Delegated Legislation — Northern Ireland — 15 Mar 2005 at 17:19
That the draft Electoral Law (Northern Ireland) Act 1962 (Amendment) Order 2005, which was laid before this House on 20th January, be approved.-[Mr. Ainger.]
The House divided: Ayes 258, Noes 33.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Helen Liddell | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | aye |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| Martin Smyth | Belfast South | whilst UUP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Nigel Beard | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | Lab | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Derek Foster | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Llew Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab | aye |
| Mr John McWilliam | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Anne Campbell | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr George Foulkes | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | Lab | aye |
| John MacDougall | Central Fife | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gerry Steinberg | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Gareth Thomas | Clwyd West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jimmy Hood | Clydesdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | aye |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Geraint Davies | Croydon Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Ann Taylor | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Professor Ross Cranston | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John McFall | Dumbarton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Iain Luke | Dundee East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ernie Ross | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rachel Squire | Dunfermline West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Clive Soley | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lynda Clark | Edinburgh Pentlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Twigg | Enfield, Southgate | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Robertson | Glasgow Anniesland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow Cathcart | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow Maryhill | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Marshall | Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | aye |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Chris Pond | Gravesham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Cairns | Greenock and Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Ivan Henderson | Harwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Linda Perham | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Stewart | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Kevin McNamara | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dr Lewis Moonie | Kirkcaldy | Lab | aye |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Hilton Dawson | Lancaster and Wyre | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | aye |
| Mr Parmjit Gill | Leicester South | LDem | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab | aye |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tam Dalyell | Linlithgow | Lab | aye |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | Lab | aye |
| Robin Cook | Livingston | Lab | aye |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Keith Bradley | Manchester, Withington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab | aye |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Rendel | Newbury | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | aye |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Seamus Mallon | Newry and Armagh | SDLP | aye |
| Mr Bill O'Brien | Normanton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Martin O'Neill | Ochil | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Irene Adams | Paisley North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Helen Clark | Peterborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Colman | Putney | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Jane Griffiths | Reading East | Lab | aye |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Lorna Fitzsimons | Rochdale | Lab | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andy King | Rugby and Kenilworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Lawrie Quinn | Scarborough and Whitby | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Chris Leslie | Shipley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP (front bench) | no |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab | aye |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Kerry Pollard | St Albans | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Mr Donald Anderson | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Peter Bradley | The Wrekin | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr David Hinchliffe | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Stinchcombe | Wellingborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Banks | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | West Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
