Treason Felony, Act of Settlement and Parliamentary Oath — 19 Dec 2001 at 17:25
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend section 3 of the Treason Felony Act 1848 in order to establish that it is no longer an offence to express an opinion in favour of republicanism or advocating the abolition of the monarchy; to amend the Act of Settlement to provide that persons in communion with the Roman Catholic church are able to succeed to the Crown; to amend the law relating to the parliamentary oath; 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):-
The House divided: Ayes 170, Noes 32.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | tellaye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Paul Daisley | Brent East | Lab | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | no |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | tellaye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con | no |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | tellno |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Pete Wishart | North Tayside | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | no |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
