Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000
I beg to move, as an amendment to the Question, to leave out "Mr. Michael J. Martin" and insert instead thereof "Mr. Alan Beith".
I crave the House's indulgence in allowing someone who once broke the Speaker's Chair to nominate someone to occupy it. It is a reflection on the House that those of us who entered as revolutionaries are in danger of departing as mere reformers. I also hope that the House will see that the fact that I shall stand down at the coming election does not detract at all from the idea that I should propose a Speaker, but adds weight to the nomination, because I cannot be said to stand to gain in any shape or form if the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) is successful.
Question put, That the amendment be made:
The House divided: Ayes 83, Noes 409.
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 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 53.8% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 318 (+2 tell) | 26 | 0 | 83.6% |
| LDem | 0 | 41 (+1 tell) | 0 | 89.4% |
| PC | 0 | 3 (+1 tell) | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 2 | 3 | 0 | 83.3% |
| UKUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 5 | 0 | 66.7% |
| Total: | 409 | 83 | 0 | 76.2% |
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
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