Relationships (Civil Registration) — 24 Oct 2001 at 18:03

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for civil registration of a relationship between two people who are cohabiting, and for such registration to afford certain legal rights; and for connected purposes.

Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-

Those voting Aye in this division were in favour of bringing a bill before parliament that gave additional rights to unmarried, cohabiting couples.

The House divided: Ayes 179, Noes 59.

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Hywel FrancisAberavonLab (minister)aye
Frank DoranAberdeen CentralLabaye
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLab (minister)aye
Judy MallaberAmber ValleyLabaye
Sandra OsborneAyrLabaye
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLabaye
Don FosterBathLDemaye
Mike WoodBatley and SpenLabaye
Martin LintonBatterseaLabaye
Peter RobinsonBelfast EastDUPno
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)no
Martin SmythBelfast Southwhilst UUPno
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)aye
Ms Oona KingBethnal Green and BowLab (minister)aye
Siôn SimonBirmingham, ErdingtonLabaye
Richard BurdenBirmingham, NorthfieldLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Andrew RobathanBlabyCon (front bench)no
Joan HumbleBlackpool North and FleetwoodLabaye
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)aye
Andrew MacKayBracknellConno
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)aye
Ann KeenBrentford and IsleworthLabaye
Mr Win GriffithsBridgendLabaye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwaterCon (front bench)no
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLabaye
David LepperBrighton, PavilionLabaye
Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLabaye
Mrs Valerie DaveyBristol WestLabaye
Mrs Marion RoeBroxbourneContellno
Nick PalmerBroxtoweLabaye
Janet DeanBurtonLabaye
David ChaytorBury NorthLabaye
Hywel WilliamsCaernarfonPC (front bench)aye
Wayne DavidCaerphillyLab (minister)aye
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabtellaye
Julie MorganCardiff NorthLabaye
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)aye
Eric MartlewCarlisleLabno
Adam PriceCarmarthen East and DinefwrPCaye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Bob SpinkCastle PointConno
Mr Simon ThomasCeredigionPCaye
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLabaye
Patsy CaltonCheadleLDemaye
Mr Nigel JonesCheltenhamLDemaye
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDemaye
Sir Sydney ChapmanChipping BarnetConno
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterConaye
Mr Gerry SteinbergCity of DurhamLabno
Hugh BayleyCity of YorkLab (minister)aye
Shona McIsaacCleethorpesLabaye
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLabaye
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Betty WilliamsConwyLabaye
Brian H DonohoeCunninghame SouthLab (minister)no
Jon CruddasDagenhamLabaye
Mr Andrew BennettDenton and ReddishLabaye
John McFallDumbartonLab (minister)aye
Russell BrownDumfriesLab (minister)aye
Mr Ernie RossDundee WestLabaye
Steve PoundEaling NorthLab (minister)aye
Piara S KhabraEaling, SouthallLabaye
John CummingsEasingtonLabaye
Mr Roy BeggsEast AntrimUUPno
Hugo SwireEast DevonConno
Michael MatesEast HampshireConno
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)no
Mr David ChidgeyEastleighLDem (front bench)aye
Ian StewartEcclesLabaye
John BarrettEdinburgh WestLDemaye
Andrew MillerEllesmere Port and NestonLab (minister)aye
Clive EffordElthamLabaye
Joan RyanEnfield NorthLabaye
Chris GraylingEpsom and EwellCon (front bench)no
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLabaye
Michael ConnartyFalkirk EastLab (minister)aye
Mark HobanFarehamCon (front bench)no
Hugh RobertsonFaversham and Mid KentConno
Alan KeenFeltham and HestonLabaye
Rudi VisFinchley and Golders GreenLabaye
Michael JackFyldeConno
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)no
Mr Peter DuncanGalloway and Upper NithsdaleConno
Ms Joyce QuinGateshead East and Washington WestLabaye
Tom HarrisGlasgow CathcartLab (minister)aye
Ian DavidsonGlasgow PollokLab (minister)aye
Malcolm BruceGordonLDem (front bench)aye
Peter ViggersGosportConno
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)aye
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLabaye
Ms Sue DoughtyGuildfordLDemaye
Mr Brian SedgemoreHackney South and ShoreditchLabaye
Mrs Alice MahonHalifaxLabaye
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabaye
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)aye
Michael Jabez FosterHastings and RyeLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLab (minister)aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Tony McWalterHemel HempsteadLabaye
Jon TrickettHemsworthLab (minister)aye
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)no
Tom LevittHigh PeakLabaye
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Greg PopeHyndburnLabaye
Ms Linda PerhamIlford NorthLabaye
Mr David StewartInverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabno
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Mr Chris SmithIslington South and FinsburyLabaye
Ann CryerKeighleyLabaye
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDem (front bench)aye
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton EastLabno
Mr Hilton DawsonLancaster and WyreLabaye
