East Yorkshire	Con	no
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	no
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	no
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con	no
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con	no
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con	no
Charles Wardle	Bexhill and Battle	whilst Con	no
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con	no
Mr Bowen Wells	Hertford and Stortford	Con	no
Sir Ray Whitney	Wycombe	Con	no
John Whittingdale	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Con	no
Mr John Wilkinson	Ruislip - Northwood	Con	no
David Willetts	Havant	Con	no
David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con	no
Ann Winterton	Congleton	Con	no
Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	no
Shaun Woodward	Witney	whilst Con	no
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con	no
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con	no
Mr Richard Body	Boston and Skegness	Con	absent
Mr Peter Brooke	Cities of London and Westminster	Con	absent
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con	absent
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con	absent
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con	absent
Mr Michael Heseltine	Henley	Con	absent
Mr John Major	Huntingdon	Con	absent
Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	absent
Mrs Marion Roe	Broxbourne	Con	absent
Ann Widdecombe	Maidstone and The Weald	Con	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Deputy Speaker	absent
Michael Lord	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Deputy Speaker	absent
Michael Martin	Glasgow Springburn	whilst Deputy Speaker	absent
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP	absent
Peter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	absent
Mr Martin Bell	Tatton	Independent	aye
Dennis Canavan	Falkirk West	whilst Independent	no
Tommy Graham	West Renfrewshire	whilst Independent Labour	absent
Mrs Irene Adams	Paisley North	Lab	aye
Nick Ainger	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Lab	aye
Bob Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab	aye
Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab	aye
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab	aye
Mr Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Lab	aye
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab	aye
Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	Lab	aye
Ms Candy Atherton	Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	aye
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Banks	West Ham	Lab	aye
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab	aye
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab	aye
Hugh Bayley	City of York	Lab	aye
Mr Nigel Beard	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Lab	aye
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab	aye
Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab	aye
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab	aye
Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab	aye
Joe Benton	Bootle	Lab	aye
Mr Gerry Bermingham	St Helens South	Lab	aye
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	aye
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab	aye
Liz Blackman	Erewash	Lab	aye
Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab	aye
Hazel Blears	Salford	Lab	aye
Bob Blizzard	Waveney	Lab	aye
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Boateng	Brent South	Lab	aye
David Borrow	South Ribble	Lab	aye
Mr Keith Bradley	Manchester, Withington	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Bradley	The Wrekin	Lab	aye
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab	aye
Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	Lab	aye
Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab	aye
Russell Brown	Dumfries	Lab	aye
Des Browne	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab	aye
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab	aye
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab	aye
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	aye
Mrs Christine Butler	Castle Point	Lab	aye
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab	aye
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab	aye
Alan Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab	aye
Mrs Anne Campbell	Cambridge	Lab	aye
Mr Ivor Caplin	Hove	Lab	aye
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	aye
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab	aye
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab	aye
Ms Judith Church	Dagenham	Lab	aye
Dr David Clark	South Shields	Lab	aye
Ms Helen Clark	Peterborough	Lab	aye
Dr Lynda Clark	Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab	aye
Paul Clark	Gillingham	Lab	aye
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab	aye
David Clelland	Tyne Bridge	Lab	aye
Vernon Coaker	Gedling	Lab	aye
Ann Coffey	Stockport	Lab	aye
Mr Iain Coleman	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lab	aye
Mr Tony Colman	Putney	Lab	aye
Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab	aye
Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	aye
Mr Robin Corbett	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab	aye
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab	aye
Mr Tom Cox	Tooting	Lab	aye
Professor Ross Cranston	Dudley North	Lab	aye
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab	aye
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe	Leigh	Lab	aye
Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab	aye
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab	aye
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	aye
Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	Lab	aye
Mr Keith Darvill	Upminster	Lab	aye
Geraint Davies	Croydon Central	Lab	aye
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	aye
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab	aye
Donald Dewar	Glasgow Anniesland	Lab	aye
Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	aye
Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	aye
Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab	aye
Frank Doran	Aberdeen Central	Lab	aye
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West	Lab	aye
David Drew	Stroud	Lab	aye
Angela Eagle	Wallasey	Lab	aye
Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab	aye
Mr Huw Edwards	Monmouth	Lab	aye
Clive Efford	Eltham	Lab	aye
Louise Ellman	Liverpool, Riverside	Lab	aye
Jeff Ennis	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	aye
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	aye
Jim Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Canning Town	Lab	aye
Ms Lorna Fitzsimons	Rochdale	Lab	aye
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab	aye
Barbara Follett	Stevenage	Lab	aye
Mr Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland	Lab	aye
Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	aye
Michael Jabez Foster	Hastings and Rye	Lab	aye
Mr George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab	aye
Sam Galbraith	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab	aye
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	aye
Barry Gardiner	Brent North	Lab	aye
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	aye
Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	aye
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	aye
Paul Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab	aye
Mrs Llin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	aye
Mrs Eileen Gordon	Romford	Lab	aye
Ms Jane Griffiths	Reading East	Lab	aye
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South	Lab	aye
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab	aye
Mr Bruce Grocott	Telford	Lab	aye
John Grogan	Selby	Lab	aye
Mr John Gunnell	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	aye
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab	aye
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab	tellaye
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab	aye
Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab	aye
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	aye
Harriet Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab	aye
Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	whilst Lab	aye
John Healey	Wentworth	Lab	aye
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	aye
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	aye
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	aye
John Heppell	Nottingham East	Lab	aye
Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab	aye
Keith Hill	Streatham	Lab	aye
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab	aye
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	aye
John Home Robertson	East Lothian	Lab	aye
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab	aye
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab	aye
Mr Alan Howarth	Newport East	Lab	aye
George Howarth	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Lab	aye
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab	aye
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab	aye
Beverley Hughes	Stretford and Urmston	Lab	aye
Mr Kevin Hughes	Doncaster North	Lab	aye
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	aye
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	aye
John Hutton	Barrow and Furness	Lab	aye
Brian Iddon	Bolton South East	Lab	aye
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab	aye
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab	aye
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	aye
Mr David Jamieson	Plymouth, Devonport	Lab	aye
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab	aye
Alan Johnson	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Lab	aye
Miss Melanie Johnson	Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	aye
Mr Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	aye
Fiona Jones	Newark	Lab	aye
Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab	aye
Mr Jon Owen Jones	Cardiff Central	Lab	aye
Martyn Jones	Clwyd South	Lab	aye
Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab	aye
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab	aye
Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab	aye
Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	aye
Ann Keen	Brentford and Isleworth	Lab	aye
Ruth Kelly	Bolton West	Lab	aye
Fraser Kemp	Houghton and Washington East	Lab	aye
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab	aye
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	aye
David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	aye
Mr Andy King	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	aye
Ms Oona King	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab	aye
Ashok Kumar	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab	aye
Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	aye
Mrs Jackie Lawrence	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Lab	aye
Bob Laxton	Derby North	Lab	aye
David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	aye
Chris Leslie	Shipley	Lab	aye
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	aye
Ivan Lewis	Bury South	Lab	aye
Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab	aye
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	aye
Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab	aye
Mr David Lock	Wyre Forest	Lab	aye
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab	aye
Mr Calum MacDonald	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Lab	aye
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab	aye
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab	aye
Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	aye
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Mandelson	Hartlepool	Lab	aye
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Lab	aye
Eric Martlew	Carlisle	Lab	aye
Mr John Maxton	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	aye
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab	aye
Steve McCabe	Birmingham, Hall Green	Lab	aye
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	aye
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab	aye
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	aye
John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab	aye
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab	tellaye
Shona McIsaac	Cleethorpes	Lab	aye
Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	aye
Tony McNulty	Harrow East	Lab	aye
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	aye
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab	aye
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab	aye
Gillian Merron	Lincoln	Lab	aye
Alan Milburn	Darlington	Lab	aye
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab	aye
Laura Moffatt	Crawley	Lab	aye
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy	Lab	aye
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab	aye
Elliot Morley	Scunthorpe	Lab	aye
Ms Estelle Morris	Birmingham, Yardley	Lab	aye
Sir John Morris	Aberavon	Lab	aye
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab	aye
Dr Mo Mowlam	Redcar	Lab	aye
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab	aye
Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab	aye
Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab	aye
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab	aye
Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	aye
Dan Norris	Wansdyke	Lab	aye
Mr Bill O'Brien	Normanton	Lab	aye
Mike O'Brien	North Warwickshire	Lab	aye
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab	aye
Mr Martin O'Neill	Ochil	Lab	aye
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab	aye
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	aye
Sandra Osborne	Ayr	Lab	aye
Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	aye
