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Almost every contribution to today's debate has been characterised by some degree of respect for opposing views—with the exception of two discordant notes. The first was the speech by the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Mr. Salmond) , who I must say is a skilled debater, but his sense of moral righteousness and certainty was not matched by the quality of his argument. The second discordant note—...

14 March 2007 #12202
169
Ayes
415
Noes
246
Majority
FAIL
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
LAB Labour 87 185 0 272
CON Conservative 1 123 0 124
LD Liberal Democrat 45 2 0 47
UNK Unknown 1 39 0 40
IND Independent 11 23 0 34
SCO Scottish National Party 5 1 0 6
DUP Democratic Unionist Party 0 4 0 4
PC Plaid Cymru 3 0 0 3
THE The Independent Group for Change 0 3 0 3
SPE Speaker 0 2 0 2
REF Reform UK 0 1 0 1
LAB Independent Labour 1 0 0 1
WOR Workers Party of Britain 1 0 0 1
LAB Social Democratic & Labour Party 1 0 0 1

How MPs voted

539 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON NO
Adam Holloway CON NO
Adam Price PC AYE
Alan Johnson LAB NO
Alan Keen LAB NO
Alan Simpson LAB AYE
Alan Whitehead NO
Alan Williams LAB NO
Albert Owen LAB NO
Alex Salmond SCO AYE
Alison Seabeck LAB NO
Alistair Burt CON NO
Alun Michael LAB NO
Andrew George LD St Ives AYE
Andrew Gwynne IND NO
Andrew Mackinlay LAB AYE
Andrew Miller LAB NO
Andrew Rosindell REF Romford NO
Andrew Selous CON NO
Andrew Tyrie NO
Andy Burnham LAB NO
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick NO
Angela Smith LD NO
Angus Brendan MacNeil IND AYE
Angus Robertson SCO AYE
Ann Coffey THE NO
Ann Keen LAB NO
Ann McKechin LAB AYE
Ann Winterton CON NO
Anne Milton IND NO
Anne Moffat LAB NO
Anne Snelgrove LAB NO
Austin Mitchell LAB AYE
Barbara Follett LAB NO
Barbara Keeley NO
Barry Gardiner LAB Brent West NO
Ben Chapman LAB NO
Ben Gummer CON NO
Bill Etherington LAB AYE
Bill Rammell LAB NO
Boris Johnson CON NO
Bridget Prentice LAB NO
Caroline Flint LAB NO
Chris Bryant LAB Rhondda and Ogmore NO
Chris Grayling NO
Chris Huhne LD AYE
Chris McCafferty LAB AYE
Chris Mole LAB NO
Chris Ruane LAB AYE
Christine Russell LAB NO
Christopher Fraser CON NO
Claire Ward LAB NO
Clare Short LAB AYE
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst AYE
Colin Burgon LAB AYE
Colin Challen LAB NO
Crispin Blunt IND NO
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Angela Watkinson CON NO
Dame Anne Begg LAB AYE
Dame Anne McGuire LAB NO
Dame Caroline Spelman CON NO
Dame Cheryl Gillan CON NO
Dame Diana Johnson LAB Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham NO
Dame Joan Ruddock LAB AYE
Dame Louise Ellman IND NO
Dame Maria Miller CON NO
Dame Meg Hillier LAB Hackney South and Shoreditch NO
Dame Nia Griffith LAB Llanelli AYE
Dame Siobhain McDonagh LAB Mitcham and Morden NO
Damian Green CON NO
Dan Norris IND North East Somerset and Hanham NO
Dan Rogerson LD AYE
Daniel Kawczynski CON NO
Danny Alexander LD AYE
David Cairns LAB NO
