Adoption and Children Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Applications for adoption — 16 May 2002 at 17:45
This amendment to the Adoption and Children Bill allowed unmarried couples (both heterosexual and homosexual) to adopt children. Those voting aye were for the amendment.
Amendment proposed: No. 148, in page 28, line 41, leave out "married".-[Mr. Hinchliffe.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
The House divided: Ayes 288, Noes 133.
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.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 4 | 110 (+2 tell) | 0 | 70.7% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 251 (+1 tell) | 19 | 0 | 66.1% |
| LDem | 28 (+1 tell) | 2 | 0 | 58.5% |
| PC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 287 | 133 | 0 | 66.5% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | no |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem | no |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab | no |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | no |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | no |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |