As high as 50% – and his parliamemtary party was more moderate than todays

All suggests death penalty isn’t a Left/Right issue

Well in that sense yes, but no Labour MP has voted for hanging since the early 80s, and the only SNP MP ever to do so was Donnie Stewart, the former leader. No Welsh Nationalist has ever done so.

When was the last time we even had a vote on the issue?

indeed, capital punishment isn’t an issue of left or right

I thought SNP MP Andrew Welsh supported the death penalty as I was told did Labour MP Owen Jones – although rather tellingly neither voted for it in the Commons when they had the opportunity – 94 in Welsh’s case and 98 I think in Jones – which I believe was the last time it was debated (although that debate resulted in it being abolished for high treason)

The fact that no single Labour MP – and as Barnaby says that has been the case for many Parliaments – support something the majority of the British working class are in favour of perhaps demonstrates the current disconnect between the rulers and those they rule over

Also i can’t think of one national newspaper that endorses the reintroduction of the death penalty – maybe the Daily Mail or the Express?

There has never been a Labour MP called Owen Jones in my lifetime. Not sure who you mean.

I am quite sure Andrew Welsh has never voted for capital punishment.

Not yet at least 😉

Barnaby’s right (and Tim J’s wrong in his claim).

Just checked – in fact there were 14 votes to reintroduce the death penalty during the Thatcher era and she voted for every one of them!

To answer PT’s Q specifically (assuming he meant the Commons and not the people):

The most recent vote to reintroduce was defeated in 1994, by 386 to 183 MPs.

There was a Private Members Bill to do so in 2013 – after Chope and Davies slept outside the office to hand in as many as possible before others – but this was withdrawn.

The closest recent vote to reintroduce was in 1983: 344 to 266 MPs in favour. On that basis it’d take a Tory majority of over 180 for a vote to succeed in the House (in fact 200+ as newer MPs aren’t as in favour).

Most Tory Leaders (just) have supported the death penalty, as did Maggie and Hague. Michael Howard did so for 35 years, but admitted to changing his mind as Home Sec.

All DUP Leaders have supported it.

Some other stats – and useful pub quiz answers:

The last man executed in the UK was in Liverpool in August 1964 (where a gallows continued to exist until the 1990s).

The last man sentenced to death in the British Isles was in the Isle of Man in 1993.

It was effectively abolished there on 1st November 2006.

High Court Judges still carry the black cap. The last to don one – as a rather cruel joke – was HHJ Wickham in Liverpool in around 2000. Known as “Wack’em Wickham” he’d clearly had enough of the repeat offender before him that day and decided to do so as a shock tactic. I think the infamous Lord Denning was the Judge who wore the cap the most often.

PS Barnaby – not sure either Chalker or Enoch’s votes were unusual. She was regarded as a bit of a Wet but her Christian beliefs were why she was pro and also why supported overseas aid. I think Enoch just believed the State should not have that power over the citizen. But I realise people are often surprised when they discover Enoch’s views on nuclear weapons and war and Alan Clark’s on animal rights.

WW – to answer that: papers don’t have policies, but at various times as recently as 2003-2013, the Sun, Star, Express have supported and had petitions for the reintroduction for terrorists or child abusers.

‘the Sun, Star, Express have supported and had petitions for the reintroduction for terrorists or child abusers.’

I’d be surprised if the The Sun has ever called for the introduction of the death penalty

I thought it was common knowledge that Rupert Murdoch was a long-standing opponent of the practice, although that does sound at odds with many other things he dislikes

Walt’s right though – in 1994 more than half of the Tory MPs who actually voted casted their ballot for reintroduction

There’s barely more than 50 MPs in the Commons today (all from the coalition) that support bringing back the rope so I think the likelihood of it coming back in my lifetime is extremely unlikely

“The fact that no single Labour MP – and as Barnaby says that has been the case for many Parliaments – support something the majority of the British working class are in favour of perhaps demonstrates the current disconnect between the rulers and those they rule over”

This is less a case of disconnect and more a case of what you expect from politicians.

If you expect an MP to blindly and without question parrot the views of his/her constituents (no matter how nutty) then yes there is a huge disconnect but that not meant to be how our democracy works. The idea is that the public have lives of their own and thus rather than expecting them to have an opinion on everything they elect somebody they deem of sound judgment to scrutinise things and make decisions on their behalf. So rather than trying to get everybody in a seat to read a five hundred page report on the effects of withdrawing from Euratom they elect their MP to do it for them.