David Cameron NO
David Hanson NO
David Heyes LAB AYE
David Howarth LD AYE
David Lepper LAB AYE
David Miliband LAB NO
David Simpson DUP NO
David T C Davies CON NO
David Taylor LAB AYE
David Tredinnick CON NO
David Wright LAB NO
Dawn Butler LAB Brent East NO
Derek Twigg LAB Widnes and Halewood NO
Derek Wyatt LAB NO
Dr Andrew Murrison CON South West Wiltshire NO
Dr Ashok Kumar LAB NO
Dr David Drew LAB AYE
Dr Desmond Turner LAB AYE
Dr Doug Naysmith LAB AYE
Dr Evan Harris LD AYE
Dr Gavin Strang LAB AYE
Dr Howard Stoate LAB AYE
Dr Hywel Francis LAB NO
Dr Ian Gibson LAB AYE
Dr Kim Howells LAB NO
Dr Nick Palmer LAB NO
Dr Phyllis Starkey LAB NO
Dr Richard Taylor IND AYE
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods LAB NO
Dr Rudi Vis LAB AYE
Dr Stephen Ladyman LAB NO
Dr Tony Wright LAB NO
Ed Balls LAB NO
Ed Davey LD Kingston and Surbiton AYE
Ed Miliband LAB Doncaster North NO
Edward Garnier NO
Edward Vaizey NO
Eleanor Laing NO
Eric Joyce IND NO
Eric Pickles NO
Ernest Armstrong LAB NO
Fabian Hamilton LAB Leeds North East AYE
Fiona Mactaggart LAB NO
Frank Cook LAB AYE
Frank Dobson LAB AYE
Frank Field NO
Gareth Thomas LAB NO
George Galloway WOR AYE
Gisela Stuart NO
Glenda Jackson LAB AYE
Graham Brady NO
Graham Stringer LAB Blackley and Middleton South AYE
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness NO
Grant Shapps CON NO
Greg Clark CON NO
Greg Hands CON NO
Greg Mulholland LD AYE
Harriet Harman NO
Harry Cohen LAB AYE
Hazel Blears LAB NO
Helen Goodman LAB NO
Helen Jones LAB NO
Helen Southworth LAB NO
Henry Bellingham NO
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Hugo Swire NO
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB NO
Hywel Williams PC AYE
Ian Austin NO
Ian C. Lucas LAB NO
Ian Pearson LAB NO
Ian Stewart LAB AYE
James Brokenshire CON NO
James Gray CON NO
James Purnell LAB NO
Jane Kennedy LAB NO
Janet Anderson LAB NO
Jeff Ennis LAB AYE
Jenny Willott LD AYE
Jeremy Corbyn IND Islington North AYE
Jim Cousins LAB AYE
Jim Dobbin LAB AYE
Jim Dowd LAB NO
Jim Fitzpatrick LAB NO
Jim McGovern LAB NO
Jim Sheridan LAB NO
Jo Swinson LD AYE
Joan Ryan THE NO
Joan Walley LAB AYE
John Austin LAB AYE
John Barrett LD AYE
John Battle LAB NO
John Bercow SPE NO
John Cummings LAB AYE
John Grogan LAB AYE
John Healey LAB Rawmarsh and Conisbrough NO
John Hemming LD AYE
John Mann NO
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington AYE
John Penrose CON NO
John Pugh LD AYE
John Robertson LAB NO
John Smith LAB NO
John Spellar NO
John Watts CON NO
Jon Cruddas LAB AYE
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth AYE
Jonathan Shaw LAB NO
Judy Mallaber LAB NO
Julia Goldsworthy LD AYE
Julie Kirkbride CON NO
Julie Morgan LAB AYE
Justine Greening IND NO
Kali Mountford LAB NO
Kate Hoey AYE
Keith Hill LAB NO
Keith Vaz LAB NO
Kelvin Hopkins IND AYE
Kenneth Clarke NO
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Kevan Jones NO
Kevin Brennan NO
Kitty Ussher LAB NO
Lady Hermon IND AYE
Laura Moffatt LAB NO
Lembit Öpik LD AYE
