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 thereof "Sir George Young".

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a man of grave deportment, and good morals but looked upon as a violent Tory.

The Election of the Speaker is still very uncertain, for at least twenty of Mr. Smith's friends are absent.

a purse of 1000 guineas as a token of her satisfaction of his choice.

Question put, That the amendment be made:--

The House divided: Ayes 241, Noes 317.

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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	4	129 (+1 tell)	0	83.8%
DUP	0	1	0	33.3%
Independent	2	1	0	100.0%
Independent Labour	1	0	0	100.0%
Lab	295 (+2 tell)	70 (+1 tell)	1	89.1%
LDem	8	28	0	76.6%
PC	1	3	0	100.0%
SDLP	1	0	0	33.3%
SNP	3	2	0	83.3%
UKUP	0	1	0	100.0%
UUP	0	5	0	55.6%
Total:	315	240	1	86.0%

All MPs Eligible to Vote - sorted by party

Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

Name	Constituency	Party	Vote
Peter Ainsworth	East Surrey	Con	aye
Michael Ancram	Devizes	Con	aye
James Arbuthnot	North East Hampshire	Con	aye
Mr David Atkinson	Bournemouth East	Con	aye
Peter Atkinson	Hexham	Con	aye
Tony Baldry	Banbury	Con	aye
John Bercow	Buckingham	Con	aye
Paul Beresford	Mole Valley	Con	aye
Crispin Blunt	Reigate	Con	aye
Mr Richard Body	Boston and Skegness	Con	aye
Tim Boswell	Daventry	Con	aye
Peter Bottomley	Worthing West	Con	aye
Mrs Virginia Bottomley	South West Surrey	Con	aye
Graham Brady	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	aye
Julian Brazier	Canterbury	Con	aye
Mr Peter Brooke	Cities of London and Westminster	Con	aye
Angela Browning	Tiverton and Honiton	Con	aye
Mr Ian Bruce	South Dorset	Con	aye
John Butterfill	Bournemouth West	Con	aye
Sir Sydney Chapman	Chipping Barnet	Con	aye
Christopher Chope	Christchurch	Con	aye
James Clappison	Hertsmere	Con	aye
Dr Michael Clark	Rayleigh	Con	aye
Kenneth Clarke	Rushcliffe	Con	aye
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	Cotswold	Con	aye
Mr Tim Collins	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	aye
Mr James Cran	Beverley and Holderness	Con	aye
David Curry	Skipton and Ripon	Con	aye
Quentin Davies	Grantham and Stamford	Con	aye
David Davis	Haltemprice and Howden	Con	aye
Mr Stephen Day	Cheadle	Con	aye
Stephen Dorrell	Charnwood	Con	aye
Alan Duncan	Rutland and Melton	Con	aye
Iain Duncan Smith	Chingford and Woodford Green	Con	aye
Sir Peter Emery	East Devon	Con	aye
Nigel Evans	Ribble Valley	Con	aye
Mr David Faber	Westbury	Con	aye
Michael Fabricant	Lichfield	Con	aye
Michael Fallon	Sevenoaks	Con	aye
Liam Fox	Woodspring	Con	aye
Christopher Fraser	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Con	aye
Edward Garnier	Harborough	Con	aye
Nick Gibb	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Con	aye
Dame Cheryl Gillan	Chesham and Amersham	Con	aye
James Gray	North Wiltshire	Con	aye
Damian Green	Ashford	Con	aye
John Greenway	Ryedale	Con	aye
Dominic Grieve	Beaconsfield	Con	aye
John Gummer	Suffolk Coastal	Con	aye
William Hague	Richmond (Yorks)	Con	aye
Sir Archie Hamilton	Epsom and Ewell	Con	aye
Philip Hammond	Runnymede and Weybridge	Con	aye
John Hayes	South Holland and The Deepings	Con	aye
Oliver Heald	North East Hertfordshire	Con	aye
David Heathcoat-Amory	Wells	Con	aye
Mr Michael Heseltine	Henley	Con	aye
John Horam	Orpington	Con	aye
Gerald Howarth	Aldershot	Con	aye
Michael Jack	Fylde	Con	aye
Robert Jackson	Wantage	Con	aye
Bernard Jenkin	North Essex	Con	aye
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith	Wealden	Con	aye
Robert Key	Salisbury	Con	aye
Mr Tom King	Bridgwater	Con	aye
