Having an effective, humane and operational system for dealing with asylum applications is a necessary prerequisite for ensuring that the common European asylum system is effective. That does not alter our view that the system is desirable and that although it is right to ensure that we evaluate stage 1 properly before rushing into stage 2, the Government should nevertheless take seriously the iss...

29 November 2007 #12371

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138

Ayes

276

Noes

138

Majority

FAIL

Result

Party breakdown

Party	Aye	No	Total
LAB Labour	2	202	204
CON Conservative	101	1	102
UNK Unknown	15	16	31
LD Liberal Democrat	0	21	21
IND Independent	7	13	20
THE The Independent Group for Change	0	3	3
SCO Scottish National Party	1	2	3
REF Reform UK	1	0	1
CON Independent Conservative	1	0	1
PC Plaid Cymru	0	1	1
SPE Speaker	0	1	1

How MPs voted

388 recorded

MP	Party	Constituency	Vote
Adam Afriyie	CON		AYE
Alan Keen	LAB		NO
Alan Simpson	LAB		NO
Alan Whitehead			NO
Alan Williams	LAB		NO
Albert Owen	LAB		NO
Alison Seabeck	LAB		NO
Alistair Burt	CON		AYE
Alun Michael	LAB		NO
Andrew George	LD	St Ives	NO
Andrew Mackinlay	LAB		NO
Andrew Rosindell	REF	Romford	AYE
Andrew Selous	CON		AYE
Andrew Tyrie			AYE
Andy Burnham	LAB		NO
Andy Slaughter	LAB	Hammersmith and Chiswick	NO
Angela Smith	LD		NO
Ann Coffey	THE		NO
Ann Keen	LAB		NO
Ann Winterton	CON		AYE
Anne Moffat	LAB		NO
Anne Snelgrove	LAB		NO
Austin Mitchell	LAB		NO
Barbara Follett	LAB		NO
Barbara Keeley			NO
Barry Gardiner	LAB	Brent West	NO
Ben Chapman	LAB		NO
Ben Gummer	CON		AYE
Bill Rammell	LAB		NO
Boris Johnson	CON		AYE
Charles Hendry	CON		AYE
Chris Bryant	LAB	Rhondda and Ogmore	NO
Chris Huhne	LD		NO
Chris McCafferty	LAB		NO
Chris Mole	LAB		NO
Chris Ruane	LAB		NO
Christine Russell	LAB		NO
Christopher Fraser	CON		AYE
Claire Ward	LAB		NO
Clive Efford	LAB	Eltham and Chislehurst	NO
Colin Burgon	LAB		NO
Colin Challen	LAB		NO
Dame Angela Eagle	LAB	Wallasey	NO
Dame Angela Watkinson	CON		AYE
Dame Anne Begg	LAB		NO
Dame Anne McGuire	LAB		NO
Dame Diana Johnson	LAB	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	NO
Dame Joan Ruddock	LAB		NO
Dame Louise Ellman	IND		NO
Dame Maria Miller	CON		AYE
Dame Meg Hillier	LAB	Hackney South and Shoreditch	NO
Dame Nia Griffith	LAB	Llanelli	NO
Dame Siobhain McDonagh	LAB	Mitcham and Morden	NO
Damian Green	CON		AYE
Dan Norris	IND	North East Somerset and Hanham	NO
Danny Alexander	LD		NO
David Hanson			NO
David Heyes	LAB		NO
David Howarth	LD		NO
David Miliband	LAB		NO
David T C Davies	CON		AYE
David Taylor	LAB		NO
David Wright	LAB		NO
Dawn Butler	LAB	Brent East	NO
Derek Conway	CON		AYE
Derek Twigg	LAB	Widnes and Halewood	NO
Derek Wyatt	LAB		NO
Dr Ashok Kumar	LAB		NO
Dr David Drew	LAB		NO
Dr Desmond Turner	LAB		NO
Dr Doug Naysmith	LAB		NO
Dr Gavin Strang	LAB		NO
Dr Howard Stoate	LAB		NO
Dr Hywel Francis	LAB		NO