Liam Byrne LAB Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North NO
Linda Gilroy LAB NO
Liz Blackman LAB NO
Lynda Waltho LAB NO
Lynne Jones LAB AYE
Malcolm Wicks LAB NO
Margaret Beckett NO
Margaret Hodge NO
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston NO
Mark Fisher LAB AYE
Mark Harper NO
Mark Hunter LD AYE
Mark Lancaster NO
Mark Lazarowicz LAB AYE
Mark Pritchard CON The Wrekin NO
Mark Simmonds CON NO
Martin Caton LAB AYE
Martin Horwood LD AYE
Martin Linton LAB NO
Martin Salter LAB NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East NO
Meg Munn LAB NO
Michael Connarty LAB AYE
Michael Fabricant CON NO
Michael Gove NO
Michael Jabez Foster LAB AYE
Michael Moore LD AYE
Mike Gapes THE NO
Mike Weir SCO AYE
Mike Wood LAB AYE
Miss Ann Widdecombe CON NO
Mr Adam Ingram LAB NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Alan Milburn LAB NO
Mr Alan Reid LD AYE
Mr Alistair Carmichael LD Orkney and Shetland AYE
Mr Andrew Mackay CON NO
Mr Andrew Pelling IND NO
Mr Andrew Smith LAB AYE
Mr Anthony Wright LAB AYE
Mr Barry Sheerman LAB NO
Mr Ben Bradshaw LAB NO
Mr Ben Wallace CON NO
Mr Bill Olner LAB NO
Mr Bob Ainsworth LAB NO
Mr Bob Blizzard LAB NO
Mr Bob Laxton LAB NO
Mr Brian Binley CON NO
Mr Brian H. Donohoe LAB NO
Mr Brian Jenkins LAB NO
Mr Brooks Newmark CON NO
Mr Bruce George LAB NO
Mr Charles Clarke LAB AYE
Mr Charles Kennedy LD AYE
Mr Chris Mullin LAB AYE
Mr Clive Betts LAB Sheffield South East NO
Mr Colin Breed LD AYE
Mr Dai Davies IND AYE
Mr Dai Havard LAB AYE
Mr David Anderson LAB NO
Mr David Burrowes CON NO
Mr David Chaytor IND AYE
Mr David Clelland LAB NO
Mr David Gauke IND NO
Mr David Hamilton LAB AYE
Mr David Heath LD AYE
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory CON NO
Mr David Jones CON NO
Mr David Kidney LAB NO
Mr David Lammy LAB Tottenham NO
Mr David Laws LD AYE
Mr David Marshall LAB AYE
Mr David Ruffley CON NO
Mr David S. Borrow LAB NO
Mr David Wilshire CON NO
Mr David Winnick LAB AYE
Mr Denis Murphy LAB AYE
Mr Dennis Skinner LAB AYE
Mr Dominic Grieve IND NO
Mr Doug Henderson LAB NO
Mr Douglas Alexander LAB Lothian East NO
Mr Douglas Carswell IND NO
Mr Eddie McGrady LAB AYE
Mr Edward O'Hara LAB NO
Mr Elfyn Llwyd PC AYE
Mr Elliot Morley LAB NO
Mr Eric Illsley IND AYE
Mr Eric Martlew LAB NO
Mr Frank Doran LAB AYE
Mr Frank Roy LAB NO
Mr Fraser Kemp LAB NO
Mr Geoffrey Hoon IND NO
Mr Geoffrey Robinson LAB NO
Mr George Mudie LAB AYE
Mr George Osborne CON NO
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LAB NO
Mr Gordon Brown LAB NO
Mr Gordon Prentice LAB AYE
Mr Graham Allen LAB NO
Mr Greg Pope LAB NO
Mr Gregory Campbell DUP East Londonderry NO
Mr Humfrey Malins CON NO
Mr Iain Wright LAB NO
Mr Ian Cawsey LAB NO
Mr Ian Davidson LAB AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis IND NO
Mr Jack Straw IND NO
Mr James Clappison CON NO
Mr James Plaskitt LAB NO
Mr Jamie Reed LAB NO
Mr Jeremy Browne LD AYE
Mr Jim Cunningham LAB NO
Mr Jim Devine LAB AYE
Mr Jim Murphy LAB NO
Mr Joe Benton LAB AYE
Mr John Baron CON NO
