House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished

Division number 318 – in the House of Commons on 10 November 1999.

Mr Michael Colvin

Romsey Conservative

A majority of MPs voted yes on House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished

Aye: 439 MPs

No: 22 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Jim Dowd Labour
Anne McGuire Labour

No: A-Z by last name

Peter Atkinson Conservative
Mr Tony Benn Labour
Crispin Blunt Conservative
Graham Brady Conservative
Kenneth Clarke Conservative
David Davis Conservative
Mark Fisher Labour
Mr Norman Fowler Conservative
Mr Christopher Gill Conservative
Mrs Teresa Gorman Conservative
Mike Hancock Liberal Democrat
David Heath Liberal Democrat
Douglas Hogg Conservative
Tim Loughton Conservative
John Randall Conservative
Andrew Robathan Conservative
Laurence Robertson Conservative
David Ruffley Conservative
Richard Shepherd Conservative
John Taylor UUP
Peter Viggers Conservative
Sir Ray Whitney Conservative

Tellers

Eric Forth Conservative
Andrew Tyrie Conservative

Absent: 193 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Gerry Adams Sinn Féin
Peter Ainsworth Conservative
Mr Richard Allan Liberal Democrat
Sir David Amess Conservative
Mr Paddy Ashdown Liberal Democrat
Mr David Atkinson Conservative
John Austin Labour
Norman Baker Liberal Democrat
Mrs Jackie Ballard Liberal Democrat
Mr Tony Banks Labour
John Battle Labour
Anne Begg Labour
Alan Beith Liberal Democrat
Mr Martin Bell Independent
David Blunkett Labour
Miss Betty Boothroyd Speaker
Tom Brake Liberal Democrat
Dr Peter Brand Liberal Democrat
Colin Breed Liberal Democrat
Nick Brown Labour
Gordon Brown Labour
Malcolm Bruce Liberal Democrat
Karen Buck Labour
Mr John Burnett Liberal Democrat
Paul Burstow Liberal Democrat
John Butterfill Conservative
Vincent Cable Liberal Democrat
Richard Caborn Labour
Menzies Campbell Liberal Democrat
Dennis Canavan Independent
Mr Jamie Cann Labour
Ian Cawsey Labour
Mr David Chidgey Liberal Democrat
Malcolm Chisholm Labour
Ms Judith Church Labour
Tom Clarke Labour
Mr Tony Colman Labour
Frank Cook Labour
Robin Cook Labour
Jeremy Corbyn Labour
Mr Brian Cotter Liberal Democrat
Mr Tom Cox Labour
David Crausby Labour
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe Labour
Dr Jack Cunningham Labour
Roseanna Cunningham Scottish National Party
Claire Curtis-Thomas Labour
Mr Cynog Dafis Plaid Cymru
Mr Tam Dalyell Labour
Edward Davey Liberal Democrat
Ian Davidson Labour/Co-operative
Mr Ron Davies Labour
Geraint Davies Labour
Mr Stephen Day Conservative
Donald Dewar Labour
Frank Dobson Labour
Ms Julia Drown Labour
Iain Duncan Smith Conservative
Gwyneth Dunwoody Labour
Maria Eagle Labour
Jeff Ennis Labour
Bill Etherington Labour
Margaret Ewing Scottish National Party
Mr Ronnie Fearn Liberal Democrat
Jim Fitzpatrick Labour
Mr Clifford Forsythe UUP
Don Foster Liberal Democrat
Mr George Foulkes Labour/Co-operative
Sam Galbraith Labour
George Galloway Labour
Andrew George Liberal Democrat
Dame Cheryl Gillan Conservative
Donald Gorrie Liberal Democrat
Tommy Graham Independent Labour
Mr Bernie Grant Labour
William Hague Conservative
Philip Hammond Conservative
Evan Harris Liberal Democrat
Nick Harvey Liberal Democrat
Alan Haselhurst Deputy Speaker
Mr Nick Hawkins Conservative
John Hayes Conservative
Oliver Heald Conservative
Mr Edward Heath Conservative
Doug Henderson Labour
Mr Michael Heseltine Conservative
Kate Hoey Labour
John Home Robertson Labour
Kelvin Hopkins Labour
John Horam Conservative
Michael Howard Conservative
Mr Alan Howarth Labour
Simon Hughes Liberal Democrat
Mr John Hume Social Democratic and Labour Party
Adam Ingram Labour
Glenda Jackson Labour
Alan Johnson Labour
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith Conservative
Mr Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat
Fiona Jones Labour
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones Plaid Cymru
Tessa Jowell Labour
Ann Keen Labour
Paul Keetch Liberal Democrat
Charles Kennedy Liberal Democrat
Robert Key Conservative
Ms Oona King Labour
Ms Tess Kingham Labour
Mr Archy Kirkwood Liberal Democrat
Ken Livingstone Labour
Mr Richard Livsey Liberal Democrat
Elfyn Llwyd Plaid Cymru
Michael Lord Deputy Speaker
Sir Nicholas Lyell Conservative
Mr Robert Maclennan Liberal Democrat
Mr Ken Maginnis UUP
Mr John Major Conservative
Mr Seamus Mallon Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mr Peter Mandelson Labour
John Maples Conservative
Dr John Marek Labour
Michael Martin Deputy Speaker
Michael Mates Conservative
Francis Maude Conservative
John McAllion Labour
Chris McCafferty Labour
Robert McCartney UKUP
Siobhain McDonagh Labour
John McFall Labour/Co-operative
Eddie McGrady Social Democratic and Labour Party
Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin
Henry McLeish Labour
Mr Kevin McNamara Labour
Mr John McWilliam Labour
Alun Michael Labour/Co-operative
Mrs Ray Michie Liberal Democrat
Michael Moore Liberal Democrat
Alasdair Morgan Scottish National Party
Mr Rhodri Morgan Labour
Ms Estelle Morris Labour
Mr Archie Norman Conservative
Edward O'Hara Labour
Mark Oaten Liberal Democrat
Lembit Öpik Liberal Democrat
Ian Paisley DUP
Ms Joyce Quin Labour
Andy Reed Labour/Co-operative
Mr David Rendel Liberal Democrat
Peter Robinson DUP
Geoffrey Robinson Labour
Mrs Marion Roe Conservative
Mr Allan Rogers Labour
Terry Rooney Labour
Mr William Ross UUP
Bob Russell Liberal Democrat
Alex Salmond Scottish National Party
Adrian Sanders Liberal Democrat
Mr Phil Sawford Labour
Jonathan R Shaw Labour
Mr Robert Sheldon Labour
Clare Short Labour
Dennis Skinner Labour
Robert Smith Liberal Democrat
Michael Spicer Conservative
Anthony Steen Conservative
Jack Straw Labour
Andrew Stunell Liberal Democrat
John Swinney Scottish National Party
Matthew Taylor Liberal Democrat
Dari Taylor Labour
Mr Teddy Taylor Conservative
Mr Gareth Thomas Labour
Mr William Thompson UUP
Stephen Timms Labour
Dr Jenny Tonge Liberal Democrat
Mr John Townend Conservative
Rt Hon David Trimble UUP
Paul Truswell Labour
Mr Paul Tyler Liberal Democrat
Keith Vaz Labour
Mr Cecil Walker UUP
Jim Wallace Liberal Democrat
Charles Wardle Conservative
Steve Webb Liberal Democrat
Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party
Mr Dafydd Wigley Plaid Cymru
Dr Alan Williams Labour
Phil Willis Liberal Democrat
Nicholas Winterton Conservative
Ann Winterton Conservative
Anthony D Wright Labour
Tony Wright Labour
Tim Yeo Conservative