Motion to sit in Private — 25 Feb 2005 at 09:33
Eric Forth moved that the House sit in private, to ensure the early defeat of this motion and deny its use to anyone who wanted to disrupt the debate on a subsequent Private Members' Bill.
Specifically, the move was targeted at the Drugs (Sentencing and Commission of Inquiry) Bill which was to be debated first and which would have set up a Commission on the laws on Cannabis.
See division 72 on 2005-10-28 for further details of this tactic
As a House of Commons matter, no whips were applied on this division.
(It's worth looking at the next three divisions that took place on the same day, all on private member's bills. The turnout was extremely low and quorum was nowhere near being achieved on any of them.)
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
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem (front bench) | no |