The majority of MPs voted against changing the proposed Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill (designed to remove Parliament and MPs from the power of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) so that the exemption for MPs' correspondence applied only to constituents' letters.
The vote to keep this section was made in Division 120
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For the purposes of section 41(1), information which—
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is held only by virtue of being contained in a communication between a member of the House of Commons, acting in his capacity as such, or a member of the House of Lords, and a public authority, and
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in the case of a member of the House of Commons, consists of information relating to the personal affairs of a constituent of that member,
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shall, unless the contrary is indicated, be deemed to have been communicated in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence.
Like the votes during the previous debate, Division 94 and Division 95, this proposed change tested the official reason given for this change in the law[1] by targeting it at that reason (confidentiality of constituency business) more specifically.
When a question was raised about the subsequent lack of progress of this Bill through the House of Lords,[2] the Leader of the House correctly pointed out that correspondence relating to constituents was already exempt from disclosure.
The next move during the debate was the break the filibuster in Division 122
Debate in Parliament | 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
aye and no in the same division. The boths
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 |
| James Clappison | Hertsmere | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | aye |
| Richard Shepherd | Aldridge-Brownhills | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con | tellno |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | no |
| Tobias Ellwood | Bournemouth East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Stephen Hammond | Wimbledon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con (front bench) | no |
| Greg Knight | East Yorkshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Neill | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Con (front bench) | no |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Ruffley | Bury St Edmunds | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Tredinnick | Bosworth | Con | no |
| Shailesh Vara | North West Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Ann Winterton | Congleton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adam Afriyie | Windsor | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Ainsworth | East Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Sir David Amess | Southend West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Arbuthnot | North East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Tony Baldry | Banbury | Con | absent |
| Gregory Barker | Bexhill and Battle | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Benyon | Newbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Beresford | Mole Valley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Brian Binley | Northampton South | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Bone | Wellingborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Brokenshire | Hornchurch | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Burrowes | Enfield, Southgate | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Douglas Carswell | Harwich | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Bill Cash | Stone | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Clark | Tunbridge Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Derek Conway | Old Bexley and Sidcup | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Geoffrey Cox | Torridge and West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Crabb | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Curry | Skipton and Ripon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Davies | Monmouth | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | absent |
| Quentin Davies | Grantham and Stamford | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Davis | Haltemprice and Howden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen Dorrell | Charnwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nadine Dorries | Mid Bedfordshire | Con | absent |
| James Duddridge | Rochford and Southend East | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con | absent |
| Philip Dunne | Ludlow | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nigel Evans | Ribble Valley | Con | absent |
| David Evennett | Bexleyheath and Crayford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Fallon | Sevenoaks | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | absent |
| Liam Fox | Woodspring | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Christopher Fraser | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Garnier | Harborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Gauke | South West Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Goodman | Wycombe | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Goodwill | Scarborough and Whitby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Gove | Surrey Heath | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Justine Greening | Putney | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | absent |
| Dominic Grieve | Beaconsfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con | absent |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Hands | Hammersmith and Fulham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Harper | Forest of Dean | Con | absent |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Heald | North East Hertfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Heathcoat-Amory | Wells | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Herbert | Arundel and South Downs | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Douglas Hogg | Sleaford and North Hykeham | Con | absent |
| Adam Holloway | Gravesham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Horam | Orpington | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con | absent |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Hunt | South West Surrey | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Hurd | Ruislip - Northwood | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Jack | Fylde | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stewart Jackson | Peterborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Jones | Clwyd West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Daniel Kawczynski | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Eleanor Laing | Epping Forest | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Lancaster | North East Milton Keynes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Leigh | Gainsborough | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | absent |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Main | St Albans | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | absent |
| Maria Miller | Basingstoke | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anne Milton | Guildford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Mundell | Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Brooks Newmark | Braintree | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | absent |
| James Paice | South East Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Penning | Hemel Hempstead | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Penrose | Weston-Super-Mare | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Pritchard | The Wrekin | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Rifkind | Kensington and Chelsea | Con | absent |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Lee Scott | Ilford North | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Grant Shapps | Welwyn Hatfield | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Nicholas Soames | Mid Sussex | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Spicer | West Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Con (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Stanley | Tonbridge and Malling | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Anthony Steen | Totnes | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Graham Stuart | Beverley and Holderness | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Hugo Swire | East Devon | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | absent |
| Ian Taylor | Esher and Walton | Con | absent |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con | absent |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ed Vaizey | Wantage | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Theresa Villiers | Chipping Barnet | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Walker | Broxbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Ben Wallace | Lancaster and Wyre | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con | absent |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Angela Watkinson | Upminster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Willetts | Havant | Con (front bench) | absent |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Rob Wilson | Reading East | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Wright | Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | absent |
