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. Menzies Campbell".
In proposing the name of Ming Campbell, I realise that I am breaking the tradition by nominating a member of a minority party. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Mr. Kaufman) pointed out in his letter to The Times last week, however, there is no sufficiently clear tradition to tie the House to any course of action.
Question put, That the amendment be made:--
The House divided: Ayes 98, Noes 381.
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 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 56.9% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 289 (+2 tell) | 44 | 0 | 80.9% |
| LDem | 0 | 40 (+2 tell) | 0 | 89.4% |
| PC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| UUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.2% |
| Total: | 381 | 98 | 0 | 74.7% |
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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