Parliamentary Pensions — 5 Jul 2001 at 16:24
Amendment proposed: (a), at end to add-
"And that this House further endorses the recommendation of the Trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund that the accrual rate be increased to 1/40th and that the additional cost be borne by the Exchequer".-<[i>Mr. Butterfill.]
The House divided: Ayes 215, Noes 172.
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Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
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'+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a
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aye and no in the same division. The boths
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What is Turnout? This is measured against
the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 75 (+1 tell) | 7 | 0 | 50.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 116 (+1 tell) | 140 (+2 tell) | 1 | 63.3% |
| LDem | 13 | 19 | 0 | 61.5% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| SNP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 214 | 170 | 1 | 60.0% |
MPs
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Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Peter Duncan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Con | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con | no |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con | no |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con | no |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab | aye |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab | aye |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab | aye |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab | tellaye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab | aye |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab | both |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem | aye |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
