Defence White Paper — Decline to approve — 28 Feb 2000
Those voting Aye failed to change the motion for debate from:
This House approves the 1999 Defence White Paper (Cm 4446).
to:
This House declines to approve a defence policy which has been used to make war upon innocent civilians in Iraq and Yugoslavia under NATO command, contrary to the provisions of the United Nations Charter, without any explicit authorisation by the House of Commons elected to exercise democratic control over the Government of the day, which involves the use of cluster bombs, and which is based upon the possession of, and threat to use, nuclear weapons, which have been declared illegal by both the International Court of Justice and a Scottish court.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | no |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | no |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | no |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | no |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | 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 |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | no |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | 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 (minister) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | no |
| Alasdair Morgan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | SNP | aye |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | no |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | no |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | Lab | no |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| 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 |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Lab | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | tellaye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | 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 (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | no |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | tellaye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | no |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Margaret Ewing | Moray | SNP | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | no |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Giles Radice | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | 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 |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Bill Michie | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | no |
| 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) | no |
| 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 |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | 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 |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | no |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | no |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| 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 |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | 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 |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | no |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Peter Snape | West Bromwich East | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | no |
| Tommy Graham | West Renfrewshire | whilst Independent Labour | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | no |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | no |