Julie Kirkbride	Bromsgrove	Con	aye
Eleanor Laing	Epping Forest	Con	aye
Jacqui Lait	Beckenham	Con	aye
Andrew Lansley	South Cambridgeshire	Con	aye
Oliver Letwin	West Dorset	Con	aye
Julian Lewis	New Forest East	Con	aye
David Lidington	Aylesbury	Con	aye
Peter Lilley	Hitchin and Harpenden	Con	aye
Sir Peter Lloyd	Fareham	Con	aye
Tim Loughton	East Worthing and Shoreham	Con	aye
Peter Luff	Mid Worcestershire	Con	aye
Sir Nicholas Lyell	North East Bedfordshire	Con	aye
Mr John MacGregor	South Norfolk	Con	aye
Andrew MacKay	Bracknell	Con	aye
Mr David Madel	South West Bedfordshire	Con	aye
Mr John Major	Huntingdon	Con	aye
John Maples	Stratford-on-Avon	Con	aye
Michael Mates	East Hampshire	Con	aye
Francis Maude	Horsham	Con	aye
Dr Brian Mawhinney	North West Cambridgeshire	Con	aye
Theresa May	Maidenhead	Con	aye
Anne McIntosh	Vale of York	Con	aye
Patrick McLoughlin	West Derbyshire	Con	aye
Malcolm Moss	North East Cambridgeshire	Con	aye
Mr Patrick Nicholls	Teignbridge	Con	aye
Mr Archie Norman	Tunbridge Wells	Con	aye
Stephen O'Brien	Eddisbury	Con	aye
Richard Ottaway	Croydon South	Con	tellaye
Mr Richard Page	South West Hertfordshire	Con	aye
James Paice	South East Cambridgeshire	Con	aye
Owen Paterson	North Shropshire	Con	aye
Eric Pickles	Brentwood and Ongar	Con	aye
Mr Michael Portillo	Kensington and Chelsea	Con	aye
Mr David Prior	North Norfolk	Con	aye
John Randall	Uxbridge	Con	aye
John Redwood	Wokingham	Con	aye
Andrew Robathan	Blaby	Con	aye
Laurence Robertson	Tewkesbury	Con	aye
Keith Simpson	Mid Norfolk	Con	aye
Nicholas Soames	Mid Sussex	Con	aye
Caroline Spelman	Meriden	Con	aye
Michael Spicer	West Worcestershire	Con	aye
Richard Spring	West Suffolk	Con	aye
Mr Nick St Aubyn	Guildford	Con	aye
Anthony Steen	Totnes	Con	aye
Gary Streeter	South West Devon	Con	aye
Desmond Swayne	New Forest West	Con	aye
Robert Syms	Poole	Con	aye
Peter Tapsell	Louth and Horncastle	Con	aye
Ian Taylor	Esher and Walton	Con	aye
Mr John Taylor	Solihull	Con	aye
David Tredinnick	Bosworth	Con	aye
Mr Michael Trend	Windsor	Con	aye
Andrew Tyrie	Chichester	Con	aye
Peter Viggers	Gosport	Con	aye
Robert Walter	North Dorset	Con	aye
Charles Wardle	Bexhill and Battle	whilst Con	aye
Nigel Waterson	Eastbourne	Con	aye
Mr Bowen Wells	Hertford and Stortford	Con	aye
Sir Ray Whitney	Wycombe	Con	aye
John Whittingdale	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Con	aye
Ann Widdecombe	Maidstone and The Weald	Con	aye
David Willetts	Havant	Con	aye
David Wilshire	Spelthorne	Con	aye
Tim Yeo	South Suffolk	Con	aye
George Young	North West Hampshire	Con	aye
Bill Cash	Stone	Con	no
Mrs Gillian Shephard	South West Norfolk	Con	no
Mr John Wilkinson	Ruislip - Northwood	Con	no
Ann Winterton	Congleton	Con	no
Sir David Amess	Southend West	Con	absent
Simon Burns	West Chelmsford	Con	absent
Patrick Cormack	South Staffordshire	Con	absent
Mr Howard Flight	Arundel and South Downs	Con	absent
Eric Forth	Bromley and Chislehurst	Con	absent
Mr Norman Fowler	Sutton Coldfield	Con	absent
Roger Gale	North Thanet	Con	absent
Mr Christopher Gill	Ludlow	Con	absent
Mrs Teresa Gorman	Billericay	Con	absent
Mr Nick Hawkins	Surrey Heath	Con	absent
Mr Edward Heath	Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	absent
Douglas Hogg	Sleaford and North Hykeham	Con	absent
Michael Howard	Folkestone and Hythe	Con	absent
Mr Andrew Hunter	Basingstoke	Con	absent
Edward Leigh	Gainsborough	Con	absent
David Maclean	Penrith and The Border	Con	absent
Humfrey Malins	Woking	Con	absent
Mrs Marion Roe	Broxbourne	Con	absent
Mr Andrew Rowe	Faversham and Mid Kent	Con	absent
David Ruffley	Bury St Edmunds	Con	absent
