Parliamentary and Local Elections (Choice of Electoral Systems) — 14 Jun 2006 at 12:46

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the holding of referendums about methods of election to the House of Commons and to local authorities; to enable a specified number of electors to require the holding of such a referendum; to require the Electoral Commission to establish a Citizens' Assembly to perform functions in relation to referendums; to provide for the adoption by a local authority of a different method of election; and for connected purposes.

Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-

The House divided: Ayes 72, Noes 168.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Hywel FrancisAberavonLab (minister)no
Richard ShepherdAldridge-BrownhillsCon (front bench)no
Graham BradyAltrincham and Sale WestCon (front bench)no
Michael WeirAngusSNP (front bench)aye
Alan ReidArgyll and ButeLDem (front bench)aye
David LidingtonAylesburyCon (front bench)no
Tony BaldryBanburyConno
Eric IllsleyBarnsley CentralLab (minister)no
Jeff EnnisBarnsley East and MexboroughLab (minister)no
Michael ClaphamBarnsley West and PenistoneLab (minister)no
Don FosterBathLDem (front bench)aye
Dominic GrieveBeaconsfieldCon (front bench)no
Patrick HallBedfordLab (minister)aye
Nigel DoddsBelfast NorthDUP (front bench)no
Alasdair McDonnellBelfast SouthSDLP (front bench)aye
Alan BeithBerwick-upon-TweedLDem (front bench)aye
Michael MooreBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLDem (front bench)aye
George GallowayBethnal Green and BowRespectaye
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessCon (front bench)no
David EvennettBexleyheath and CrayfordCon (front bench)no
John BaronBillericayCon (front bench)no
Siôn SimonBirmingham, ErdingtonLabno
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLab (minister)aye
Andrew RobathanBlabyCon (front bench)no
Gordon MarsdenBlackpool SouthLab (minister)aye
David AndersonBlaydonLab (minister)no
Ronnie CampbellBlyth ValleyLab (minister)no
Nick GibbBognor Regis and LittlehamptonCon (front bench)no
Dennis SkinnerBolsoverLab (minister)no
David CrausbyBolton North EastLab (minister)no
Brian IddonBolton South EastLab (minister)no
Mark SimmondsBoston and SkegnessCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKayBracknellCon (front bench)no
Terry RooneyBradford NorthLab (minister)no
Roger WilliamsBrecon and RadnorshireLDem (front bench)aye
Sarah TeatherBrent EastLDem (front bench)aye
Madeleine MoonBridgendLab (minister)no
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwaterCon (front bench)no
Doug NaysmithBristol North WestLab (minister)aye
Stephen WilliamsBristol WestLDem (front bench)aye
Julie KirkbrideBromsgroveCon (front bench)no
Charles WalkerBroxbourneCon (front bench)no
John BercowBuckinghamwhilst Con (front bench)no
Hywel WilliamsCaernarfonPC (front bench)aye
John ThursoCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDem (front bench)aye
Chris McCaffertyCalder ValleyLabaye
David HowarthCambridgeLDem (front bench)aye
Julian BrazierCanterburyCon (front bench)no
Jennifer WillottCardiff CentralLDem (front bench)aye
Julie MorganCardiff NorthLab (minister)aye
Tom BrakeCarshalton and WallingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Bob SpinkCastle Pointwhilst Con (front bench)no
Brian H DonohoeCentral AyrshireLab (minister)no
Mark WilliamsCeredigionLDem (front bench)aye
Mark HunterCheadleLDem (front bench)aye
Dame Cheryl GillanChesham and AmershamCon (front bench)no
Paul HolmesChesterfieldLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew TyrieChichesterCon (front bench)no
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConno
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetCon (front bench)no
Lindsay HoyleChorleyLab (minister)no
Mark FieldCities of London and WestminsterCon (front bench)no
Martyn JonesClwyd SouthLab (minister)no
David JonesClwyd WestCon (front bench)no
Bob RussellColchesterLDem (front bench)aye
Geoffrey RobinsonCoventry North WestLabno
Claire Curtis-ThomasCrosbyLab (minister)no
Tim BoswellDaventryCon (front bench)no
Michael AncramDevizesCon (front bench)no