Mr John Denham LAB NO
Mr John Greenway CON NO
Mr John Heppell LAB NO
Mr John Leech LD AYE
Mr John MacDougall LAB NO
Mr Jonathan Djanogly CON NO
Mr Keith Simpson CON NO
Mr Ken Purchase LAB AYE
Mr Khalid Mahmood LAB NO
Mr Laurence Robertson CON NO
Mr Lee Scott CON NO
Mr Malcolm Moss CON NO
Mr Mark Francois CON Rayleigh and Wickford NO
Mr Mark Hoban CON NO
Mr Mark Prisk CON NO
Mr Mark Todd LAB NO
Mr Mark Williams LD AYE
Mr Marsha Singh LAB AYE
Mr Martyn Jones LAB NO
Mr Michael Foster LAB NO
Mr Michael Jack CON NO
Mr Michael Mates CON NO
Mr Michael Meacher LAB AYE
Mr Mike Hall LAB NO
Mr Mike Hancock IND AYE
Mr Mike O'Brien LAB NO
Mr Mohammad Sarwar LAB AYE
Mr Neil Gerrard LAB AYE
Mr Neil Turner LAB NO
Mr Nicholas Brown IND NO
Mr Nick Clegg LD AYE
Mr Nick Hurd CON NO
Mr Nick Raynsford LAB NO
Mr Nigel Evans CON NO
Mr Nigel Waterson CON NO
Mr Owen Paterson CON NO
Mr Parmjit Dhanda LAB NO
Mr Paul Keetch LD AYE
Mr Paul Truswell LAB AYE
Mr Peter Ainsworth CON NO
Mr Peter Atkinson CON NO
Mr Peter Bone IND NO
Mr Peter Kilfoyle LAB AYE
Mr Peter Robinson DUP NO
Mr Phil Woolas LAB NO
Mr Philip Hollobone CON NO
Mr Piara S Khabra LAB NO
Mr Richard Bacon CON NO
Mr Richard Caborn LAB NO
Mr Rob Wilson CON AYE
Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews LAB AYE
Mr Robert N. Wareing IND AYE
Mr Robert Walter CON NO
Mr Roger Godsiff LAB AYE
Mr Ronnie Campbell LAB AYE
Mr Russell Brown LAB NO
Mr Shahid Malik LAB NO
Mr Shaun Woodward LAB NO
Mr Siôn Simon LAB NO
Mr Stephen Byers IND NO
Mr Stephen Dorrell CON NO
Mr Stephen Hepburn IND NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien CON NO
Mr Terry Rooney LAB NO
Mr Tobias Ellwood CON NO
Mr Tom Clarke LAB NO
Mr Tom Harris LAB NO
Mr Tony Blair LAB NO
Mr Tony McNulty LAB NO
Mrs Ann Cryer LAB AYE
Mrs Anne Main CON NO
Mrs Betty Williams LAB AYE
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas LAB NO
Mrs Jacqui Lait CON NO
Mrs Janet Dean LAB AYE
Mrs Joan Humble LAB NO
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB AYE
Mrs Madeleine Moon LAB NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson LAB Washington and Gateshead South NO
Mrs Siân C. James LAB AYE
Ms Celia Barlow LAB NO
Ms Dari Taylor LAB NO
Ms Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington AYE
Ms Karen Buck LAB AYE
Ms Nadine Dorries CON NO
Ms Patricia Hewitt IND NO
Ms Sally Keeble LAB NO
Natascha Engel LAB NO
Nicholas Soames NO
Nick Ainger LAB NO
Nick Gibb CON NO
Nick Herbert NO
Nigel Griffiths LAB NO
Norman Baker LD AYE
Paddy Tipping LAB NO
Pat McFadden LAB Wolverhampton South East NO
Patrick Hall LAB NO
Patrick McLoughlin NO
Patrick Mercer IND NO
Paul Burstow LD AYE
Paul Clark LAB NO
Paul Farrelly LAB NO
Paul Flynn LAB AYE
Paul Goggins LAB NO
Paul Holmes LD AYE
Paul Rowen LD AYE
Paula Barker LAB Liverpool Wavertree NO
Pete Wishart SCO Perth and Kinross-shire AYE
Peter Lilley NO
Phil Hope LAB NO
Philip Boswell SCO NO
Rachel Maclean NO
Richard Benyon NO
Richard Burden LAB AYE
Richard Younger-Ross LD AYE
Rob Marris LAB NO
Robert Flello LAB NO