And indeed when it comes to the dry subjects this mostly works since the public aren’t interested, its when it comes to stuff like the death penalty where every Tom, Dick and Harry has an opinion despite knowing literally nothing about the topic whereas anybody who has done even some cursory reading on the issue would have to come out against it, putting aside the moral issues, the execution of innocents, the expense etc the death penalty just doesn’t work, the evidence is very clear on this that it does nothing to deter or reduce crime rates especially for the very serious crimes people want it reintroduced for.

List of all Labour candidates at the 1992 General Election in order from lowest to highest vote share-
(Including candidates successfully elected MPs)
1. Harold Hutchinson (Mid Ulster, 389, 0.71%, N/A)
2. Peter Hadden (Belfast South, 875, 2.61%, N/A)
3. Ivan Gibbons (Eastbourne, 2, 834, 4.60%, -4.19%)
4. Lynda Clark (North East Fife, 2, 319, 5.54%, -1.85%)
5. Don Touhig (Richmond and Barnes, 2, 632, 5.83%, -1.26%)
6. Paul Donner (North Devon, 3, 410, 5.86%, -0.43%)
7. Richard James Edward Hall (Newbury, 3, 962, 5.97%, -2.16%)
8. Kenn Pearson (Isle of Wight, 4, 784, 6.01%, +0.12%)
9. Pamela Rose Tatlow (Cheltenham, 4, 077, 6.36%, -1.16%)
10. Philip John Kelly (South West Surrey, 3, 840, 6.42%, +0.79%)
11. Frank Jordan (North Cornwall, 4, 103, 6.55%, +0.11%)
12. Ronald Pickup (Ribble Valley, 3, 649, 6.55%, -11.18%)
13. John Fitzmaurice (North Dorset, 4, 360, 6.95%, +0.32%)
14. Thomas Alasdair Stewart Maclennan (North Tayside, 3, 094, 7.12%, -1.68%)
15. Peter Jenks (Winchester, 4, 917, 7.44%, +0.89%)
16. Pamela Richards (Bath, 4, 102, 7.80%, -2.83%)
17. Catherine Mary Sinclair Attlee (Windsor and Maidenhead, 4, 975, 7.88%, -3.29%)
18. Michael John Shutler (New Forest, 4, 989, 8.19%, -0.26%)
19. Brian Robert Balcombe (Banff and Buchan, 3, 803, 8.23%, +0.77%)
20. Stephen Lambert (Roxburgh and Berwickshire, 2, 909, 8.61%, -0.23%)
21. Steven Fear (Salisbury, 5, 483, 9.04%, -0.43%)
22. Linda Gilroy (South East Cornwall, 5, 536, 9.23%, +0.56%)
23. Steve Billcliffe (Wealden, 5, 579, 9.24%, +0.91%)
24. James Arthur Phillips (East Hampshire, 6, 840, 9.24%, +2.59%)
25. Michael Gold (Twickenham, 4, 919, 9.25%, +0.87%)
26. Frank Taylor (Bexhill and Battle, 4, 883, 9.39%, +1.66%)
27. Alison Chapman (Lewes, 5, 758, 9.52%, +0.70%)
28. David Brenton (Torridge and West Devon, 5, 997, 9.57%, +1.06%)
29. Dr Peter Truscott (Torbay, 5, 503, 9.59%, +1.15%)
30. Vivien Nelson (Yeovil, 5, 765, 9.63%, +2.32%)
31. Tim Walsh (Mole Valley, 5, 291, 9.64%, +0.35%)
32. James Geach (Truro, 6, 078, 9.83%, -0.34%)
33. Stephen Philip Paul Uwins (Horsham, 6, 745, 9.86%, +1.16%)
34. Christine Reid (North Wiltshire, 6, 945, 9.90%, +3.12%)
35. Geoffrey Clifford Martin (Sutton and Cheam, 4, 980, 9.92%, -0.72%)
36. Trevor Andrew Page (Cirencester and Tewkesbury, 7, 262, 10.02%, +1.87%)
37. Susan Carolyn Gibb (Tiverton, 5, 950, 10.09%, +3.84%)
38. James King (Southport, 5, 637, 10.17%, +3.78%)