Dr Ian Gibson	LAB		NO
Dr Nick Palmer	LAB		NO
Dr Richard Taylor	IND		AYE
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods	LAB		NO
Dr Tony Wright	LAB		NO
Ed Miliband	LAB	Doncaster North	NO
Edward Garnier			AYE
Edward Vaizey			AYE
Eleanor Laing			AYE
Emily Thornberry	LAB	Islington South and Finsbury	NO
Eric Joyce	IND		NO
Ernest Armstrong	LAB		NO
Fabian Hamilton	LAB	Leeds North East	NO
Frank Dobson	LAB		NO
Gareth Thomas	LAB		NO
Geraldine Smith	LAB		NO
Gisela Stuart			NO
Gordon Marsden	LAB		NO
Graham Brady			AYE
Graham Stuart	CON	Beverley and Holderness	AYE
Grant Shapps	CON		AYE
Greg Clark	CON		AYE
Greg Hands	CON		AYE
Gwyn Prosser	LAB		NO
Harriet Harman			NO
Harry Cohen	LAB		NO
Hazel Blears	LAB		NO
Helen Goodman	LAB		AYE
Helen Jones	LAB		NO
Helen Southworth	LAB		NO
Henry Bellingham			AYE
Hugo Swire			AYE
Huw Irranca-Davies	LAB		NO
Ian C. Lucas	LAB		NO
James Brokenshire	CON		AYE
James Gray	CON		AYE
James Purnell	LAB		NO
Jane Kennedy	LAB		NO
Jeff Ennis	LAB		NO
Jeremy Corbyn	IND	Islington North	NO
Jessica Morden	LAB	Newport East	NO
Jim Cousins	LAB		NO
Jim Dowd	LAB		NO
Jim Fitzpatrick	LAB		NO
Jim McGovern	LAB		NO
Jim Sheridan	LAB		NO
Jo Swinson	LD		NO
Joan Ryan	THE		NO
Joan Walley	LAB		NO
John Austin	LAB		NO
John Barrett	LD		NO
John Battle	LAB		NO
John Cummings	LAB		NO
John Grogan	LAB		NO
John Healey	LAB	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	NO
John Mann			NO
John McDonnell	LAB	Hayes and Harlington	NO
John Robertson	LAB		NO
John Spellar			NO
John Watts	CON		NO
Jon Trickett	LAB	Normanton and Hemsworth	NO
Jonathan Shaw	LAB		NO
Judy Mallaber	LAB		NO
Julie Kirkbride	CON		AYE
Julie Morgan	LAB		NO
Justine Greening	IND		AYE
Keith Hill	LAB		NO
Kelvin Hopkins	IND		NO
Kerry McCarthy	LAB	Bristol East	NO
Kevan Jones			NO
Kevin Brennan			NO
Laura Moffatt	LAB		NO
Lembit Öpik	LD		NO
Liam Byrne	LAB	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	NO
Liz Blackman	LAB		NO
Lyn Brown			NO
Lynda Waltho	LAB		NO
Lynne Jones	LAB		NO
Malcolm Wicks	LAB		NO
Margaret Beckett			NO
Margaret Hodge			NO
Margaret Moran	IND		NO
Maria Eagle	LAB	Liverpool Garston	NO
Mark Field	CON		AYE
Mark Fisher	LAB		NO
Mark Lazarowicz	LAB		NO
Mark Pritchard	CON	The Wrekin	AYE
Mark Simmonds	CON		AYE
Martin Caton	LAB		NO
Martin Linton	LAB		NO
Martin Salter	LAB		NO
Meg Munn	LAB		NO
Michael Connarty	LAB		NO
Michael Fabricant	CON		AYE
Michael Gove			AYE
Mike Gapes	THE		NO
Mike Weir	SCO		NO
Miss Ann Widdecombe	CON		AYE
Mr Adam Ingram	LAB		NO
Mr Adrian Bailey	LAB		NO
Mr Alan Reid	LD		NO
Mr Alistair Carmichael	LD	Orkney and Shetland	NO
Mr Andrew Dismore	LAB		NO
Mr Andrew Smith	LAB		NO
Mr Andrew Turner	CON		AYE
Mr Andy Reed	LAB		NO
Mr Anthony Steen	CON		AYE
Mr Anthony Wright	LAB		NO
Mr Barry Sheerman	LAB		NO
Mr Ben Bradshaw	LAB		NO
Mr Bill Olner	LAB		NO
Mr Bob Blizzard	LAB		NO
Mr Bob Laxton	LAB		NO
Mr Brian Binley	CON		AYE
Mr Brian H. Donohoe	LAB		NO