Robert Key CON NO
Roger Berry LAB AYE
Roger Williams LD AYE
Rosemary McKenna LAB NO
Rosie Cooper LAB NO
Rosie Winterton NO
Ruth Kelly LAB NO
Sadiq Khan LAB NO
Sammy Wilson DUP East Antrim NO
Sandra Osborne LAB AYE
Sarah McCarthy-Fry LAB NO
Sarah Teather LD AYE
Shailesh Vara CON NO
Shona McIsaac LAB NO
Simon Hughes LD AYE
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth NO
Sir Alan Duncan CON NO
Sir Alan Meale LAB AYE
Sir Andrew Mitchell CON Sutton Coldfield NO
Sir Bernard Jenkin CON Harwich and North Essex NO
Sir Bill Wiggin CON NO
Sir Bob Russell LD AYE
Sir Charles Walker CON NO
Sir Christopher Chope CON Christchurch NO
Sir David Amess CON NO
Sir David Crausby LAB NO
Sir David Evennett CON NO
Sir David Lidington CON NO
Sir Desmond Swayne CON New Forest West NO
Sir Edward Leigh CON Gainsborough NO
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown CON North Cotswolds NO
Sir Geoffrey Cox CON Torridge and Tavistock NO
Sir George Howarth LAB NO
Sir George Younger CON NO
Sir Gerald Howarth CON NO
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB NO
Sir Hugh Robertson CON NO
Sir Iain Duncan Smith CON Chingford and Woodford Green NO
Sir Ian McCartney LAB NO
Sir James Duddridge CON NO
Sir James Paice CON NO
Sir James Spicer CON NO
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson IND NO
Sir Jeremy Hunt CON Godalming and Ash NO
Sir Jeremy Wright CON Kenilworth and Southam NO
Sir John Butterfill CON NO
Sir John Hayes CON South Holland and The Deepings NO
Sir John Redwood CON NO
Sir John Stanley CON NO
Sir John Whittingdale CON Maldon NO
Sir Julian Brazier CON NO
Sir Julian Lewis CON New Forest East NO
Sir Kevin Barron LAB NO
Sir Liam Fox CON NO
Sir Lindsay Hoyle SPE Chorley NO
Sir Malcolm Rifkind IND NO
Sir Mark Hendrick LAB Preston NO
Sir Mark Tami LAB Alyn and Deeside NO
Sir Michael Fallon CON NO
Sir Nicholas Winterton CON NO
Sir Nick Harvey LD AYE
Sir Oliver Heald CON NO
Sir Oliver Letwin IND NO
Sir Paul Beresford CON NO
Sir Peter Luff CON NO
Sir Peter Soulsby LAB AYE
Sir Peter Tapsell CON NO
Sir Philip Davies CON NO
Sir Richard Ottaway CON NO
Sir Richard Shepherd CON NO
Sir Robert Goodwill CON NO
Sir Robert Neill CON NO
Sir Robert Smith LD AYE
Sir Robert Syms CON NO
Sir Roger Gale CON Herne Bay and Sandwich NO
Sir Simon Burns CON NO
Sir Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Sir Tony Baldry CON NO
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB NO
Sir Vince Cable LD AYE
Sir William Cash CON NO
Stephen Crabb CON NO
Stephen Hammond CON NO
Stephen Hesford LAB NO
Stephen Pound LAB AYE
Stephen Williams LD AYE
Steve Darling LD Torbay NO
Steve McCabe NO
Steve Webb LD AYE
Stewart Hosie SCO AYE
Stewart Jackson NO
Theresa May NO
Theresa Villiers CON NO
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale AYE
Tim Loughton CON NO
Tom Levitt LAB NO
Tom Randall CON NO
Tom Watson NO
Tony Lloyd LAB AYE
Vera Baird LAB NO
Vernon Coaker NO
Wayne David LAB NO
Willie Rennie LD AYE
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley NO