I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make St. George's Day a public holiday in England in place of the May Day public holiday.
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 83, Noes 112.
The noes were voting against the change of the Public Holiday from May Day to St George's Day
Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |
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.
Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained)
from this vote.
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | aye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | aye |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Teddy Taylor | Rochford and Southend East | Con | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | absent |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con | absent |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | absent |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con | absent |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | absent |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Peter Duncan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | absent |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | absent |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | absent |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | absent |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Michael Lord | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | whilst DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | absent |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Independent | absent |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | whilst Independent Conservative | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | tellno |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Picking | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | both |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | absent |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | absent |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | absent |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | absent |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | absent |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | absent |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | absent |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | absent |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | absent |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | absent |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | absent |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | absent |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab | absent |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | absent |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | absent |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | absent |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | absent |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | absent |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | absent |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | absent |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | absent |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | absent |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | absent |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | absent |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab | absent |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | absent |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | absent |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | absent |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | absent |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | absent |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | absent |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | absent |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | absent |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | absent |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | absent |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | absent |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | absent |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | absent |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | absent |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | absent |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | absent |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab | absent |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | absent |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab | absent |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | absent |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem | absent |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | absent |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | no |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | absent |
| Mr John Hume | Foyle | SDLP | absent |
| Mr Seamus Mallon | Newry and Armagh | SDLP | absent |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Gerry Adams | Belfast West | SF | absent |
| Pat Doherty | West Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Michelle Gildernew | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | SF | absent |
| Martin McGuinness | Mid Ulster | SF | absent |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Pete Wishart | North Tayside | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Martin | Glasgow Springburn | Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Roy Beggs | East Antrim | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | no |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP (front bench) | absent |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | absent |