Mr Brian Jenkins	LAB		NO
Mr Brooks Newmark	CON		AYE
Mr Bruce George	LAB		NO
Mr Chris Mullin	LAB		NO
Mr Clive Betts	LAB	Sheffield South East	NO
Mr Colin Breed	LD		NO
Mr David Anderson	LAB		NO
Mr David Burrowes	CON		AYE
Mr David Gauke	IND		AYE
Mr David Hamilton	LAB		NO
Mr David Heath	LD		NO
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory	CON		AYE
Mr David Jones	CON		AYE
Mr David Kidney	LAB		NO
Mr David Marshall	LAB		NO
Mr David Winnick	LAB		NO
Mr Denis Murphy	LAB		NO
Mr Dennis Skinner	LAB		NO
Mr Dominic Grieve	IND		AYE
Mr Douglas Alexander	LAB	Lothian East	NO
Mr Douglas Carswell	IND		AYE
Mr Elfyn Llwyd	PC		NO
Mr Elliot Morley	LAB		NO
Mr Eric Illsley	IND		NO
Mr Eric Martlew	LAB		NO
Mr Frank Doran	LAB		NO
Mr Frank Roy	LAB		NO
Mr Fraser Kemp	LAB		NO
Mr Geoffrey Hoon	IND		NO
Mr Geoffrey Robinson	LAB		NO
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe	LAB		NO
Mr Gordon Prentice	LAB		NO
Mr Graham Allen	LAB		NO
Mr Humfrey Malins	CON		AYE
Mr Iain Wright	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Cawsey	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Davidson	LAB		NO
Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger	CON		AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis	IND		NO
Mr Jack Straw	IND		NO
Mr James Clappison	CON		AYE
Mr Jamie Reed	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Cunningham	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Devine	LAB		NO
Mr Jim Hood	LAB		NO
Mr Joe Benton	LAB		NO
Mr John Baron	CON		AYE
Mr John Greenway	CON		AYE
Mr Jonathan Djanogly	CON		AYE
Mr Ken Purchase	LAB		NO
Mr Laurence Robertson	CON		AYE
Mr Lee Scott	CON		AYE
Mr Malcolm Moss	CON		AYE
Mr Mark Francois	CON	Rayleigh and Wickford	AYE
Mr Mark Hoban	CON		AYE
Mr Mark Todd	LAB		NO
Mr Martyn Jones	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Clapham	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Foster	LAB		NO
Mr Michael Jack	CON		AYE
Mr Michael Mates	CON		AYE
Mr Michael Meacher	LAB		NO
Mr Mike Hall	LAB		NO
Mr Neil Gerrard	LAB		NO
Mr Neil Turner	LAB		NO
Mr Nicholas Brown	IND		NO
Mr Nick Hurd	CON		AYE
Mr Nick Raynsford	LAB		NO
Mr Parmjit Dhanda	LAB		NO
Mr Paul Truswell	LAB		NO
Mr Peter Ainsworth	CON		AYE
Mr Peter Bone	IND		AYE
Mr Phil Woolas	LAB		NO
Mr Philip Hollobone	CON		AYE
Mr Richard Bacon	CON		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 Hepburn	IND		NO
Mr Stephen O'Brien	CON		AYE
Mr Tobias Ellwood	CON		AYE
Mr Tom Clarke	LAB		NO
Mr Tom Harris	LAB		NO
Mr Virendra Sharma	LAB		NO
Mrs Anne Main	CON		AYE
Mrs Betty Williams	LAB		NO
Mrs Janet Dean	LAB		NO
Mrs Linda Riordan	LAB		NO
Mrs Sharon Hodgson	LAB	Washington and Gateshead South	NO
Mrs Siân C. James	LAB		NO
Ms Celia Barlow	LAB		NO
Ms Dari Taylor	LAB		NO
Ms Karen Buck	LAB		NO
Ms Nadine Dorries	CON		AYE
Ms Sally Keeble	LAB		NO
Nicholas Soames			AYE
Nick Ainger	LAB		NO
Nick Gibb	CON		AYE
Norman Lamb	LD		NO
