Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected — 26 Feb 2003 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted against inserting at the end of a Parliamentary motion that broadly supported Government's policy, the line:[1]
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...but finds the case for military action against Iraq as yet unproven.
The main motion in support of the Government was then passed in a vote immediately afterward.[2]
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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 (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 128 | 13 (+1 tell) | 0 | 87.1% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 253 (+2 tell) | 120 (+1 tell) | 1 | 92.0% |
| LDem | 0 | 52 | 0 | 98.1% |
| PC | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 392 | 198 | 1 | 91.4% |
MPs
for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | tellaye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | tellaye |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | both |
