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[Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — 14 May 2004 at 09:33

I beg to move, That the House do sit in private.

Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 163 (Motions to sit in private):-

The House divided: Ayes 0, Noes 36.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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
Con8 004.9%
Lab25 (+2 tell) 0 (+2 tell)07.1%
LDem2 003.7%
UUP1 0020.0%
Total:36 006.3%

All Votes Cast - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party are marked in red. Also shows which MPs were ministers at the time of this vote. You can also see every eligible MP including those who did not vote in this division.

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Gregory BarkerBexhill and BattleCon (front bench)no
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)no
Eric ForthBromley and ChislehurstConno
Paul GoodmanWycombeCon (front bench)no
James GrayNorth WiltshireConno
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
Hugo SwireEast DevonCon (front bench)no
David WilshireSpelthorneCon (front bench)no
Andrew DismoreHendonLabtellaye
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)tellaye
Nick AingerCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLab (minister)no
Mr Harry BarnesNorth East DerbyshireLabno
Liz BlackmanErewashLab (minister)no
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLab (minister)no
Martin CatonGowerLab (minister)no
Ian CawseyBrigg and GooleLab (minister)no
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLabno
Tom ClarkeCoatbridge and ChrystonLab (minister)no
Mr Huw EdwardsMonmouthLabtellno
Jim FitzpatrickPoplar and Canning TownLab (minister)no
Hywel FrancisAberavonLab (minister)no
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)no
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLab (minister)no
Ms Jane GriffithsReading EastLabno
Harriet HarmanCamberwell and PeckhamLab (minister)no
Mrs Helen JacksonSheffield, HillsboroughLabno
Fraser KempHoughton and Washington EastLab (minister)no
Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLab (minister)no
Stephen LadymanSouth ThanetLab (minister)no
Mrs Jackie LawrencePreseli PembrokeshireLab (minister)no
Andrew LoveEdmontonLab (minister)no
Fiona MactaggartSloughLab (minister)no
Shona McIsaacCleethorpesLab (minister)no
Gordon PrenticePendleLabno
Jonathan R ShawChatham and AylesfordLabtellno
Gareth ThomasHarrow WestLab (minister)no
Mr Brian WhiteNorth East Milton KeynesLabno
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)no
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)no
Mr Roy BeggsEast AntrimUUPno

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