Privatisation — 6 Nov 2000
Question, That the proposed words be there added, put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments): --
The House divided: Ayes 260, Noes 68.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Sir John Morris | Aberavon | Lab | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Barry Jones | Alyn and Deeside | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ray Michie | Argyll and Bute | LDem | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Robert Sheldon | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab | aye |
| Mr Joe Ashton | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Robin Corbett | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jeff Rooker | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Livsey | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Dafydd Wigley | Caernarfon | PC | no |
| Mr Robert Maclennan | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Dr Alan Williams | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Christine Butler | Castle Point | Lab | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | no |
| Mr Stephen Day | Cheadle | Con | no |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | aye |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab | aye |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Alasdair Morgan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | SNP | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Maxton | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Maria Fyfe | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nick St Aubyn | Guildford | Con | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | no |
| Mr Bowen Wells | Hertford and Stortford | Con | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Dr Peter Brand | Isle of Wight | LDem | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Temple-Morris | Leominster | whilst Lab | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mr Ted Rowlands | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Mr Eric Clarke | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | no |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Fiona Jones | Newark | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Llin Golding | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Raymond Powell | Ogmore | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Allan Rogers | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Eileen Gordon | Romford | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab | aye |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Dr David Clark | South Shields | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Bermingham | St Helens South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Pendry | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin Bell | Tatton | Independent | no |
| Mrs Jackie Ballard | Taunton | LDem | no |
| Mr Bruce Grocott | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | aye |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | no |
| Shaun Woodward | Witney | whilst Lab | aye |
| Mr Dale Campbell-Savours | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