Paddy Tipping	LAB		NO
Pat McFadden	LAB	Wolverhampton South East	NO
Patrick Hall	LAB		NO
Patrick McLoughlin			AYE
Paul Burstow	LD		NO
Paul Farrelly	LAB		NO
Paul Goggins	LAB		NO
Paul Rowen	LD		NO
Paula Barker	LAB	Liverpool Wavertree	AYE
Phil Wilson			NO
Philip Boswell	SCO		AYE
Philip Dunne	CON		AYE
Philip Hammond			AYE
Rachel Maclean			AYE
Richard Benyon			AYE
Richard Burden	LAB		NO
Rob Marris	LAB		NO
Robert Flello	LAB		NO
Robert Key	CON		AYE
Roger Berry	LAB		NO
Roger Williams	LD		NO
Rosemary McKenna	LAB		NO
Ruth Kelly	LAB		NO
Sadiq Khan	LAB		NO
Sandra Gidley	LD		NO
Sandra Osborne	LAB		NO
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	LAB		NO
Shailesh Vara	CON		AYE
Shona McIsaac	LAB		NO
Simon Hughes	LD		NO
Sir Alan Campbell	LAB	Tynemouth	NO
Sir Andrew Mitchell	CON	Sutton Coldfield	AYE
Sir Bernard Jenkin	CON	Harwich and North Essex	AYE
Sir Bill Wiggin	CON		AYE
Sir Bob Russell	LD		NO
Sir Charles Walker	CON		AYE
Sir Christopher Chope	CON	Christchurch	AYE
Sir David Amess	CON		AYE
Sir David Crausby	LAB		NO
Sir David Evennett	CON		AYE
Sir David Lidington	CON		AYE
Sir Desmond Swayne	CON	New Forest West	AYE
Sir Edward Leigh	CON	Gainsborough	AYE
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	CON	North Cotswolds	AYE
Sir Geoffrey Cox	CON	Torridge and Tavistock	AYE
Sir George Younger	CON		AYE
Sir Gerald Howarth	CON		AYE
Sir Hugh Bayley	LAB		NO
Sir Ian McCartney	LAB		NO
Sir James Duddridge	CON		AYE
Sir James Paice	CON		AYE
Sir James Spicer	CON		AYE
Sir Jeremy Hunt	CON	Godalming and Ash	AYE
Sir Jeremy Wright	CON	Kenilworth and Southam	AYE
Sir John Butterfill	CON		AYE
Sir John Hayes	CON	South Holland and The Deepings	AYE
Sir John Redwood	CON		AYE
Sir John Stanley	CON		AYE
Sir John Whittingdale	CON	Maldon	AYE
Sir Julian Brazier	CON		AYE
Sir Kevin Barron	LAB		NO
Sir Lindsay Hoyle	SPE	Chorley	NO
Sir Mark Hendrick	LAB	Preston	NO
Sir Michael Fallon	CON		AYE
Sir Mike Penning	CON		AYE
Sir Nicholas Winterton	CON		AYE
Sir Oliver Letwin	IND		AYE
Sir Paul Beresford	CON		AYE
Sir Peter Luff	CON		AYE
Sir Peter Viggers	CON		AYE
Sir Philip Davies	CON		AYE
Sir Richard Ottaway	CON		AYE
Sir Richard Shepherd	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Goodwill	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Neill	CON		AYE
Sir Robert Syms	CON		AYE
Sir Roger Gale	CON	Herne Bay and Sandwich	AYE
Sir Simon Burns	CON		AYE
Sir Stuart Bell	LAB		NO
Sir Tony Baldry	CON		AYE
Sir Tony Cunningham	LAB		NO
Sir Vince Cable	LD		NO
Sir William Cash	CON		AYE
Stephen Crabb	CON		AYE
Stephen Hammond	CON		AYE
Stephen Pound	LAB		NO
Steve McCabe			NO
Stewart Hosie	SCO		NO
Stewart Jackson			AYE
Theresa May			AYE
Theresa Villiers	CON		AYE
Tim Farron	LD	Westmorland and Lonsdale	NO
Tom Randall	CON		AYE
Tom Watson			NO
Vera Baird	LAB		NO
Vernon Coaker			NO
Wayne David	LAB		NO
Yvette Cooper	LAB	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	NO