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. Michael Lord".
I have pleasure in moving the amendment proposing that my hon. Friend the Member for Central Suffolk and Ipswich, North (Mr. Lord) should occupy the position of Speaker in this House. I am sure that I am not the only hon. Member who, as we approach the end of this marathon performance, is unhappy about the procedure used and the manner in which it is evolving, and uneasy about the way in which we have moved through the various stages. With great respect to my hon. Friends the Members for South Staffordshire (Sir P. Cormack) and for Aldridge-Brownhills (Mr. Shepherd), as well as other hon. Members in favour of whom an amendment may be moved, we are now moving into a possible contest between two current Deputy Speakers.
Question put, That the amendment be made:--
The House divided: Ayes 146, Noes 290.
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 | 0 | 116 (+1 tell) | 0 | 73.1% |
Deputy Speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
DUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 260 (+2 tell) | 8 (+1 tell) | 0 | 65.5% |
LDem | 25 | 13 | 0 | 80.9% |
PC | 1 | 2 | 0 | 75.0% |
SNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
UKUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33.3% |
Total: | 290 | 146 | 0 | 67.7% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by vote
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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