Ian Pearson	Dudley South	Lab	aye
Mr Tom Pendry	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	aye
Ms Linda Perham	Ilford North	Lab	aye
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Pike	Burnley	Lab	aye
James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	aye
Mr Kerry Pollard	St Albans	Lab	aye
Mr Chris Pond	Gravesham	Lab	aye
Greg Pope	Hyndburn	Lab	aye
Steve Pound	Ealing North	Lab	aye
Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab	aye
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab	aye
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab	aye
Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	aye
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	aye
Ms Joyce Quin	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab	aye
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	aye
Mr Giles Radice	North Durham	Lab	aye
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab	aye
Mr Syd Rapson	Portsmouth North	Lab	aye
Nick Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab	aye
Andy Reed	Loughborough	Lab	aye
John Reid	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab	aye
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab	aye
Mrs Barbara Roche	Hornsey and Wood Green	Lab	aye
Mr Jeff Rooker	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab	aye
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	aye
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	aye
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	aye
Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab	aye
Joan Ruddock	Lewisham, Deptford	Lab	aye
Christine Russell	City of Chester	Lab	aye
Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	aye
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab	aye
Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	aye
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	aye
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	aye
Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	aye
Mr Robert Sheldon	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab	aye
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	aye
Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab	aye
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab	aye
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab	aye
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	aye
Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	aye
Geraldine Smith	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lab	aye
Jacqui Smith	Redditch	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Snape	West Bromwich East	Lab	aye
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab	aye
Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	aye
John Spellar	Warley	Lab	aye
Rachel Squire	Dunfermline West	Lab	aye
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	aye
Mr Gerry Steinberg	City of Durham	Lab	aye
Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	aye
Mr David Stewart	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	aye
Ian Stewart	Eccles	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	aye
Howard Stoate	Dartford	Lab	aye
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab	aye
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab	aye
Graham Stringer	Manchester, Blackley	Lab	aye
Gisela Stuart	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Lab	aye
Gerry Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab	aye
Mrs Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	Lab	aye
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab	aye
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Temple-Morris	Leominster	whilst Lab	aye
Mr Gareth Thomas	Clwyd West	Lab	aye
Gareth Thomas	Harrow West	Lab	aye
Stephen Timms	East Ham	Lab	aye
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab	aye
Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Don Touhig	Islwyn	Lab	aye
Jon Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab	aye
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	aye
Mr Dennis Turner	Wolverhampton South East	Lab	aye
Dr George Turner	North West Norfolk	Lab	aye
Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab	aye
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	aye
Stephen Twigg	Enfield, Southgate	Lab	aye
Mr Bill Tynan	Hamilton South	Lab	aye
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab	aye
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	aye
Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab	aye
Claire Ward	Watford	Lab	aye
Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab	aye
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	aye
Alan Whitehead	Southampton, Test	Lab	aye
Malcolm Wicks	Croydon North	Lab	aye
Dr Alan Williams	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Lab	aye
Alan Williams	Swansea West	Lab	aye
Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab	aye
Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab	aye
Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab	aye
Phil Woolas	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab	aye
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	aye
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	aye
Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	aye
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	no
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab	no
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	no
Mr Tony Benn	Chesterfield	Lab	no
Mr Andrew Bennett	Denton and Reddish	Lab	no
Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	no
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	no
Martin Caton	Gower	Lab	no
David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	no
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	no
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	no
Mr Tony Clarke	Northampton South	Lab	no
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab	no
Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab	no
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	no
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	no
John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab	no
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	no
Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab	no
Mr Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Lab	no
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	no
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	no
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	no
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab	no
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab	no
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab	no
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab	no
Dr Norman Godman	Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	no
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	no
Eric Illsley	Barnsley Central	Lab	no