Mr Jonathan Sayeed	Mid Bedfordshire	Con	absent
Richard Shepherd	Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	absent
John Stanley	Tonbridge and Malling	Con	absent
Mr Teddy Taylor	Rochford and Southend East	Con	absent
Mr John Townend	East Yorkshire	Con	absent
Nicholas Winterton	Macclesfield	Con	absent
Alan Haselhurst	Saffron Walden	Deputy Speaker	absent
Michael Lord	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Deputy Speaker	absent
Peter Robinson	Belfast East	DUP	aye
William McCrea	South Antrim	DUP	absent
Ian Paisley	North Antrim	DUP	absent
Mr Martin Bell	Tatton	Independent	aye
Dennis Canavan	Falkirk West	whilst Independent	no
Ken Livingstone	Brent East	whilst Independent	no
Tommy Graham	West Renfrewshire	whilst Independent Labour	no
Graham Allen	Nottingham North	Lab	aye
Mr Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Lab	aye
Hilary Armstrong	North West Durham	Lab	aye
Margaret Beckett	Derby South	Lab	aye
Stuart Bell	Middlesbrough	Lab	aye
Mr Andrew Bennett	Denton and Reddish	Lab	aye
Clive Betts	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Lab	aye
Liz Blackman	Erewash	Lab	aye
David Blunkett	Sheffield, Brightside	Lab	aye
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours	Workington	Lab	aye
Mr Ivor Caplin	Hove	Lab	aye
Ian Cawsey	Brigg and Goole	Lab	aye
Ms Helen Clark	Peterborough	Lab	aye
Charles Clarke	Norwich South	Lab	aye
Vernon Coaker	Gedling	Lab	aye
John Denham	Southampton, Itchen	Lab	aye
Frank Field	Birkenhead	Lab	aye
Mark Fisher	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	aye
Ms Lorna Fitzsimons	Rochdale	Lab	aye
Mr Derek Foster	Bishop Auckland	Lab	aye
Ms Jane Griffiths	Reading East	Lab	aye
John Grogan	Selby	Lab	aye
Patricia Hewitt	Leicester West	Lab	aye
Keith Hill	Streatham	Lab	aye
Margaret Hodge	Barking	Lab	aye
Kate Hoey	Vauxhall	Lab	aye
Mr Alan Howarth	Newport East	Lab	aye
Lindsay Hoyle	Chorley	Lab	aye
Beverley Hughes	Stretford and Urmston	Lab	aye
Mrs Helen Jackson	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Lab	aye
Mr David Jamieson	Plymouth, Devonport	Lab	aye
Alan Johnson	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Lab	aye
Miss Melanie Johnson	Welwyn Hatfield	Lab	aye
Lynne Jones	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Lab	aye
Sally Keeble	Northampton North	Lab	aye
Ruth Kelly	Bolton West	Lab	aye
Jane Kennedy	Liverpool, Wavertree	Lab	aye
Mr David Lock	Wyre Forest	Lab	aye
Denis MacShane	Rotherham	Lab	aye
Fiona Mactaggart	Slough	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Mandelson	Hartlepool	Lab	aye
Mr Paul Marsden	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Lab	aye
Dr Jim Marshall	Leicester South	Lab	aye
Robert Marshall-Andrews	Medway	Lab	aye
Andrew Miller	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Lab	aye
Austin Mitchell	Great Grimsby	Lab	aye
Elliot Morley	Scunthorpe	Lab	aye
Sir John Morris	Aberavon	Lab	aye
Ian Pearson	Dudley South	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Pike	Burnley	Lab	aye
Greg Pope	Hyndburn	Lab	aye
Mr Giles Radice	North Durham	Lab	aye
Bill Rammell	Harlow	Lab	aye
Nick Raynsford	Greenwich and Woolwich	Lab	aye
Andy Reed	Loughborough	Lab	aye
Martin Salter	Reading West	Lab	tellaye
Mr Robert Sheldon	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lab	aye
Mr Clive Soley	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Lab	aye
Phyllis Starkey	Milton Keynes South West	Lab	aye
Jack Straw	Blackburn	Lab	aye
Graham Stringer	Manchester, Blackley	Lab	aye
Gisela Stuart	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Lab	aye
Mrs Ann Taylor	Dewsbury	Lab	aye
