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In addition, there has been an element of party political knockabout tonight, although some speeches have been very good. I simply put it to Government Members that irrespective of whether they agreed or disagreed with the previous Conservative Government, tonight's true debate is not about who was right or wrong; the true debate tonight is whether the Executive or Members of Parliament should dec...

8 December 2008 #12757
283
Ayes
287
Noes
4
Majority
FAIL
Result

Party breakdown

Party Aye No Other Total
LAB Labour 26 229 0 255
CON Conservative 135 1 0 136
LD Liberal Democrat 47 2 0 49
UNK Unknown 26 15 0 41
IND Independent 16 14 0 30
SCO Scottish National Party 4 0 0 4
THE The Independent Group for Change 0 3 0 3
PC Plaid Cymru 2 0 0 2
REF Reform UK 1 0 0 1
LAB Independent Labour 1 0 0 1
WOR Workers Party of Britain 1 0 0 1
SPE Speaker 0 1 0 1

How MPs voted

524 recorded
MP Party Constituency Vote
Adam Afriyie CON AYE
Adam Holloway CON AYE
Adam Price PC AYE
Alan Johnson LAB NO
Alan Keen LAB NO
Alan Simpson LAB AYE
Alan Whitehead NO
Alan Williams LAB AYE
Alison Seabeck LAB NO
Alistair Burt CON AYE
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 AYE
Andrew Selous CON AYE
Andrew Tyrie AYE
Andy Burnham LAB NO
Andy Slaughter LAB Hammersmith and Chiswick NO
Angela Smith LD NO
Angus Brendan MacNeil IND AYE
Ann Clwyd LAB NO
Ann Coffey THE NO
Ann Keen LAB NO
Ann McKechin LAB NO
Ann Winterton CON AYE
Anne Milton IND AYE
Anne Moffat LAB NO
Anne Snelgrove LAB NO
Annette Brooke LD AYE
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 Etherington LAB NO
Bill Rammell LAB NO
Bob Spink IND NO
Bridget Prentice LAB NO
Caroline Flint LAB NO
Charles Hendry CON AYE
Charlotte Atkins LAB NO
Chris Bryant LAB Rhondda and Ogmore NO
Chris Grayling AYE
Chris Huhne LD AYE
Chris McCafferty LAB NO
Chris Mole LAB NO
Chris Ruane LAB NO
Christopher Fraser CON AYE
Claire Ward LAB NO
Clare Short LAB AYE
Clive Efford LAB Eltham and Chislehurst NO
Colin Burgon LAB NO
Crispin Blunt IND AYE
Dame Angela Eagle LAB Wallasey NO
Dame Angela Watkinson CON AYE
Dame Anne McGuire LAB NO
Dame Caroline Spelman CON AYE
Dame Cheryl Gillan CON AYE
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
Dan Rogerson LD AYE
Daniel Kawczynski CON AYE
Danny Alexander LD AYE
David Cairns LAB NO
David Cameron AYE
David Davis CON Goole and Pocklington AYE
David Hanson NO
David Heyes LAB NO
David Howarth LD AYE
David Lepper LAB NO
David Mundell CON Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale AYE
David T C Davies CON AYE
David Taylor LAB NO
David Tredinnick CON AYE
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 AYE
Dr Ashok Kumar LAB NO
Dr Brian Iddon LAB NO
Dr David Drew LAB NO
Dr Desmond Turner LAB NO
Dr Evan Harris LD AYE
Dr Gavin Strang LAB NO
Dr Howard Stoate LAB NO
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 Stephen Ladyman LAB NO
Dr Tony Wright LAB AYE
Ed Balls LAB NO
Ed Davey LD Kingston and Surbiton AYE
Ed Miliband LAB Doncaster North NO
Edward Garnier AYE
Edward Timpson CON AYE
Edward Vaizey AYE
Eleanor Laing AYE
Eric Joyce IND NO
Eric Pickles AYE
Ernest Armstrong LAB NO
Fabian Hamilton LAB Leeds North East AYE
Fiona Mactaggart LAB NO
Frank Cook LAB AYE
Frank Dobson LAB NO
Frank Field AYE
Gareth Thomas LAB NO
George Galloway WOR AYE
Gisela Stuart AYE
Glenda Jackson LAB AYE
Gordon Banks LAB NO
Gordon Marsden LAB NO
Graham Brady AYE
Graham Stringer LAB Blackley and Middleton South NO
Graham Stuart CON Beverley and Holderness AYE
Greg Clark CON AYE
Greg Hands CON AYE
Greg Mulholland LD 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
Hilary Benn LAB Leeds South NO
Hugo Swire AYE
Huw Irranca-Davies LAB NO
Ian Austin NO
Ian C. Lucas LAB NO
Ian Pearson LAB NO
Ian Stewart LAB NO
James Brokenshire CON AYE
