I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
It is necessary to return to some of the basic issues surrounding the Bill to understand why we tabled the new clause. The old structure of the Lord Chancellor provided, as we have debated peripherally this afternoon, that he was a judge first and foremost. He was a judge with a hybrid role, because as well as sitting as the head of the judiciary and a Law Lord, and being Speaker of the House of Lords, he was a Minister.
Question put, That the clause be read a Second time:-
This clause prevents the Lord Chancellor (head of the judiciary) from taking ministerial office. The Lord Chancellor is clearly in a position of great importance. This clause is designed to prevent him from being influenced by political pressure or pressure from constituants. Those voting Aye in this division agreed that the Lord Chancellor should not also be a Minister.
The Committee divided: Ayes 167, Noes 283.
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
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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 |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | 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 |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | 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 | aye |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con | tellaye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con (front bench) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mr Peter Duncan | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | aye |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | 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 |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 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 (front bench) | aye |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | 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 |
| 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 |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | 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 |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | 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 |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | 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 |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | aye |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | 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 |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con | aye |
| 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 |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Virginia Bottomley | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con | absent |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Adrian Flook | Taunton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | absent |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Nick Hawkins | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dr Brian Mawhinney | North West Cambridgeshire | Con | absent |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Michael Portillo | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mr John Wilkinson | Ruislip - Northwood | Con | absent |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | 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 |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | whilst DUP (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | whilst DUP | aye |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | aye |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Independent | absent |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Independent (front bench) | absent |
| 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 |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | 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 |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Boateng | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Gordon Brown | Dunfermline East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | 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 |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | no |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | 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 |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | 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 |
| 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 |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | no |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | 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 |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | 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 |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Alan Howarth | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | 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 |
| Mr David Jamieson | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | 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 |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | 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 |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | no |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | no |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr John Lyons | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Calum MacDonald | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Lab | no |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | 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 |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | 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 |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mrs Diana Organ | Forest of Dean | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | 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 |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| 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 Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | 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 |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Chris Smith | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | no |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | no |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | 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 |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | 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 |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | 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 |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | no |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab | absent |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | absent |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab | absent |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Ivor Caplin | Hove | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Roger Casale | Wimbledon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | absent |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Iain Coleman | Hammersmith and Fulham | Lab | absent |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab | absent |
| Dr Jack Cunningham | Copeland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | absent |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Denzil Davies | Llanelli | Lab | absent |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | absent |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Kevin Hughes | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Alan Hurst | Braintree | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Robert Jackson | Wantage | whilst Lab (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Miss Melanie Johnson | Welwyn Hatfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Jackie Lawrence | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | absent |
| Ms Estelle Morris | Birmingham, Yardley | 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 |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Reid | Hamilton North and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mrs Barbara Roche | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ms Debra Shipley | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | absent |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr George Stevenson | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Brian Wilson | Cunninghame North | Lab | absent |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mr Jimmy Wray | Glasgow Baillieston | Lab | absent |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | 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 |
| Patsy Calton | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Matthew Green | Ludlow | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Dr Jenny Tonge | Richmond Park | LDem | absent |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | no |
| 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 |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | no |
| Ms Annabelle Ewing | Perth | 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 |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | aye |
| Rt Hon David Trimble | Upper Bann | UUP (front bench) | aye |