Mr Peter Temple-Morris	Leominster	whilst Lab	aye
Stephen Timms	East Ham	Lab	aye
Paddy Tipping	Sherwood	Lab	aye
Mark Todd	South Derbyshire	Lab	aye
Dr George Turner	North West Norfolk	Lab	aye
Stephen Twigg	Enfield, Southgate	Lab	aye
Keith Vaz	Leicester East	Lab	aye
Tony Wright	Cannock Chase	Lab	aye
Diane Abbott	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	no
Mrs Irene Adams	Paisley North	Lab	no
Nick Ainger	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	Lab	no
Bob Ainsworth	Coventry North East	Lab	no
Douglas Alexander	Paisley South	Lab	no
Janet Anderson	Rossendale and Darwen	Lab	no
Mr Joe Ashton	Bassetlaw	Lab	no
Charlotte Atkins	Staffordshire Moorlands	Lab	no
Mr Tony Banks	West Ham	Lab	no
Mr Harry Barnes	North East Derbyshire	Lab	no
Kevin Barron	Rother Valley	Lab	no
Hugh Bayley	City of York	Lab	no
Mr Nigel Beard	Bexleyheath and Crayford	Lab	no
Anne Begg	Aberdeen South	Lab	no
Hilary Benn	Leeds Central	Lab	no
Mr Tony Benn	Chesterfield	Lab	no
Joe Benton	Bootle	Lab	no
Mr Gerry Bermingham	St Helens South	Lab	no
Roger Berry	Kingswood	Lab	no
Mr Harold Best	Leeds North West	Lab	no
Hazel Blears	Salford	Lab	no
Bob Blizzard	Waveney	Lab	no
Mr Paul Boateng	Brent South	Lab	no
David Borrow	South Ribble	Lab	no
Mr Keith Bradley	Manchester, Withington	Lab	no
Gordon Brown	Dunfermline East	Lab	no
Nick Brown	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab	no
Russell Brown	Dumfries	Lab	no
Des Browne	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Lab	no
Karen Buck	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Lab	no
Richard Burden	Birmingham, Northfield	Lab	no
Colin Burgon	Elmet	Lab	no
Mrs Christine Butler	Castle Point	Lab	no
Stephen Byers	North Tyneside	Lab	no
Alan Campbell	Tynemouth	Lab	no
Mrs Anne Campbell	Cambridge	Lab	no
Ronnie Campbell	Blyth Valley	Lab	no
Mr Jamie Cann	Ipswich	Lab	no
Mr Roger Casale	Wimbledon	Lab	no
Martin Caton	Gower	Lab	no
Ben Chapman	Wirral South	Lab	no
David Chaytor	Bury North	Lab	no
Malcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith	Lab	no
Michael Clapham	Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	no
Dr Lynda Clark	Edinburgh Pentlands	Lab	no
Paul Clark	Gillingham	Lab	no
Mr Eric Clarke	Midlothian	Lab	no
Tom Clarke	Coatbridge and Chryston	Lab	no
Mr Tony Clarke	Northampton South	Lab	no
Ann Clwyd	Cynon Valley	Lab	no
Ann Coffey	Stockport	Lab	no
Harry Cohen	Leyton and Wanstead	Lab	no
Mr Iain Coleman	Hammersmith and Fulham	Lab	no
Mr Tony Colman	Putney	Lab	no
Michael Connarty	Falkirk East	Lab	no
Frank Cook	Stockton North	Lab	no
Robin Cook	Livingston	Lab	no
Yvette Cooper	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	no
Mr Robin Corbett	Birmingham, Erdington	Lab	no
Jeremy Corbyn	Islington North	Lab	no
Ms Jean Corston	Bristol East	Lab	no
Jim Cousins	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	no
Mr Tom Cox	Tooting	Lab	no
David Crausby	Bolton North East	Lab	no
Ann Cryer	Keighley	Lab	no
John Cummings	Easington	Lab	no
Dr Jack Cunningham	Copeland	Lab	no
Jim Cunningham	Coventry South	Lab	no
Claire Curtis-Thomas	Crosby	Lab	no
Mr Tam Dalyell	Linlithgow	Lab	no
Alistair Darling	Edinburgh Central	Lab	no
Mr Keith Darvill	Upminster	Lab	no
Mrs Valerie Davey	Bristol West	Lab	no
Ian Davidson	Glasgow Pollok	Lab	no
Mr Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Lab	no
Geraint Davies	Croydon Central	Lab	no
Mr Ron Davies	Caerphilly	Lab	no
Mr Terry Davis	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Lab	no
Mr Hilton Dawson	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	no
Janet Dean	Burton	Lab	no
Andrew Dismore	Hendon	Lab	no
Jim Dobbin	Heywood and Middleton	Lab	no
Frank Dobson	Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	no
Brian H Donohoe	Cunninghame South	Lab	no
Frank Doran	Aberdeen Central	Lab	no
Jim Dowd	Lewisham West	Lab	no
David Drew	Stroud	Lab	no
Ms Julia Drown	South Swindon	Lab	no
Angela Eagle	Wallasey	Lab	no
Maria Eagle	Liverpool, Garston	Lab	no
Mr Huw Edwards	Monmouth	Lab	no
Clive Efford	Eltham	Lab	no
Louise Ellman	Liverpool, Riverside	Lab	no
Jeff Ennis	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	no
Bill Etherington	Sunderland North	Lab	no
Jim Fitzpatrick	Poplar and Canning Town	Lab	no
Caroline Flint	Don Valley	Lab	no
Paul Flynn	Newport West	Lab	no
Barbara Follett	Stevenage	Lab	no
Michael Foster	Worcester	Lab	no
Michael Jabez Foster	Hastings and Rye	Lab	no
Mr George Foulkes	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Lab	no
Sam Galbraith	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Lab	no
George Galloway	Glasgow Kelvin	Lab	no
Mike Gapes	Ilford South	Lab	no
Barry Gardiner	Brent North	Lab	no
Bruce George	Walsall South	Lab	no
Neil Gerrard	Walthamstow	Lab	no
Ian Gibson	Norwich North	Lab	no
Linda Gilroy	Plymouth, Sutton	Lab	no
Roger Godsiff	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	no
Paul Goggins	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Lab	no
Mrs Llin Golding	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Lab	no
Nigel Griffiths	Edinburgh South	Lab	no
Mr Win Griffiths	Bridgend	Lab	no
Mr Bruce Grocott	Telford	Lab	no
Peter Hain	Neath	Lab	no
Mike Hall	Weaver Vale	Lab	no
Fabian Hamilton	Leeds North East	Lab	no
David Hanson	Delyn	Lab	no
Harriet Harman	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab	no
Sylvia Heal	Halesowen and Rowley Regis	whilst Lab	no
John Healey	Wentworth	Lab	no
Doug Henderson	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	no
Mr Ivan Henderson	Harwich	Lab	no
Stephen Hepburn	Jarrow	Lab	no
John Heppell	Nottingham East	Lab	no
John Home Robertson	East Lothian	Lab	no
Jimmy Hood	Clydesdale	Lab	no
Phil Hope	Corby	Lab	no
Kelvin Hopkins	Luton North	Lab	no
George Howarth	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Lab	no
Kim Howells	Pontypridd	Lab	no
Mr Kevin Hughes	Doncaster North	Lab	no
Joan Humble	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Lab	no
Mr Alan Hurst	Braintree	Lab	no
John Hutton	Barrow and Furness	Lab	no
Brian Iddon	Bolton South East	Lab	no
Eric Illsley	Barnsley Central	Lab	no
Glenda Jackson	Hampstead and Highgate	Lab	no
Brian Jenkins	Tamworth	Lab	no
Mr Barry Jones	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	no
Fiona Jones	Newark	Lab	no
Helen Jones	Warrington North	Lab	no
Ms Jenny Jones	Wolverhampton South West	Lab	no
Mr Jon Owen Jones	Cardiff Central	Lab	no
Martyn Jones	Clwyd South	Lab	no
Alan Keen	Feltham and Heston	Lab	no
Ann Keen	Brentford and Isleworth	Lab	tellno
Fraser Kemp	Houghton and Washington East	Lab	no
Piara S Khabra	Ealing, Southall	Lab	no
David Kidney	Stafford	Lab	no
Peter Kilfoyle	Liverpool, Walton	Lab	no
Mr Andy King	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	no
Ms Tess Kingham	Gloucester	Lab	no
Ashok Kumar	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Lab	no
Stephen Ladyman	South Thanet	Lab	no
David Lammy	Tottenham	Lab	no
Mrs Jackie Lawrence	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Lab	no
Bob Laxton	Derby North	Lab	no
David Lepper	Brighton, Pavilion	Lab	no
Chris Leslie	Shipley	Lab	no
Tom Levitt	High Peak	Lab	no
Ivan Lewis	Bury South	Lab	no
Mr Terry Lewis	Worsley	Lab	no
Mrs Helen Liddell	Airdrie and Shotts	Lab	no
