Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000
The issue in this division was the nomination of Alan Haselhurst, MP for Saffron Walden and Chairman of Ways and Means, as the new Speaker. Those voting Aye were indicating that they preferred him to Michael Martin, MP for Glasgow Springburn; those voting No preferred Michael Martin.
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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 8 (+1 tell) | 84 | 0 | 58.1% |
| Deputy Speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 310 (+1 tell) | 36 (+2 tell) | 1 | 84.5% |
| LDem | 16 | 4 | 0 | 42.6% |
| PC | 1 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SNP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% |
| UKUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 7 | 0 | 77.8% |
| Total: | 344 | 139 | 1 | 74.7% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
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
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