Human Reproductive Cloning Bill[Lords] — 29 Nov 2001 at 18:46

Laurence Robertson MP, Tewkesbury voted with the majority (No).

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

As the House will know, the other place passed the Bill without amendment on Monday.

I beg to move,

"That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Human Reproductive Cloning Bill because it does not address the subject of therapeutic cloning; it does not prevent the creation of embryos by cell nuclear replacement; it does not define terms central to the Bill, such as 'fertilisation' and 'embryo'; and it fails to address the wider issues raised by the prospect of the creation of a cloned human being."

Question put, That the amendment be made:-

The House divided: Ayes 49, Noes 288.

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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 (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con21 42 (+1 tell)039.0%
Independent1 00100.0%
Lab244 (+2 tell) 2 (+1 tell)060.6%
LDem14 5036.5%
PC4 00100.0%
SNP4 0080.0%
Total:288 49053.5%

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
John BercowBuckinghamCon (front bench)no
John ButterfillBournemouth WestConno
David CameronWitneyCon (front bench)no
Kenneth ClarkeRushcliffeConno
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)no
Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstConno
Edward GarnierHarboroughConno
Robert KeySalisburyConno
Greg KnightEast YorkshireConno
Eleanor LaingEpping ForestCon (front bench)no
Andrew LansleySouth CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKayBracknellConno
David MacleanPenrith and The BorderCon (front bench)no
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
John StanleyTonbridge and MallingCon (front bench)no
Robert SymsPooleCon (front bench)no
Ian TaylorEsher and WaltonConno
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Peter ViggersGosportConno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLabaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Mr Paul MarsdenShrewsbury and Atchamwhilst Labtellaye
Mr Brian CotterWeston-Super-MareLDem (front bench)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
Mr Paul TylerNorth CornwallLDemaye
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye

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