Martin Linton	Battersea	Lab	no
Tony Lloyd	Manchester Central	Lab	no
Andrew MacKinlay	Thurrock	Lab	no
Mrs Alice Mahon	Halifax	Lab	no
Judy Mallaber	Amber Valley	Lab	no
Dr John Marek	Wrexham	Lab	no
Gordon Marsden	Blackpool South	Lab	no
Eric Martlew	Carlisle	Lab	no
Mr John Maxton	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	no
John McAllion	Dundee East	Lab	no
Thomas McAvoy	Glasgow Rutherglen	Lab	no
Steve McCabe	Birmingham, Hall Green	Lab	no
Chris McCafferty	Calder Valley	Lab	no
Ian McCartney	Makerfield	Lab	no
Siobhain McDonagh	Mitcham and Morden	Lab	no
John Martin McDonnell	Hayes and Harlington	Lab	no
John McFall	Dumbarton	Lab	no
Anne McGuire	Stirling	Lab	no
Shona McIsaac	Cleethorpes	Lab	no
Rosemary McKenna	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Lab	no
Henry McLeish	Central Fife	Lab	no
Mr Kevin McNamara	Kingston upon Hull North	Lab	no
Tony McNulty	Harrow East	Lab	no
Mr Tony McWalter	Hemel Hempstead	Lab	no
Mr John McWilliam	Blaydon	Lab	no
Alan Meale	Mansfield	Lab	no
Gillian Merron	Lincoln	Lab	no
Alun Michael	Cardiff South and Penarth	Lab	no
Mr Bill Michie	Sheffield, Heeley	Lab	no
Alan Milburn	Darlington	Lab	no
Laura Moffatt	Crawley	Lab	no
Margaret Moran	Luton South	Lab	no
Julie Morgan	Cardiff North	Lab	no
Ms Estelle Morris	Birmingham, Yardley	Lab	no
Kali Mountford	Colne Valley	Lab	no
Dr Mo Mowlam	Redcar	Lab	no
George Mudie	Leeds East	Lab	no
Chris Mullin	Sunderland South	Lab	no
Denis Murphy	Wansbeck	Lab	no
Jim Murphy	East Renfrewshire	Lab	no
Paul Murphy	Torfaen	Lab	no
Doug Naysmith	Bristol North West	Lab	no
Mr Bill O'Brien	Normanton	Lab	no
Mike O'Brien	North Warwickshire	Lab	no
Edward O'Hara	Knowsley South	Lab	no
Bill Olner	Nuneaton	Lab	no
Mrs Diana Organ	Forest of Dean	Lab	no
Sandra Osborne	Ayr	Lab	no
Nick Palmer	Broxtowe	Lab	no
Ms Linda Perham	Ilford North	Lab	no
Mr Colin Pickthall	West Lancashire	Lab	no
James Plaskitt	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	no
Mr Kerry Pollard	St Albans	Lab	no
Mr Chris Pond	Gravesham	Lab	no
Steve Pound	Ealing North	Lab	no
Mr Raymond Powell	Ogmore	Lab	no
Bridget Prentice	Lewisham East	Lab	no
Gordon Prentice	Pendle	Lab	no
John Prescott	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	no
Gwyn Prosser	Dover	Lab	no
Mr Lawrie Quinn	Scarborough and Whitby	Lab	no
Mr Syd Rapson	Portsmouth North	Lab	no
John Reid	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Lab	no
Geoffrey Robinson	Coventry North West	Lab	no
Mrs Barbara Roche	Hornsey and Wood Green	Lab	no
Mr Allan Rogers	Rhondda	Lab	no
Mr Jeff Rooker	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Lab	no
Mr Ernie Ross	Dundee West	Lab	no
Mr Ted Rowlands	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	no
Frank Roy	Motherwell and Wishaw	Lab	no
Chris Ruane	Vale of Clwyd	Lab	no
Joan Ruddock	Lewisham, Deptford	Lab	no
Christine Russell	City of Chester	Lab	no
Joan Ryan	Enfield North	Lab	no
Mohammad Sarwar	Glasgow Govan	Lab	no
Mr Malcolm Savidge	Aberdeen North	Lab	no
Mr Phil Sawford	Kettering	Lab	no
Mr Brian Sedgemore	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	no
Jonathan R Shaw	Chatham and Aylesford	Lab	no
Barry Sheerman	Huddersfield	Lab	no
Ms Debra Shipley	Stourbridge	Lab	no
Clare Short	Birmingham, Ladywood	Lab	no
Alan Simpson	Nottingham South	Lab	no
Dennis Skinner	Bolsover	Lab	no
Andrew Smith	Oxford East	Lab	no
Angela Smith	Basildon	Lab	no
Mr Chris Smith	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	no
Geraldine Smith	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lab	no
Jacqui Smith	Redditch	Lab	no
John Smith	Vale of Glamorgan	Lab	no