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	no
Mr Terry Lewis	Worsley	Lab	no
Ken Livingstone	Brent East	whilst Lab	no
Dr John Marek	Wrexham	Lab	no
David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	no
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	no
John McAllion	Dundee East	Lab	no
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	no
Mr Bill Michie	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	no
Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	Lab	no
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	no
Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	no
Mr Ted Rowlands	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	no
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	no
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	no
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab	no
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	no
Desmond Turner	Brighton, Kemptown	Lab	no
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	Lab	no
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	no
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab	no
Ms Audrey Wise	Preston	Lab	no
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	no
Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab	no
Mr Joe Ashton	Bassetlaw	Lab	absent
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours	Workington	Lab	absent
Mr Jamie Cann	Ipswich	Lab	absent
Malcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab	absent
Mr Eric Clarke	Midlothian	Lab	absent
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	absent
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	absent
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab	absent
John Cummings	Easington	Lab	absent
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	absent
Mr Ron Davies	Caerphilly	Lab	absent
Mr Terry Davis	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab	absent
Janet Dean	Burton	Lab	absent
Ms Julia Drown	South Swindon	Lab	absent
Mrs Maria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	absent
George Galloway	Glasgow Kelvin	Lab	absent
Mr Bernie Grant	Tottenham	Lab	absent
Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab	absent
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	absent
Jimmy Hood	Clydesdale	Lab	absent
Ms Jenny Jones	Wolverhampton South West	Lab	absent
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab	absent
Ms Tess Kingham	Gloucester	Lab	absent
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	absent
Dr Jim Marshall	Leicester South	Lab	absent
Henry McLeish	Central Fife	Lab	absent
Mr Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	absent
Mr John McWilliam	Blaydon	Lab	absent
Alun Michael	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab	absent
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab	absent
Mr Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff West	Lab	absent
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	absent
Mr Allan Rogers	Rhondda	Lab	absent
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	absent
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab	absent
Tony Wright	Cannock Chase	Lab	absent
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem	no
Mr Paddy Ashdown	Yeovil	LDem	no
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem	no
Mrs Jackie Ballard	Taunton	LDem	no
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem	no
Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem	no
Dr Peter Brand	Isle of Wight	LDem	no
Colin Breed	South East Cornwall	LDem	no
Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	LDem	no
Mr John Burnett	Torridge and West Devon	LDem	no
Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem	no
Vincent Cable	Twickenham	LDem	no
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem	no
Mr David Chidgey	Eastleigh	LDem	no
Mr Brian Cotter	Weston-Super-Mare	LDem	no
Edward Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem	no
Mr Ronnie Fearn	Southport	LDem	no
Don Foster	Bath	LDem	no
Andrew George	St Ives	LDem	no
Donald Gorrie	Edinburgh West	LDem	no
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem	no
Evan Harris	Oxford West and Abingdon	LDem	no
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem	no
David Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem	no
Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem	no
Mr Nigel Jones	Cheltenham	LDem	no
Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	no
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	LDem	no
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem	no
Mr Richard Livsey	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem	no
Mrs Ray Michie	Argyll and Bute	LDem	no
Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem	no
Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	no
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem	no
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	no
Bob Russell	Colchester	LDem	no
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem	no
Robert Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem	no
Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem	no
Matthew Taylor	Truro and St Austell	LDem	no
Dr Jenny Tonge	Richmond Park	LDem	no
Mr Paul Tyler	North Cornwall	LDem	no
Jim Wallace	Orkney and Shetland	LDem	no
Steve Webb	Northavon	LDem	no
Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem	no
Mr Robert Maclennan	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem	absent
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones	Ynys Môn	PC	no
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC	no
Mr Dafydd Wigley	Caernarfon	PC	no
Mr Cynog Dafis	Ceredigion	PC	absent
Mr John Hume	Foyle	SDLP	absent
Mr Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh	SDLP	absent
Eddie McGrady	South Down	SDLP	absent
Gerry Adams	Belfast West	SF	absent
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Roseanna Cunningham	Perth	SNP	no
Margaret Ewing	Moray	SNP	no
Alasdair Morgan	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	SNP	no
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP	no
John Swinney	North Tayside	SNP	no
Andrew Welsh	Angus	SNP	no
Miss Betty Boothroyd	West Bromwich West	Speaker	absent
Robert McCartney	North Down	UKUP	absent
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	no
Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Lagan Valley	UUP	no
Mr Clifford Forsythe	South Antrim	UUP	no
Mr William Ross	East Londonderry	UUP	no
Martin Smyth	Belfast South	UUP	no
John Taylor	Strangford	UUP	no
Mr William Thompson	West Tyrone	UUP	no
Mr Ken Maginnis	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	absent
Rt Hon David Trimble	Upper Bann	UUP	absent
Mr Cecil Walker	Belfast North	UUP	absent

Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill — Incapacity benefit: restriction to recent contributors — 3 Nov 1999

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