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleCon (front bench)no
Stewart HosieDundee EastSNP (front bench)aye
Jim McGovernDundee WestLab (minister)no
Willie RennieDunfermline and West FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUP (front bench)aye
Jo SwinsonEast DunbartonshireLDem (front bench)aye
Gregory CampbellEast LondonderryDUP (front bench)aye
Christopher HuhneEastleighLDem (front bench)aye
Ian StewartEcclesLabno
Stephen O'BrienEddisburyCon (front bench)no
Gavin StrangEdinburgh EastLabno
Mark LazarowiczEdinburgh North and LeithLabaye
Colin BurgonElmetLabno
David BurrowesEnfield, SouthgateCon (front bench)no
John AustinErith and ThamesmeadLab (minister)no
Julia GoldsworthyFalmouth and CamborneLDem (front bench)aye
Mark HobanFarehamCon (front bench)no
Hugh RobertsonFaversham and Mid KentCon (front bench)no
Mark DurkanFoyleSDLP (front bench)aye
Mohammad SarwarGlasgow CentralLab (minister)aye
David MarshallGlasgow EastLab (minister)no
Ann McKechinGlasgow NorthLab (minister)no
John RobertsonGlasgow North WestLab (minister)no
Ian DavidsonGlasgow South WestLab (minister)no
Peter ViggersGosportCon (front bench)no
Adam HollowayGraveshamCon (front bench)no
Anthony D WrightGreat YarmouthLab (minister)no
Anne MiltonGuildfordCon (front bench)no
Linda RiordanHalifaxLab (minister)no
Greg HandsHammersmith and FulhamCon (front bench)no
Glenda JacksonHampstead and HighgateLabno
Phil WillisHarrogate and KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)aye
Iain WrightHartlepoolLab (minister)no
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDem (front bench)aye
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadCon (front bench)no
Andrew DismoreHendonLab (minister)no
Boris JohnsonHenleyCon (front bench)no
Paul KeetchHerefordLDem (front bench)aye
Mark PriskHertford and StortfordCon (front bench)no
James ClappisonHertsmereCon (front bench)no
Peter AtkinsonHexhamConno
Jim DobbinHeywood and MiddletonLab (minister)no
Peter LilleyHitchin and HarpendenConno
James BrokenshireHornchurchConno
Fraser KempHoughton and Washington EastLabno
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonCon (front bench)no
Lee ScottIlford NorthCon (front bench)no
Mike GapesIlford SouthLab (minister)no
Danny AlexanderInverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew TurnerIsle of WightCon (front bench)no
Stephen HepburnJarrowLab (minister)no
Philip HolloboneKetteringCon (front bench)no
George HowarthKnowsley North and Sefton EastLab (minister)no
Edward O'HaraKnowsley SouthLab (minister)no
Jimmy HoodLanark and Hamilton EastLab (minister)no
Ben WallaceLancaster and WyreCon (front bench)no
George MudieLeeds EastLab (minister)no
Greg MulhollandLeeds North WestLDem (front bench)aye
John BattleLeeds WestLab (minister)no
Bill WigginLeominsterCon (front bench)no
Michael FabricantLichfieldCon (front bench)no
Jane KennedyLiverpool, WavertreeLabno
Jim DevineLivingstonLab (minister)no
Nia GriffithLlanelliLab (minister)no
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)no
Theresa MayMaidenheadCon (front bench)no
John WhittingdaleMaldon and East ChelmsfordCon (front bench)no
Graham StringerManchester, BlackleyLab (minister)no
John LeechManchester, WithingtonLDem (front bench)aye
Elfyn LlwydMeirionnydd Nant ConwyPC (front bench)no
Annette BrookeMid Dorset and North PooleLDem (front bench)aye
David HamiltonMidlothianLab (minister)no
Lembit ÖpikMontgomeryshireLDem (front bench)aye
Angus RobertsonMoraySNP (front bench)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastCon (front bench)no
Doug HendersonNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLabno
Dan RogersonNorth CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Nick HarveyNorth DevonLDem (front bench)aye
Robert WalterNorth DorsetConno
Kevan JonesNorth DurhamLab (minister)no
Alistair BurtNorth East BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
Natascha EngelNorth East DerbyshireLab (minister)aye
Menzies CampbellNorth East FifeLDem (front bench)aye
Bernard JenkinNorth EssexCon (front bench)no
Norman LambNorth NorfolkLDem (front bench)aye
Owen PatersonNorth ShropshireCon (front bench)no
