Question accordingly negatived.
Madam Deputy Speaker then proceeded to put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour.
Amendment proposed: No. 23, in page 37, line 18, leave out clause 56.-[Mr. Andrew Turner.]
Question put, That the amendment be made:-
Clause 56 allowed reasonable chastisement of children. Those voting Aye in this division sought to remove clause 56 and therefore outlaw reasonable chastisement of children.
The House divided: Ayes 208, Noes 284.
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 Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con | aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con | aye |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | aye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr James Cran | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | 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 |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 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 |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | 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 |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | aye |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | aye |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | aye |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| 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 |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | tellaye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | 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 |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | absent |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con | absent |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | absent |
| Mr Peter Duncan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | 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 |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| 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 | absent |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | no |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | no |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | 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 |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Glasgow Rutherglen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | 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 |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| Ms Joyce Quin | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | no |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Dennis Turner | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | absent |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | absent |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | absent |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | absent |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | absent |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | 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 |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | absent |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | 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 |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab | absent |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | absent |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | absent |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | 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 |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | absent |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab | absent |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | absent |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab | absent |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem | aye |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr John Burnett | Torridge and West Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | absent |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | 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 |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Weir | Angus | 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 |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | absent |
