Business of the House — 16 Jul 2001 at 16:01

I beg to move,

That, at this day's sitting, the Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on any Motion relating to the membership of Select Committees and the appointment of a Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons not later than Seven o'clock; such Questions shall include the Questions on any amendments selected by the Speaker which may then be moved; such Questions may be decided, though opposed, after the expiration of the time for opposed business; and Standing Order No. 38 (Procedure on divisions) shall apply and the Order [28th June] relating to Deferred Divisions shall not apply if, after the time for the interruption of business, the opinion of the Speaker as to the decision on a Question is challenged in respect of any of the said Questions.

Question put:-

The House divided: Ayes 290, Noes 160.

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con0 108 (+2 tell)067.1%
DUP0 1020.0%
Lab262 (+2 tell) 40074.0%
LDem24 8061.5%
PC0 2050.0%
SNP4 0080.0%
UUP0 1016.7%
Total:290 160070.2%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

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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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabno
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLabno
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabno
Mr Andrew BennettDenton and ReddishLabno
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLabno
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)no
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLabno
Ann ClwydCynon ValleyLab (minister)no
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabno
Ann CryerKeighleyLabno
John CryerHornchurchLab (minister)no
Mr Terry DavisBirmingham, Hodge HillLabno
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabno
Paul FlynnNewport WestLabno
Ms Jane GriffithsReading EastLabno
Mr Win GriffithsBridgendLabno
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabno
Mr David HinchliffeWakefieldLabno
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLabno
Mr Alan HurstBraintreeLabno
Mr Jon Owen JonesCardiff CentralLabno
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabno
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabno
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabno
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and Atchamwhilst Labno
Dr Jim MarshallLeicester SouthLabno
Robert Marshall-AndrewsMedwayLabno
Eric MartlewCarlisleLabno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)no
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabno
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLabno
Gordon PrenticePendleLabno
Gwyn ProsserDoverLabno
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabno
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
Geraldine SmithMorecambe and LunesdaleLabno
Mr Llew SmithBlaenau GwentLabno
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabno
Robert WareingLiverpool, West DerbyLabno
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabno
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDem (front bench)no
Mike HancockPortsmouth SouthLDem (front bench)no
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)no
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDemno
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)no
Paul KeetchHerefordLDemno
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDem (front bench)no
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)no

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