39. Candy Atherton (Chesham and Amersham, 5, 931, 10.36%, +1.04%)
40. Linda Caroline Gregory (Mid Sussex, 6, 951, 10.38%, +2.99%)
41. Robert Ashford (Somerton and Frome, 6, 154, 10.42%, +0.42%)
42. Paul Godwin (Shoreham, 6, 123, 10.59%, +1.45%)
43. Josephine Elizabeth Kelly (Hereford, 6, 005, 10.60%, +2.90%)
44. John Pilgrim (Wells, 6, 126, 10.61%, +1.94%)
45. Gillian Roles (East Surrey, 5, 075, 10.62%, +0.22%)
46. Alan Dunton (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, 3, 328, 10.80%, -0.56%)
47. Francis Keohane (Brentwood and Ongar, 6, 080, 10.90%, -2.31%)
48. David Edward Murray (Weston-Super-Mare, 6, 913, 10.99%, -0.41%)
49. Haydon White (Poole, 6, 912, 10.99%, +1.06%)
50. Jim Deen (Worthing, 6, 679, 11.13%, +1.52%)
51. Howard Mann (Guildford, 6, 781, 11.18%, +0.58%)
52. Diane Mary Andrewes (Chichester, 7, 192, 11.26%, +3.38%)
53. Peter Morrell (Gordon, 6, 682, 11.29%, -0.22%)
54. Steven Cowan (Orpington, 5, 512, 11.49%, +0.77%)
55. Sandra Broadhurst (Cheadle, 6, 442, 11.54%, +2.44%)
56. Ross Cranston (Richmond (Yorks.), 7, 523, 11.58%, -0.21%)
57. Colin Macalister (Hazel Grove, 6, 390, 11.70%, -0.14%)
58. Chris Chappell (Leominster, 6, 874, 11.87%, +3.68%)
59. Conal Robertson Cumming Smith (Moray, 5, 448, 11.89%, +0.56%)
60. Cynthia Mackay (Harborough, 7, 483, 11.91%, -0.99%)
61. Julie Reay (Esher, 5, 685, 11.96%, +3.18%)
62. Eleanor Cohen (South Hams, 8, 091, 12.01%, +3.82%)
63. Peter Doherty (Folkestone and Hythe, 6, 347, 12.10%, +4.72%)
64. Alan Lloyd (Christchurch, 6, 997, 12.14%, +2.58%)
65. Andrew John Wright (Harrogate, 7, 230, 12.16%, +2.05%)
66. Geoffrey Paul Viney (Southend West, 6, 139, 12.29%, +4.72%)
67. Stephen John Wood (Montgomery, 4, 115, 12.45%, +2.00%)
68. Mervyn James Rolfe (Perth and Kinross, 6, 267, 12.46%, -3.40%)
69. Nelson Thomas Graham Bland (Wokingham, 8, 846, 12.49%, +3.82%)
70. Michael Alan David Stockwell (North West Hampshire, 7, 433, 12.59%, +3.45%)
71. James Melville Dalgleish (Woking, 8, 080, 12.62%, +2.07%)
72. Angela Mawle (Romsey and Waterside, 8, 688, 12.64%, +1.11%)
73. Donald Geoffrey Taylor (Angus East, 5, 994, 12.65%, +1.86%)
74. Lorna Jean Hole (Taunton, 8, 151, 12.69%, -2.18%)
75. Ray Davison (Honiton, 8, 142, 12.73%, +4.28%)
76. Helen Salmon (Croydon South, 6, 444, 12.83%, +3.08%)
77. John Dowson (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, 5, 766, 12.96%, +0.05%)
78. Joe Mann (West Dorset, 7, 082, 12.97%, +0.81%)
79. Robert Kennedy (Teignbridge, 8, 128, 13.01%, +1.89%)
80. Sheila Mary Brookes (Stratford-on-Avon, 8, 932, 13.14%, +2.94%)
81. Elizabeth Mary Weston (Fareham, 8, 766, 13.20%, +4.15%)
82. Ernest William Dyer (Ravensbourne, 6, 182, 13.29%, +1.97%)
83. John Anthony Smith (Aldershot, 8, 552, 13.29%, +1.49%)
84. William Stallard (Westbury, 9, 642, 13.30%, +1.28%)
85. Roger Priest (Aylesbury, 8, 517, 13.39%, -0.46%)
86. Des Browne (Argyll and Bute, 4, 946, 13.55%, +1.49%)
87. David Graham Smith (Beaconsfield, 7, 163, 13.55%, +3.25%)