| Tim Yeo | South Suffolk | Con (front bench) | absent |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Haselhurst | Saffron Walden | whilst Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Sylvia Heal | Halesowen and Rowley Regis | whilst Deputy Speaker | absent |
| Michael Lord | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | whilst Deputy Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Gregory Campbell | East Londonderry | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Jeffrey M. Donaldson | Lagan Valley | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Ian Paisley | North Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Iris Robinson | Strangford | DUP | absent |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | absent |
| David Simpson | Upper Bann | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | absent |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | absent |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | absent |
| Clare Short | Birmingham, Ladywood | whilst Independent Labour | absent |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Kate Hoey | Vauxhall | Lab | aye |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | aye |
| Gerald Kaufman | Manchester, Gorton | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | no |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stuart Bell | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Godsiff | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Lab | no |
| Mike Hall | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | no |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Khalid Mahmood | Birmingham, Perry Barr | Lab | no |
| David Marshall | Glasgow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian McCartney | Makerfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab | no |
| Elliot Morley | Scunthorpe | Lab | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Malcolm Wicks | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | absent |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Douglas Alexander | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charlotte Atkins | Staffordshire Moorlands | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hugh Bayley | City of York | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hilary Benn | Leeds Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joe Benton | Bootle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Blair | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab | absent |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Brown | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab | absent |
| Karen Buck | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Byers | North Tyneside | Lab | absent |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Richard Caborn | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Martin Caton | Gower | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Charles Clarke | Norwich South | Lab | absent |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab | absent |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | absent |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | Crosby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alistair Darling | Edinburgh South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Devine | Livingston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | absent |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Frank Field | Birkenhead | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Gapes | Ilford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bruce George | Walsall South | Lab | absent |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab | absent |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Hanson | Delyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dai Havard | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Heyes | Ashton-under-Lyne | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jimmy Hood | Lanark and Hamilton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoff Hoon | Ashfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Adam Ingram | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sally Keeble | Northampton North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jane Kennedy | Liverpool, Wavertree | Lab | absent |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | absent |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ivan Lewis | Bury South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab | absent |
| John MacDougall | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Denis MacShane | Rotherham | Lab | absent |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rob Marris | Wolverhampton South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | absent |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | absent |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | absent |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | absent |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Milburn | Darlington | Lab | absent |
| David Miliband | South Shields | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anne Moffat | East Lothian | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Margaret Moran | Luton South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kali Mountford | Colne Valley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Sandra Osborne | Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Palmer | Broxtowe | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Prescott | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | absent |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Bill Rammell | Harlow | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | absent |
| Andy Reed | Loughborough | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | absent |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab | absent |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | absent |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | absent |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab (minister) | absent |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Helen Southworth | Warrington South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab | absent |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Graham Stringer | Manchester, Blackley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | Bradford South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| David Taylor | North West Leicestershire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mark Todd | South Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | absent |
| Paul Truswell | Pudsey | Lab | absent |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Keith Vaz | Leicester East | Lab | absent |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | absent |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Robert Wareing | Liverpool, West Derby | whilst Lab | absent |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | absent |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab | absent |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | absent |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Anthony D Wright | Great Yarmouth | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | absent |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem | aye |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lorely Burt | Solihull | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Stephen Williams | Bristol West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Colin Breed | South East Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Jeremy Browne | Taunton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Clegg | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem | absent |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mike Hancock | Portsmouth South | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Christopher Huhne | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | absent |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | absent |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Willie Rennie | Dunfermline and West Fife | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem | absent |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem | absent |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | absent |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | absent |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | absent |
| George Galloway | Bethnal Green and Bow | Respect | aye |
| Mark Durkan | Foyle | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Alasdair McDonnell | Belfast South | SDLP (front bench) | absent |
| Eddie McGrady | South Down | SDLP | 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 |
| Conor Murphy | Newry and Armagh | SF | absent |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus MacNeil | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Alex Salmond | Banff and Buchan | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | absent |
| Michael Martin | Glasgow North East | whilst Speaker (front bench) | absent |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | absent |