Mr Llew Smith	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	no
Mr Peter Snape	West Bromwich East	Lab	tellno
Helen Southworth	Warrington South	Lab	no
John Spellar	Warley	Lab	no
Rachel Squire	Dunfermline West	Lab	no
Mr Gerry Steinberg	City of Durham	Lab	no
Mr George Stevenson	Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	no
Mr David Stewart	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Lab	no
Ian Stewart	Eccles	Lab	no
Mr Paul Stinchcombe	Wellingborough	Lab	no
Gavin Strang	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Lab	no
Gerry Sutcliffe	Bradford South	Lab	no
Dari Taylor	Stockton South	Lab	no
David Taylor	North West Leicestershire	Lab	no
Mr Gareth Thomas	Clwyd West	Lab	no
Gareth Thomas	Harrow West	Lab	no
Don Touhig	Islwyn	Lab	no
Jon Trickett	Hemsworth	Lab	no
Paul Truswell	Pudsey	Lab	no
Desmond Turner	Brighton, Kemptown	Lab	no
Neil Turner	Wigan	Lab	no
Derek Twigg	Halton	Lab	no
Mr Bill Tynan	Hamilton South	Lab	no
Rudi Vis	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	no
Joan Walley	Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab	no
Claire Ward	Watford	Lab	no
Dave Watts	St Helens North	Lab	no
Mr Brian White	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	no
Alan Whitehead	Southampton, Test	Lab	no
Malcolm Wicks	Croydon North	Lab	no
Dr Alan Williams	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Lab	no
Alan Williams	Swansea West	Lab	no
Betty Williams	Conwy	Lab	no
Mr Brian Wilson	Cunninghame North	Lab	no
Rosie Winterton	Doncaster Central	Lab	no
Shaun Woodward	Witney	whilst Lab	no
Phil Woolas	Oldham East and Saddleworth	Lab	no
Mr Tony Worthington	Clydebank and Milngavie	Lab	no
Mr Jimmy Wray	Glasgow Baillieston	Lab	no
Anthony D Wright	Great Yarmouth	Lab	no
Derek Wyatt	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	no
Ben Bradshaw	Exeter	Lab	both
Ms Candy Atherton	Falmouth and Camborne	Lab	absent
John Austin	Erith and Thamesmead	Lab	absent
John Battle	Leeds West	Lab	absent
Tony Blair	Sedgefield	Lab	absent
Mr Peter Bradley	The Wrekin	Lab	absent
Richard Caborn	Sheffield Central	Lab	absent
Ms Judith Church	Dagenham	Lab	absent
Dr David Clark	South Shields	Lab	absent
David Clelland	Tyne Bridge	Lab	absent
Professor Ross Cranston	Dudley North	Lab	absent
John Cryer	Hornchurch	Lab	absent
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe	Leigh	Lab	absent
Gwyneth Dunwoody	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	absent
Mrs Maria Fyfe	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	absent
Dr Norman Godman	Greenock and Inverclyde	Lab	absent
Mrs Eileen Gordon	Romford	Lab	absent
Mr John Gunnell	Morley and Rothwell	Lab	absent
Patrick Hall	Bedford	Lab	absent
Stephen Hesford	Wirral West	Lab	absent
Mr David Hinchliffe	Wakefield	Lab	absent
Geoff Hoon	Ashfield	Lab	absent
Adam Ingram	East Kilbride	Lab	absent
Tessa Jowell	Dulwich and West Norwood	Lab	absent
Gerald Kaufman	Manchester, Gorton	Lab	absent
Ms Oona King	Bethnal Green and Bow	Lab	absent
Andrew Love	Edmonton	Lab	absent
Mr Calum MacDonald	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Lab	absent
David Marshall	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	absent
Michael Meacher	Oldham West and Royton	Lab	absent
Dr Lewis Moonie	Kirkcaldy	Lab	absent
Mr Rhodri Morgan	Cardiff West	Lab	absent
Dan Norris	Wansdyke	Lab	absent
Mr Martin O'Neill	Ochil	Lab	absent
Mr Tom Pendry	Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	absent
Dawn Primarolo	Bristol South	Lab	absent
Ken Purchase	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	absent
Ms Joyce Quin	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab	absent
Terry Rooney	Bradford North	Lab	absent
Marsha Singh	Bradford West	Lab	absent
Howard Stoate	Dartford	Lab	absent
Mr Dennis Turner	Wolverhampton South East	Lab	absent
Robert Wareing	Liverpool, West Derby	Lab	absent
Michael Wills	North Swindon	Lab	absent
David Winnick	Walsall North	Lab	absent
Mike Wood	Batley and Spen	Lab	absent
Mr Paddy Ashdown	Yeovil	LDem	aye
Mrs Jackie Ballard	Taunton	LDem	aye
Tom Brake	Carshalton and Wallington	LDem	aye
Colin Breed	South East Cornwall	LDem	aye
Mr John Burnett	Torridge and West Devon	LDem	aye
Paul Burstow	Sutton and Cheam	LDem	aye
Vincent Cable	Twickenham	LDem	aye
Mr David Chidgey	Eastleigh	LDem	aye
Edward Davey	Kingston and Surbiton	LDem	aye
Mr Ronnie Fearn	Southport	LDem	aye
Don Foster	Bath	LDem	aye
Donald Gorrie	Edinburgh West	LDem	aye
Evan Harris	Oxford West and Abingdon	LDem	aye
Nick Harvey	North Devon	LDem	aye
Paul Keetch	Hereford	LDem	aye
Mr Archy Kirkwood	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	LDem	aye
Mr Robert Maclennan	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	LDem	aye
Mark Oaten	Winchester	LDem	aye
Lembit Öpik	Montgomeryshire	LDem	aye
Mr David Rendel	Newbury	LDem	aye
Bob Russell	Colchester	LDem	aye
Adrian Sanders	Torbay	LDem	aye
Robert Smith	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	LDem	aye
Andrew Stunell	Hazel Grove	LDem	aye
Matthew Taylor	Truro and St Austell	LDem	aye
Dr Jenny Tonge	Richmond Park	LDem	aye
Mr Paul Tyler	North Cornwall	LDem	aye
Steve Webb	Northavon	LDem	aye
Mr Richard Allan	Sheffield, Hallam	LDem	no
Malcolm Bruce	Gordon	LDem	no
Mr Brian Cotter	Weston-Super-Mare	LDem	no
Andrew George	St Ives	LDem	no
Sandra Gidley	Romsey	LDem	no
Mike Hancock	Portsmouth South	LDem	no
David Heath	Somerton and Frome	LDem	no
Mr Richard Livsey	Brecon and Radnorshire	LDem	no
Norman Baker	Lewes	LDem	absent
Alan Beith	Berwick-upon-Tweed	LDem	absent
Dr Peter Brand	Isle of Wight	LDem	absent
Menzies Campbell	North East Fife	LDem	absent
Simon Hughes	North Southwark and Bermondsey	LDem	absent
Mr Nigel Jones	Cheltenham	LDem	absent
Charles Kennedy	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	LDem	absent
Mrs Ray Michie	Argyll and Bute	LDem	absent
Michael Moore	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	LDem	absent
Jim Wallace	Orkney and Shetland	LDem	absent
Phil Willis	Harrogate and Knaresborough	LDem	absent
Elfyn Llwyd	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	PC	aye
Mr Simon Thomas	Ceredigion	PC	aye
Mr Dafydd Wigley	Caernarfon	PC	aye
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones	Ynys Môn	PC	no
Mr John Hume	Foyle	SDLP	no
Mr Seamus Mallon	Newry and Armagh	SDLP	absent
Eddie McGrady	South Down	SDLP	absent
Gerry Adams	Belfast West	SF	absent
Martin McGuinness	Mid Ulster	SF	absent
Roseanna Cunningham	Perth	SNP	aye
Alasdair Morgan	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	SNP	aye
Alex Salmond	Banff and Buchan	SNP	no
John Swinney	North Tayside	SNP	no
Andrew Welsh	Angus	SNP	no
Margaret Ewing	Moray	SNP	absent
Robert McCartney	North Down	UKUP	aye
Jeffrey M. Donaldson	Lagan Valley	UUP	aye
Mr William Ross	East Londonderry	UUP	aye
Martin Smyth	Belfast South	UUP	aye
Mr William Thompson	West Tyrone	UUP	aye
Rt Hon David Trimble	Upper Bann	UUP	aye
Mr Roy Beggs	East Antrim	UUP	absent
Mr Ken Maginnis	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	UUP	absent
John Taylor	Strangford	UUP	absent
Mr Cecil Walker	Belfast North	UUP	absent

Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000

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