88. Ronald Mark Hayhurst (North West Surrey, 8, 886, 13.57%, +2.36%)
89. Marilyn Frances Angus (Gosport, 7, 275, 13.60%, +3.68%)
90. Roger Allfrey Nash (Arundel, 8, 321, 13.63%, +2.60%)
91. Kevin Andrew Price (South West Cambridgeshire, 9, 378, 13.70%, +0.40%)
92. Ron Harris (North East Cambridgeshire, 8, 746, 13.78%, +5.26%)
93. Peter Brushett (Bournemouth East, 7, 541, 13.79%, +2.70%)
94. John Healey (Ryedale, 9, 812, 13.79%, +5.69%)
95. Bruce Kent (Oxford West and Abingdon, 7, 652, 13.80%, -1.14%)
96. Edward Anthony Charles Goodman (Tunbridge Wells, 8, 300, 13.83%, +2.26%)
97. Dr Roy Kenneth Chad (Chelmsford, 10, 010, 14.18%, +7.34%)
98. John Kotz (Saffron Walden, 8, 933, 14.34%, +2.80%)
99. Katherine Ruth Allott (Skipton and Ripon, 8, 978, 14.59%, +3.44%)
100. Jean Norris (Northavon, 10, 290, 14.64%, +0.72%)
101. Syd Rapson (Portsmouth South, 7, 857, 14.64%, +1.68%)
102. Ivan John Russell-Swinnerton (Henley, 7, 676, 14.86%, +2.27%)
103. Janet Marilyn Bott-Obi (Sutton Coldfield, 8, 490, 14.95%, +3.62%)
104. John Metcalfe (Penrith and The Border, 8, 871, 15.09%, +4.05%)
105. Dickon Abbott (Westmorland and Lonsdale, 8, 436, 15.10%, +1.84%)
106. Nigel Knowles (South Worcestershire, 9, 727, 15.12%, +4.20%)
107. David George Shepherd (East Lindsey, 9, 477, 15.17%, +4.03%)
108. Malcolm Whitemore (Canterbury, 8, 936, 15.21%, -1.67%)
109. James Tolmie MacDonald (Ross, Cromarty and Skye, 6, 275, 15.29%, -3.85%)
110. Ronald Stone (Woodspring, 9, 942, 15.41%, +0.96%)
111. Sharon Mainwaring (Caernarfon, 5, 641, 15.53%, -0.29%)
112. Michael Francis Coyne (Caithness and Sutherland, 3, 483, 15.67%, +0.73%)
113. Richard Anthony Warren (Epsom and Ewell, 8, 577, 15.71%, +1.16%)
114. Richard Stevens (Hastings and Rye, 8, 458, 15.73%, -0.54%)
115. Stephen Warren (St Ives, 9, 144, 16.01%, -1.80%)
116. Helen Young (Reigate, 9, 150, 16.21%, +1.91%)
117. Keith White (Buckingham, 7, 662, 16.23%, +4.33%)
118. Alasdair James Bovaird (Hertford and Stortford, 10, 125, 16.30%, +3.53%)
119. Jeannie Susan Evans (Sevenoaks, 9, 470, 16.38%, +3.19%)
120. Donald Quinn (Rochford, 10, 537, 16.52%, +4.21%)
121. Ben Grower (Bournemouth West, 9, 423, 16.63%, +3.78%)
122. Nicola Kutapan (Solihull, 10, 544, 16.71%, +1.73%)
123. Hugh Alexander Seckleman (Huntingdon, 12, 432, 16.90%, +2.97%)
124. Rima Horton (Chelsea, 4, 682, 17.45%, +2.02%)
125. Margaret Moran (Carshalton and Wallington, 9, 333, 17.69%, -0.52%)
126. Rosemary Jean Berry (Devizes, 13, 060, 17.82%, +0.52%)
127. Irene Kitson (Edinburgh West, 8, 759, 17.96%, -4.22%)
128. Anne Frances Helen Logan (Maidstone, 10, 517, 18.03%, +5.53%)
129. Margaret Ann O’Neill (Tonbridge and Malling, 11, 533, 18.05%, +4.98%)
130. Clive Needle (South Norfolk, 12, 422, 18.11%, +5.43%)
131. Robert Hutchinson (Surbiton, 6, 384, 18.25%, +3.88%)
132. Colin Robert Challen (Beverley, 12, 026, 18.58%, +2.14%)
133. Graham Robert John Morris (Havant, 10, 968, 18.70%, +4.60%)
134. Rachel Mary Brookes (Ruislip Northwood, 8, 306, 18.73%, +5.22%)
135. Carol Hughes (Fylde, 9, 382, 18.80%, +4.52%)
