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.
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 |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | aye |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab | aye |
| Mr Terry Davis | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab | aye |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab | aye |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | both |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | tellaye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| 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 |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab | aye |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | tellaye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | aye |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab | aye |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
