Part of Orders of the Day — HIRE-PURCHASE (No. 2) BILL [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 June 1964.
| Division No. 115.] | AYES | [6.19 p.m. |
| Ainsley, William | Grimond, Rt. Hon. J. | Owen, Will |
| Albu, Austen | Gunter, Ray | Pannell, Charles (Leeds, W.) |
| Allaun, Frank (Salford, E.) | Hale, Leslie (Oldham, W.) | Pargiter, G. A. |
| Allen, Scholefield (Crewe) | Hamilton, William (West Fife) | Pearson, Arthur (Pontypridd) |
| Awbery, Stan (Bristol, Central) | Harper, Joseph | Peart, Frederick |
| Bacon, Miss Alice | Hayman, F. H. | Pentland, Norman |
| Bennett, J. (Glasgow, Bridgeton) | Healey, Denis | Popplewell, Ernest |
| Benson, Sir George | Henderson, Rt. Hn. Arthur (Rwly Regis) | Prentice, R. E. |
| Blackburn, F. | Herbison, Miss Margaret | Probert, Arthur |
| Boardman, H. | Hilton, A. V. | Rees, Merlyn (Leeds, S.) |
| Bottomley, Rt. Hon. A. G. | Holman, Percy | Reynolds, G. W. |
| Bowden, Rt. Hn. H. W. (Loics, S. W.) | Holt, Arthur | Rhodes, H. |
| Bowen, Roderlc (Cardigan) | Houghton, Douglas | Roberts, Goronwy (Caernarvon) |
| Bowles, Frank | Hoy, James H. | Robertson, John (Paisley) |
| Boyden, James | Hughes, Cledwyn (Anglesey) | Rodgers, W. T. (Stockton) |
| Braddock, Mrs. E. M. | Hughes, Emrys (S. Ayrshire) | Rogers, G. H. R. (Kensington, N.) |
| Bradley, Tom | Hunter, A. E. | Ross, William |
| Butler, Herbert (Hackney, C.) | Hynd, H. (Accrington) | Shinwell, Rt. Hon. E. |
| Callaghan, James | Hynd, John (Attercliffe) | Short, Edward |
| Castle, Mrs. Barbara | Irvine, A. J. (Edge Hill) | Silkin, John |
| Collick, Percy | Janner, Sir Barnett | Silverman, Julius (Aston) |
| Corbet, Mrs. Freda | Jeger, George | Slater, Mrs. Harriet (Stoke, N.) |
| Craddock, George (Bradford, S.) | Jones, Elwyn (West Ham, S.) | Slater, Joseph (Sedgefield) |
| Crosland, Anthony | Jones, J. Idwal (Wrexham) | Small, William |
| Cullen, Mrs. Alice | Jones, T. W. (Merioneth) | Smith, Ellis (Stoke, S.) |
| Dalyell, Tam | Kenyon, Clifford | Snow, Julian |
| Darling, George | Key, Rt. Hon. C. W. | Sorensen, R. W. |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | King, Dr. Horace | Soskice, Rt. Hon. Sir Frank |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Lee, Frederick (Newton) | Steele, Thomas |
| Delargy, Hugh | Lewis, Arthur (West Ham, N.) | Stewart, Michael (Fulham) |
| Dempsey, James | Loughlin, Charles | Stones, William |
| Diamond, John | Lubbock, Eric | Swain, Thomas |
| Dodds, Norman | McCann, J. | Symonds, J. B. |
| Doig, Peter | MacColl, James | Taverne, D. |
| Duffy, A. E. P. (Colne Valley) | McInnes, James | Thomas, Iorwerth (Rhondda, W.) |
| Ede, Rt. Hon. C. | Mackenzie, Gregor | Thompson, Dr. Alan (Dunfermline) |
| Edwards, Rt. Hon. Ness (Caerphilly) | McLeavy, Frank | Thornton, Ernest |
| Edwards, Robert (Bilston) | Mallalieu, E. L. (Brigg) | Thorpe, Jeremy |
| Edwards, Walter (Stepnoy) | Mapp, Charles | Warbey, William |
| Evans, Albert | Mason, Roy | Weitzman, David |
| Finch, Harold | Mendelson, J. J. | Williams, W. T. (Warrington) |
| Foot, Dingle (Ipswich) | Millan, Bruce | Willis, E. G. (Edinburgh, E.) |
| Foot, Michael (Ebbw Vale) | Milne, Edward | Wilson, Rt. Hon. Harold (Huyton) |
| Forman, J. C. | Mitchlson, G. R. | Winterbottom, R. E. |
| Galpern, Sir Myer | Monslow, Walter | Woodburn, Rt. Hon. A. |
| George, Lady MeganLloyd (Crmrthn) | Moody, A. S. | Woof, Robert |
| Ginsburg, David | Moyle, Arthur | Yates, Victor (Ladywood) |
| Gourlay, Harry | Mulley, Frederick | |
| Grey, Charles | Noel-Baker, Francis (Swindon) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Griffiths, Rt. Hon. James (Llanelly) | Oliver, G. H. | Mr. Redhead and Mr. Lawson. |
| Griffiths, W. (Exchange) | Oswald, Thomas | |
| NOES | ||
| Agnew, Sir Peter | Barlow, Sir John | Bevins, Rt. Hon. Reginald |
| Arbuthnot, Sir John | Barter, John | Biggs-Davison, John |
| Atkins, Humphrey | Bell, Ronald | Bingham, R. M. |
| Awdry, Daniel (Chippenham) | Bennett, F. M. (Torquay) | Bishop, Sir Patrick |
| Barber, Rt. Hon. Anthony | Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Gos & Fhin) | Black, Sir Cyril |
| Bossom, Hon. Clive | Howard, John (Southampton Test) | Pitt, Dame Edith |
| Bourne-Arton, A. | Hughes Hallett, Vice-Admiral John | Pounder, Rafton |
| Bromley-Davenport. Lt.-Col. Sir Walter | Hughes-Young, Michael | Powell, Rt. Hon. J. Enoch |
| Brown, Alan (Tottenham) | Hutchison, Michael Clark | Price, David (Eastleigh) |
| Buck, Antony | Iremonger, T. L. | Price, H. A. (Lewisham, W.) |
| Burden, F. A. | Irvine, Bryant Godman (Rye) | Prior-Palmer, Brig. Sir Otho |
| Butcher, Sir Herbert | James, David | Pym, Francis |
| Carr, Rt. Hon. Robert (Mitcham) | Jennings, J. C. | Quennell, Miss J. M. |
| Chichester-Clark, R. | Johnson, Eric (Blackley) | Redmayne, Rt. Hon. Martin |
| Clarke, Brig. Terence (Portsmouth, W.) | Kerans, Cdr. J. S. | Rees, Hugh (Swansea, W.) |
| Cleaver, Leonard | Kerby, Capt. Henry | Renton, Rt. Hon. David |
| Cooke, Robert | Kershaw, Anthony | Roberts, sir Peter (Heeley) |
| Cooper-Key, Sir Neill | Kirk, Peter | Robson Brown, Sir William |
| Cordie, John | Langford-Holt, Sir John | Roots, William |
| Costain, A. P. | Leavey, J. A. | Scott-Hopkins, James |
| Coulson, Michael | Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry | Sharples, Richard |
| Craddock, Sir Beresford (Spelthorne) | Lewis, Kenneth (Rutland) | Shepherd, William |
| Cunningham, Sir Knox | Lilley, F. J. P. | Skeet, T. H. H. |
| Curran, Charles | Lindsay, Sir Martin | Smith, Dudley (Br'ntf'd & Chiswick) |
| Currie, G. B. H. | Litchfield, Capt. John | Speir, Rupert |
| d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sir Henry | Lloyd, Rt. Hon. Selwyn (Wirral) | Stanley, Hon. Richard |
| Elliot, Capt. Walter (Carshalton) | Longbottom, Charles | Stodart, J. A. |
| Elliott, R. W. (Newc'tle-upon-Tyne, N.) | Longden, Gilbert | Storey, Sir Samuel |
| Emmet, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn | Lucas-Tooth, Sir Hugh | Studholme, Sir Henry |
| Fell, Anthony | McAdden, Sir Stephen | Summers, Sir Spencer |
| Fletcher-Cooke, Charles | MacArthur, Ian | Taylor, Sir Charles (Eastbourne) |
| Fraser, Ian (Plymouth, Sutton) | McLaren, Martin | Taylor, Frank (M'ch'st'r, Moss Side |
| Freeth, Denzil | Macleod, Rt. Hn. Iain (Enfield, W.) | Taylor, Sir William (Bradford, N. |
| Galbraith, Hon. T. G. D. | McMaster, Stanley R. | Teeling, Sir William |
| Gammans, Lady | Maddan, Martin | Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret |
| Gardner, Edward | Maitland, Sir John | Thompson, Sir Kenneth (Walton) |
| George, Sir John (Pollok) | Marshall, Sir Douglas | Thompson, Sir Richard (Croydon, S. |
| Gibson-Watt, David | Mathew Robert (Honiton) | Thornton-Kemsley, Sir Colin |
| Giles, Rear-Admiral Morgan | Maude, Angus (Stratford-on-Avon) | Touche, Rt. Hon. Sir Gordon |
| Gilmour, Sir John (East Fife) | Maxwell-Hyslop, R. J. | Turner Colin |