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Mr Harold BestLeeds North WestLabaye
Dr Jim MarshallLeicester SouthLabaye
Andy BurnhamLeighLab (minister)aye
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
Norman BakerLewesLDem (front bench)aye
Jim DowdLewisham WestLab (minister)aye
Joan RuddockLewisham, DeptfordLabaye
Harry CohenLeyton and WansteadLabaye
Michael FabricantLichfieldConaye
Gillian MerronLincolnLabaye
Louise EllmanLiverpool, RiversideLab (minister)aye
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabno
Andy ReedLoughboroughLabaye
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConno
Mr Matthew GreenLudlowLDemaye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLabaye
Nicholas WintertonMacclesfieldConno
Ann WiddecombeMaidstone and The WealdConno
Tony LloydManchester CentralLabaye
Alan MealeMansfieldLab (minister)aye
Elfyn LlwydMeirionnydd Nant ConwyPC (front bench)aye
Dai HavardMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabaye
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
Nicholas SoamesMid SussexConno
Stuart BellMiddlesbroughLab (minister)no
Phyllis StarkeyMilton Keynes South WestLabaye
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDemaye
Colin ChallenMorley and RothwellLabaye
Mr Calum MacDonaldNa h-Eileanan an IarLabno
Mr David RendelNewburyLDemaye
Jim CousinsNewcastle upon Tyne CentralLabaye
Mr Bill O'BrienNormantonLabno
Ian PaisleyNorth AntrimDUP (front bench)no
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)aye
Sylvia HermonNorth DownUUP (front bench)no
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabaye
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Brian WhiteNorth East Milton KeynesLabaye
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye
Mike O'BrienNorth WarwickshireLabaye
Dr Brian MawhinneyNorth West CambridgeshireConno
George YoungNorth West HampshireCon (front bench)no
Mr Tony ClarkeNorthampton SouthLabaye
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabaye
Bill OlnerNuneatonLabaye
Mr Martin O'NeillOchilLab (minister)aye
Derek ConwayOld Bexley and SidcupConno
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
John HoramOrpingtonConno
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDemtellaye
Mrs Irene AdamsPaisley NorthLab (minister)aye
Linda GilroyPlymouth, SuttonLabaye
Mark HendrickPrestonLab (minister)aye
Mr Tony ColmanPutneyLabaye
Mark FrancoisRayleighCon (front bench)no
Ms Jane GriffithsReading EastLabaye
Martin SalterReading WestLabaye
Karen BuckRegent's Park and Kensington NorthLab (minister)aye
Ms Lorna FitzsimonsRochdaleLabaye
Mr Teddy TaylorRochford and Southend EastConno
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)tellno
Sandra GidleyRomseyLDemaye
Charles KennedyRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Andy KingRugby and KenilworthLabaye
Mr John WilkinsonRuislip - NorthwoodConno
Mr Lawrie QuinnScarborough and WhitbyLabaye
John GroganSelbyLabaye
Michael FallonSevenoaksCon (front bench)no
Mr Richard AllanSheffield, HallamLDem (front bench)aye
Meg MunnSheffield, HeeleyLab (minister)aye
Mrs Helen JacksonSheffield, HillsboroughLabaye
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and Atchamwhilst Labaye
Douglas HoggSleaford and North HykehamConaye
Fiona MactaggartSloughLabaye
Mr John TaylorSolihullConno
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)aye
David BurnsideSouth Antrimwhilst UUPno
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)aye
David BorrowSouth RibbleLabaye
Patrick CormackSouth StaffordshireCon (front bench)no
Ms Julia DrownSouth SwindonLabaye
Stephen LadymanSouth ThanetLabaye
Gary StreeterSouth West DevonCon (front bench)no
Mrs Virginia BottomleySouth West SurreyConno
David KidneyStaffordLabaye
Charlotte AtkinsStaffordshire MoorlandsLabaye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Mr George StevensonStoke-on-Trent SouthLabaye
Ms Debra ShipleyStourbridgeLabaye
Iris RobinsonStrangfordDUPno
Bill EtheringtonSunderland NorthLabaye
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye
Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLabaye
Mr Adrian FlookTauntonConno
Richard Younger-RossTeignbridgeLDemaye
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)aye
Mr Peter BradleyThe WrekinLabaye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
David LammyTottenhamLabaye
Matthew TaylorTruro and St AustellLDem (front bench)aye
Michael MooreTweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Vincent CableTwickenhamLDem (front bench)aye
Angela WatkinsonUpminsterCon (front bench)no
Neil GerrardWalthamstowLabaye
Denis MurphyWansbeckLabaye
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLabaye
James PlaskittWarwick and LeamingtonLabaye
Mr Paul StinchcombeWellingboroughLabaye
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsConno
Robert SmithWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDem (front bench)aye
Tom WatsonWest Bromwich EastLab (minister)aye
Adrian BaileyWest Bromwich WestLab (minister)aye
Mr Tony BanksWest HamLabaye
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDem (front bench)aye
Mark OatenWinchesterLDemaye
Stephen HesfordWirral WestLabaye
Tony CunninghamWorkingtonLab (minister)aye
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)aye
Richard TaylorWyre ForestIndependentaye
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)aye

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