Order for Third Reading read .
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
The next census is only nine months away. The Bill will amend the Census Act 1920 to enable a question on religion to be included in the 2001 census. The question will be voluntary.
much too simplistic to ascertain accurately people's religious beliefs
or affiliations--or lack of them.
concerned that the results would be inaccurate and misleading, and . . . would be used by religious bodies to obtain further unjustified privileges.
Christian (including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and all other Christian denominations).
Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:--
The House divided: Ayes 355, Noes 4.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Welsh | Angus | SNP | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | aye |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| 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 |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | tellno |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Rhodri Morgan | Cardiff West | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 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 |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McAllion | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | 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 (minister) | aye |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| 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 John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jamie Cann | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | 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 |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Gunnell | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Dr George Turner | North West Norfolk | Lab | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | 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 Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab | aye |
| Jim Wallace | Orkney and Shetland | LDem | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | tellno |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | 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 |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | aye |
| 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 |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ronnie Fearn | Southport | LDem | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | 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 |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Darvill | Upminster | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | 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 |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jenny Jones | Wolverhampton South West | Lab | aye |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Lock | Wyre Forest | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones | Ynys Môn | PC | aye |