Simon HughesNorth Southwark and BermondseyLDem (front bench)aye
Roger GaleNorth ThanetCon (front bench)no
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireCon (front bench)no
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLab (minister)aye
Sally KeebleNorthampton NorthLab (minister)no
Brian BinleyNorthampton SouthCon (front bench)tellno
Ian GibsonNorwich NorthLabno
Alan SimpsonNottingham SouthLabaye
Derek ConwayOld Bexley and Sidcupwhilst Con (front bench)no
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDem (front bench)aye
John HoramOrpingtonCon (front bench)no
Evan HarrisOxford West and AbingdonLDem (front bench)aye
Jim SheridanPaisley and Renfrewshire NorthLab (minister)no
Stewart JacksonPeterboroughCon (front bench)no
Mark FrancoisRayleighCon (front bench)no
Rob WilsonReading EastCon (front bench)no
Crispin BluntReigateCon (front bench)no
Chris BryantRhonddaLabaye
Nigel EvansRibble ValleyConno
William HagueRichmond (Yorks)Con (front bench)no
Paul RowenRochdaleLDem (front bench)tellaye
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastCon (front bench)no
Andrew RosindellRomfordCon (front bench)no
Sandra GidleyRomseyLDem (front bench)aye
Kevin BarronRother ValleyLab (minister)no
Jeremy WrightRugby and KenilworthConno
Nick HurdRuislip - NorthwoodCon (front bench)no
Alan DuncanRutland and MeltonCon (front bench)no
John GreenwayRyedaleConno
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyCon (front bench)no
Paddy TippingSherwoodLab (minister)aye
Philip DaviesShipleyConno
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamCon (front bench)no
Lorely BurtSolihullLDem (front bench)aye
David HeathSomerton and FromeLDem (front bench)aye
William McCreaSouth AntrimDUP (front bench)aye
Eddie McGradySouth DownSDLPaye
Colin BreedSouth East CornwallLDem (front bench)aye
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkCon (front bench)no
Tim YeoSouth SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireCon (front bench)no
David GaukeSouth West HertfordshireCon (front bench)no
Christopher FraserSouth West NorfolkCon (front bench)no
John DenhamSouthampton, ItchenLab (minister)aye
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLab (minister)aye
John PughSouthportLDem (front bench)aye
Andrew GeorgeSt IvesLDemaye
Mark FisherStoke-on-Trent CentralLabaye
Joan WalleyStoke-on-Trent NorthLab (minister)no
Rob FlelloStoke-on-Trent SouthLab (minister)no
Paul BurstowSutton and CheamLDem (front bench)aye
Brian JenkinsTamworthLab (minister)no
Jeremy BrowneTauntonLDem (front bench)tellaye
David WrightTelfordLab (minister)no
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyCon (front bench)no
Mark PritchardThe WrekinCon (front bench)no
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLab (minister)aye
John StanleyTonbridge and MallingCon (front bench)no
Adrian SandersTorbayLDem (front bench)aye
Anthony SteenTotnesCon (front bench)no
David ClellandTyne BridgeLab (minister)no
Angela WatkinsonUpminsterCon (front bench)no
David SimpsonUpper BannDUP (front bench)aye
John RandallUxbridgeCon (front bench)no
Anne McIntoshVale of YorkCon (front bench)no
Mary CreaghWakefieldLab (minister)no
Angela EagleWallaseyLab (minister)no
Bruce GeorgeWalsall SouthLabno
Dan NorrisWansdykeLab (minister)no
John SpellarWarleyLab (minister)no
Helen JonesWarrington NorthLab (minister)no
Charles HendryWealdenCon (front bench)no
Mike HallWeaver ValeLab (minister)no
Peter BoneWellingboroughCon (front bench)tellno
David Heathcoat-AmoryWellsCon (front bench)no
Patrick McLoughlinWest DerbyshireCon (front bench)no
John McFallWest DunbartonshireLab (minister)no
Richard SpringWest SuffolkCon (front bench)no
Michael SpicerWest WorcestershireCon (front bench)no
Andrew MurrisonWestburyCon (front bench)no
Stephen HammondWimbledonCon (front bench)no
Adam AfriyieWindsorCon (front bench)no
Ben ChapmanWirral SouthLab (minister)no
Humfrey MalinsWokingCon (front bench)no
Ken PurchaseWolverhampton North EastLab (minister)no
Ian LucasWrexhamLab (minister)no
Paul GoodmanWycombeCon (front bench)no
David LawsYeovilLDem (front bench)aye

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