Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System — 14 Mar 2007 at 18:53
The majority of MPs voted to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system.
MPs were considering the following motion:
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That this House
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supports the Government's decisions, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994), to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK's minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the UK's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In this vote majority of MPs voted against changing the above motion supporting the Government's nuclear weapons policy to one which read.[1]
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This House
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notes the Government's decision, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent (Cm 6994),[2] to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system and to take further steps towards meeting the United Kingdom's disarmament responsibilities under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty,[3]
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but believes that the case is not yet proven and remains unconvinced of the need for an early decision.
The Government's original motion, still intact, was subsequently voted for by a majority of MPs.[4]
Seven MPs voted inconsistently between the two motions.[5]
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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
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What is Turnout? This is measured against
the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
Con | 172 | 2 | 0 | 88.8% |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 235 (+2 tell) | 94 (+1 tell) | 0 | 94.3% |
LDem | 0 | 56 (+1 tell) | 0 | 90.5% |
PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
Respect | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
SNP | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 413 | 167 | 0 | 91.7% |
MPs
for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party.
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Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | aye |
Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | aye |
Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | aye |
Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | aye |
Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | aye |
Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | aye |
Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | aye |
Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | aye |
Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | aye |
Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | aye |
George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | aye |
Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | aye |
Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | aye |
Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | aye |
Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | aye |
Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | aye |
Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | aye |
Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | aye |
Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |