Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Clause 1 — Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts

Division number 63 – in the House of Commons on 10 February 1999.

Mr Roger Stott

Wigan Labour

A majority of MPs agreed and voted to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from eighteen to sixteen bringing equality to the the law affecting heterosexual and homosexual acts.

Aye: 330 MPs

No: 126 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Ann Keen Labour
Laura Moffatt Labour

No: A-Z by last name

Sir David Amess Conservative
Michael Ancram Conservative
Mr Donald Anderson Labour
James Arbuthnot Conservative
Mr Roy Beggs UUP
Mr Martin Bell Independent
Joe Benton Labour
John Bercow Conservative
Paul Beresford Conservative
Crispin Blunt Conservative
Mrs Virginia Bottomley Conservative
Julian Brazier Conservative
Angela Browning Conservative
Mr Ian Bruce Conservative
John Butterfill Conservative
Mr Jamie Cann Labour
Bill Cash Conservative
Sir Sydney Chapman Conservative
Christopher Chope Conservative
James Clappison Conservative
Dr Michael Clark Conservative
Kenneth Clarke Conservative
Mr Eric Clarke Labour
Tom Clarke Labour
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Conservative
Mr Michael Colvin Conservative
Patrick Cormack Conservative
Mr James Cran Conservative
Mr Tam Dalyell Labour
Mr Denzil Davies Labour
David Davis Conservative
Mr Stephen Day Conservative
Jeffrey M. Donaldson UUP
Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
Sir Peter Emery Conservative
Nigel Evans Conservative
Mr David Faber Conservative
Michael Fallon Conservative
Mr Howard Flight Conservative
Mr Clifford Forsythe UUP
Eric Forth Conservative
Mr Norman Fowler Conservative
Liam Fox Conservative
Christopher Fraser Conservative
Roger Gale Conservative
Edward Garnier Conservative
Mr Christopher Gill Conservative
Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
Mrs Teresa Gorman Conservative
James Gray Conservative
Damian Green Conservative
John Greenway Conservative
Dominic Grieve Conservative
John Gummer Conservative
Sir Archie Hamilton Conservative
Philip Hammond Conservative
Mr Nick Hawkins Conservative
David Heathcoat-Amory Conservative
John Horam Conservative
Mr Andrew Hunter Conservative
Michael Jack Conservative
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith Conservative
Mr Tom King Conservative
Julie Kirkbride Conservative
Andrew Lansley Conservative
Edward Leigh Conservative
Oliver Letwin Conservative
Julian Lewis Conservative
David Lidington Conservative
Tim Loughton Conservative
Peter Luff Conservative
David Maclean Conservative
Mr David Madel Conservative
Humfrey Malins Conservative
David Marshall Labour
Michael Mates Conservative
Theresa May Conservative
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative
Mrs Ray Michie Liberal Democrat
Malcolm Moss Conservative
Mr Bill O'Brien Labour
Mr Richard Page Conservative
James Paice Conservative
Owen Paterson Conservative
Eric Pickles Conservative
Mr Raymond Powell Labour
John Randall Conservative
John Redwood Conservative
Laurence Robertson Conservative
Mrs Marion Roe Conservative
Mr William Ross UUP
Mr Ted Rowlands Labour
Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
Mrs Gillian Shephard Conservative
Keith Simpson Conservative
Caroline Spelman Conservative
Michael Spicer Conservative
Mr Nick St Aubyn Conservative
John Stanley Conservative
Anthony Steen Conservative
Gary Streeter Conservative
Desmond Swayne Conservative
Peter Tapsell Conservative
Mr John Taylor Conservative
Ian Taylor Conservative
John Taylor UUP
Mr Teddy Taylor Conservative
Mr William Thompson UUP
Mr John Townend Conservative
Mr Michael Trend Conservative
Rt Hon David Trimble UUP
Peter Viggers Conservative
Robert Walter Conservative
Charles Wardle Conservative
Nigel Waterson Conservative
Mr Bowen Wells Conservative
Sir Ray Whitney Conservative
John Whittingdale Conservative
Ann Widdecombe Conservative
Mr John Wilkinson Conservative
David Willetts Conservative
David Wilshire Conservative
Ann Winterton Conservative
Nicholas Winterton Conservative
Mr Jimmy Wray Labour
George Young Conservative

Tellers

Gerald Howarth Conservative
Andrew Robathan Conservative

Absent: 199 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name