James Gray CON AYE
James Purnell LAB NO
Jane Kennedy LAB NO
Janet Anderson LAB NO
Jeff Ennis LAB NO
Jeremy Corbyn IND Islington North AYE
Jim Cousins LAB NO
Jim Dobbin LAB NO
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 NO
John Austin LAB NO
John Barrett LD AYE
John Cummings LAB NO
John Grogan LAB AYE
John Healey LAB Rawmarsh and Conisbrough NO
John Hemming LD AYE
John Howell CON AYE
John Mann NO
John Mason SCO AYE
John McDonnell LAB Hayes and Harlington AYE
John Penrose CON AYE
John Pugh LD AYE
John Smith LAB NO
John Spellar NO
John Watts CON NO
Jon Cruddas LAB NO
Jon Trickett LAB Normanton and Hemsworth NO
Jonathan Shaw LAB NO
Judy Mallaber LAB NO
Julia Goldsworthy LD AYE
Julie Kirkbride CON AYE
Justine Greening IND AYE
Kate Hoey AYE
Keith Hill LAB NO
Keith Vaz LAB AYE
Kelvin Hopkins IND AYE
Kenneth Clarke AYE
Kerry McCarthy LAB Bristol East NO
Kevan Jones NO
Kevin Brennan NO
Kitty Ussher LAB NO
Laura Moffatt LAB NO
Lembit Öpik LD AYE
Liam Byrne LAB Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North NO
Linda Gilroy LAB NO
Lindsay Roy LAB NO
Liz Blackman LAB NO
Lyn Brown NO
Lynda Waltho LAB NO
Lynne Jones LAB AYE
Malcolm Wicks LAB NO
Margaret Beckett NO
Margaret Moran IND NO
Maria Eagle LAB Liverpool Garston NO
Mark Field CON AYE
Mark Fisher LAB AYE
Mark Harper AYE
Mark Hunter LD AYE
Mark Lancaster AYE
Mark Lazarowicz LAB NO
Mark Pritchard CON The Wrekin AYE
Mark Simmonds CON AYE
Martin Caton LAB NO
Martin Horwood LD AYE
Martin Linton LAB NO
Martin Salter LAB NO
Mary Creagh LAB Coventry East NO
Meg Munn LAB NO
Michael Fabricant CON AYE
Michael Gove AYE
Michael Jabez Foster LAB NO
Mike Gapes THE NO
Miss Ann Widdecombe CON AYE
Mr Adam Ingram LAB NO
Mr Adrian Bailey LAB NO
Mr Adrian Sanders LD AYE
Mr Alan Milburn LAB NO
Mr Alan Reid LD AYE
Mr Alistair Carmichael LD Orkney and Shetland AYE
Mr Andrew Dismore LAB NO
Mr Andrew Love LAB NO
Mr Andrew Mackay CON AYE
Mr Andrew Pelling IND AYE
Mr Andrew Smith LAB NO
Mr Andrew Turner CON AYE
Mr Anthony Steen CON AYE
Mr Anthony Wright LAB NO
Mr Barry Sheerman LAB NO
Mr Ben Bradshaw LAB NO
Mr Ben Wallace CON AYE
Mr Bill Olner LAB NO
Mr Bob Ainsworth 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 Charles Clarke LAB AYE
Mr Charles Kennedy LD AYE
Mr Chris Mullin LAB NO
Mr Clive Betts LAB Sheffield South East NO
Mr Colin Breed LD AYE
Mr Dai Havard LAB AYE
Mr David Anderson LAB NO
Mr David Burrowes CON AYE
Mr David Clelland LAB NO
Mr David Curry CON AYE
Mr David Gauke IND AYE
Mr David Hamilton LAB NO
Mr David Heath LD AYE
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory CON AYE
Mr David Jones CON AYE
Mr David Kidney LAB NO
Mr David Lammy LAB Tottenham NO
Mr David Laws LD AYE
Mr David Ruffley CON AYE
Mr David S. Borrow LAB NO
Mr David Wilshire CON AYE
Mr David Winnick LAB AYE
Mr Denis MacShane LAB AYE
Mr Denis Murphy LAB NO
Mr Dennis Skinner LAB NO
Mr Dominic Grieve IND AYE
Mr Doug Henderson LAB NO
Mr Douglas Alexander LAB Lothian East NO
Mr Douglas Carswell IND AYE
Mr Edward O'Hara LAB NO
Mr Elfyn Llwyd PC AYE
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 George Mudie LAB NO
Mr George Osborne CON AYE
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe LAB NO
Mr Gordon Prentice LAB AYE
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 Ian Taylor CON AYE
Mr Ivan Lewis IND NO
Mr Jack Straw IND 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 NO
Mr Jim Hood LAB NO
Mr Jim Murphy LAB NO
Mr John Baron CON AYE
Mr John Denham LAB NO
Mr John Heppell LAB NO
Mr John Leech LD AYE
Mr Jonathan Djanogly CON AYE
Mr Keith Simpson CON AYE
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 Oaten LD AYE
Mr Mark Prisk CON AYE
Mr Mark Todd LAB NO
Mr Mark Williams LD AYE
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 Mike Hancock IND AYE
Mr Mike O'Brien LAB NO
