Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — 28 Feb 2000
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 317, Noes 117.
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 | 12 | 107 (+2 tell) | 0 | 75.6% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Lab | 275 (+2 tell) | 5 | 0 | 67.6% |
| LDem | 26 | 2 | 0 | 60.9% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| SNP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| UUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.0% |
| Total: | 317 | 117 | 0 | 67.9% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by constituency
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem | no |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con | aye |
| Sir Peter Lloyd | Fareham | Con | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | no |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con | aye |
| Mr David Prior | North Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con | aye |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con | aye |