| Glyn, Dr. Alan (Clapham) | Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr, S. L. C. | Turton, Rt. Hon. R. H. |
| Glyn, Sir Richard (Dorset, N.) | Mills, Stratton | van Straubenzee, W. R. |
| Gower, Raymond | Miscampbell, Norman | Vaughan-Morgan, Rt. Hon. Sir John |
| Griffiths, Eldon (Bury St. Edmunds) | Montgomery, Fergus | Vickers, Miss Joan |
| Grosvenor, Lord Robert | More, Jasper (Ludlow) | Walker, Peter |
| Gurden, Harold | Morrison, Charles (Devizes) | Ward, Dame Irene |
| Hamilton, Michael (Wellingborough) | Morrison, John (Salisbury) | Wells, John (Maidstone) |
| Harrison, Col. Sir Harwood (Eye) | Mott-Radclyffe, Sir Charles | Whitelaw, William |
| Harvey, John (Walthamstow, E.) | Neave, Airey | Williams, Sir Rolf Dudley |
| Harvie Anderson, Miss | Nicholson, Sir Godfrey | Wills, Sir Gerald (Bridgwater) |
| Hastings, Stephen | Nugent, Rt. Hon. Sir Richard | Wilson, Geoffrey (Truro) |
| Heath, Rt. Hon. Edward | Oakshott, Sir Hendrie | Wise, A. R. |
| Henderson, Sir John (Cathcart) | Orr, Capt. L. P. S. | Wolrige-Gordon, Patrick |
| Hiley, Joseph | Orr-Ewing, Sir Ian (Hendon, North) | Wood, Rt. Hon. Richard |
| Hill, Mrs. Eveline (Wythenshawe) | Osborn, John (Hallam) | Woodnutt, Mark |
| Hill, J. E. B. (S. Norfolk) | Page, John (Harrow, West) | Woollam, John |
| Hirst, Geoffrey | Partridge, E. | |
| Hobson, Rt. Hon. Sir John | Percival, Ian | |
| Holland, Philip | Pickthorn, Sir Kenneth | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| Howard, Hon. G. R. (St. Ives) | Pitman, Sir James | Mr. Finlay and Mr. Batsford. |
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The House of Commons votes by dividing. Those voting Aye (yes) to any proposition walk through the division lobby to the right of the Speaker and those voting no through the lobby to the left. In each of the lobbies there are desks occupied by Clerks who tick Members' names off division lists as they pass through. Then at the exit doors the Members are counted by two Members acting as tellers. The Speaker calls for a vote by announcing "Clear the Lobbies". In the House of Lords "Clear the Bar" is called. Division Bells ring throughout the building and the police direct all Strangers to leave the vicinity of the Members’ Lobby. They also walk through the public rooms of the House shouting "division". MPs have eight minutes to get to the Division Lobby before the doors are closed. Members make their way to the Chamber, where Whips are on hand to remind the uncertain which way, if any, their party is voting. Meanwhile the Clerks who will take the names of those voting have taken their place at the high tables with the alphabetical lists of MPs' names on which ticks are made to record the vote. When the tellers are ready the counting process begins - the recording of names by the Clerk and the counting of heads by the tellers. When both lobbies have been counted and the figures entered on a card this is given to the Speaker who reads the figures and announces "So the Ayes [or Noes] have it". In the House of Lords the process is the same except that the Lobbies are called the Contents Lobby and the Not Contents Lobby. Unlike many other legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not adopted a mechanical or electronic means of voting. This was considered in 1998 but rejected. Divisions rarely take less than ten minutes and those where most Members are voting usually take about fifteen. Further information can be obtained from factsheet P9 at the UK Parliament site.