Mr Neil Gerrard LAB NO
Mr Neil Turner LAB NO
Mr Nicholas Brown IND NO
Mr Nick Clegg LD AYE
Mr Nick Hurd CON AYE
Mr Nick Raynsford LAB NO
Mr Nigel Evans CON AYE
Mr Nigel Waterson CON AYE
Mr Owen Paterson CON AYE
Mr Parmjit Dhanda LAB NO
Mr Paul Keetch LD AYE
Mr Paul Truswell LAB AYE
Mr Peter Ainsworth CON AYE
Mr Peter Atkinson CON AYE
Mr Peter Kilfoyle LAB NO
Mr Phil Woolas LAB NO
Mr Philip Hollobone CON AYE
Mr Richard Bacon CON AYE
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 AYE
Mr Roger Godsiff LAB NO
Mr Ronnie Campbell LAB NO
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 AYE
Mr Stephen Hepburn IND NO
Mr Terry Rooney LAB NO
Mr Tim Yeo CON AYE
Mr Tobias Ellwood CON AYE
Mr Tom Clarke LAB NO
Mr Tom Harris LAB NO
Mr Tony McNulty LAB NO
Mr Virendra Sharma LAB NO
Mrs Ann Cryer LAB NO
Mrs Anne Main CON AYE
Mrs Betty Williams LAB NO
Mrs Jacqui Lait CON AYE
Mrs Janet Dean LAB NO
Mrs Joan Humble LAB NO
Mrs Linda Riordan LAB NO
Mrs Madeleine Moon 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 Diane Abbott IND Hackney North and Stoke Newington AYE
Ms Nadine Dorries CON AYE
Ms Patricia Hewitt IND NO
Natascha Engel LAB NO
Nicholas Soames AYE
Nick Ainger LAB NO
Nick Gibb CON AYE
Nick Herbert AYE
Nigel Griffiths LAB NO
Norman Baker LD AYE
Norman Hogg LAB AYE
Norman Lamb LD AYE
Paddy Tipping LAB NO
Pat McFadden LAB Wolverhampton South East NO
Patrick Hall LAB NO
Patrick McLoughlin AYE
Patrick Mercer IND AYE
Paul Burstow LD AYE
Paul Clark LAB NO
Paul Farrelly LAB AYE
Paul Flynn LAB AYE
Paul Goggins LAB NO
Paul Holmes LD AYE
Paula Barker LAB Liverpool Wavertree AYE
Pete Wishart SCO Perth and Kinross-shire AYE
Peter Lilley AYE
Phil Hope LAB NO
Philip Boswell SCO AYE
Philip Dunne CON AYE
Philip Hammond AYE
Rachel Maclean AYE
Richard Benyon AYE
Richard Burden LAB NO
Richard Younger-Ross LD AYE
Robert Flello LAB NO
Robert Key CON AYE
Roger Berry LAB NO
Roger Williams LD AYE
Rosemary McKenna LAB NO
Rosie Cooper LAB NO
Rosie Winterton NO
Sadiq Khan LAB NO
Sandra Gidley LD AYE
Sandra Osborne LAB NO
Sarah McCarthy-Fry LAB NO
Sarah Teather LD AYE
Shailesh Vara CON AYE
Shona McIsaac LAB NO
Simon Hughes LD AYE
Sir Alan Campbell LAB Tynemouth NO
Sir Alan Duncan CON AYE
Sir Alan Meale LAB 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 AYE
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 Gary Streeter CON AYE
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown CON North Cotswolds AYE
Sir Geoffrey Cox CON Torridge and Tavistock AYE
Sir George Howarth LAB NO
Sir George Younger CON AYE
Sir Gerald Howarth CON AYE
Sir Gerald Kaufman LAB NO
Sir Greg Knight CON AYE
Sir Hugh Robertson CON AYE
Sir Iain Duncan Smith CON Chingford and Woodford Green AYE
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 Julian Lewis CON New Forest East 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 Nick Harvey LD AYE
Sir Oliver Heald CON AYE
Sir Oliver Letwin IND AYE
Sir Paul Beresford CON AYE
Sir Peter Bottomley CON AYE
Sir Peter Luff CON AYE
Sir Peter Soulsby LAB AYE
Sir Peter Tapsell 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 Stephen Timms LAB East Ham NO
Sir Stuart Bell LAB NO
Sir Tony Baldry CON AYE
Sir Tony Cunningham LAB NO
Sir Vince Cable LD AYE
Sir William Cash CON AYE
Stephen Crabb CON AYE
Stephen Hammond CON AYE
Stephen Hesford LAB NO
Stephen Pound LAB NO
Stephen Williams LD AYE
Steve Darling LD Torbay NO
Steve McCabe NO
Steve Webb LD AYE
Stewart Hosie SCO AYE
Stewart Jackson AYE
Theresa May AYE
Theresa Villiers CON AYE
Tim Farron LD Westmorland and Lonsdale AYE
Tim Loughton CON AYE
Tom Brake LD AYE
Tom Levitt LAB NO
Tom Randall CON AYE
Tom Watson NO
Tony Lloyd LAB NO
Vera Baird LAB NO
Vernon Coaker NO
Wayne David LAB NO
Willie Rennie LD AYE
Yvette Cooper LAB Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley NO