136. John Robert Davies (Ceredigion and Pembroke North, 9, 637, 18.82%, +0.26%)
137. Rhys Williams (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, 4, 978, 18.85%, +1.94%)
138. Irene Hamilton (Chertsey and Walton, 10, 793, 19.02%, +5.70%)
139. Robert Harold Markless (Kingston upon Thames, 7, 748, 19.35%, +6.17%)
140. Vivian Stanley Woodell (Wantage, 10, 955, 19.39%, +3.84%)
141. Andrew Paul Gale (South West Hertfordshire, 11, 512, 19.40%, +4.14%)
142. Kerry Pollard (St Albans, 12, 016, 19.40%, +7.94%)
143. Keith Dibble (East Berkshire, 14, 458, 19.65%, +5.33%)
144. John Aberdein (Orkney and Shetland, 4, 093, 19.84%, +1.10%)
145. Allen Brett (Littleborough and Saddleworth, 10, 649, 19.90%, -6.10%)
146. Fiona Jones (Gainsborough and Horncastle, 11, 619, 19.94%, +8.47%)
147. Joan Taylor (Rutland and Melton, 13, 068, 19.97%, +5.46%)
148. Doreen Cameron (Ashford, 11, 365, 19.99%, +5.33%)
149. Matthew Finnegan (Congleton, 11, 927, 20.03%, +2.15%)
150. Arthur Murray Jones (South East Cambridgeshire, 12, 688, 20.03%, +6.29%)
151. Veronica Hardstaff (Sheffield Hallam, 10, 930, 20.15%, -0.23%)
152. David Lee (Colchester North, 13, 870, 20.27%, +3.08%)
153. Christopher Alan Pearson (Colchester South and Maldon, 14, 158, 20.68%, +6.15%)
154. Johanna Erica Sugrue (Eastleigh, 15, 768, 20.73%, +4.02%)
155. Ethel Ranson (Blaby, 14, 151, 20.75%, +6.24%)
156. Terence Edward Hodgson (Suffolk Coastal, 13, 508, 20.86%, +8.08%)
157. Alison Frances Miller (Billericay, 13, 880, 20.97%, +1.53%)
158. Beryl Mason (Ludlow, 11, 709, 21.00%, +5.86%)
159. Martin Hudson (Broxbourne, 12, 124, 21.03%, +4.12%)
160. Alan Chedzoy (South Dorset, 12, 298, 21.10%, +3.85%)
161. James Plaskitt (Witney, 13, 688, 21.29%, +4.56%)
162. Lyn Brown (Wanstead and Woodford, 9, 319, 21.32%, +4.73%)
163. Leslie Christopher Burke (Stamford and Spalding, 13, 096, 21.47%, +8.93%)
164. John Reginald Walton Huddart (Wycombe, 12, 222, 21.59%, +2.93%)
165. Donna Brierly (Old Bexley and Sidcup, 8, 751, 21.60%, +4.34%)
166. Martina Cecilia Longworth (Macclesfield, 13, 680, 21.72%, +2.08%)
167. Peter James (Bridgwater, 12, 365, 21.73%, +3.54%)
168. Charlie Smith (City of London and Westminster South, 7, 569, 21.81%, +1.42%)
169. Richard Anthony Clayton (Mid Bedfordshire, 15, 092, 21.83%, +3.76%)
170. Stephen Clamp (West Derbyshire, 13, 528, 22.35%, +10.66%)
171. Robert Ian Wingfield (Chislehurst, 9, 485, 22.35%, +3.00%)
172. Stephen William Murray (Epping Forest, 12, 219, 22.44%, +4.09%)
173. Claude Moraes (Harrow West, 12, 343, 22.53%, +5.00%)
174. Gordon Adam (Berwick-upon-Tweed, 9, 933, 22.86%, +5.35%)
175. Ann Elizabeth Leedham (Spelthorne, 12, 784, 22.94%, +5.87%)
176. Mary Eileen Atherton (Altrincham and Sale, 12, 275, 23.09%, +2.63%)
177. Steven Malcolm Hatfield (Bridlington, 15, 263, 23.09%, +5.04%)
178. Alan Chewings (Rushcliffe, 14, 682, 23.18%, +6.64%)
179. Michael Cullingham (North Norfolk, 13, 850, 23.22%, +3.31%)
180. Ralph Knight (Harwich, 14, 511, 23.27%, +5.77%)
181. Kingsley Abrams (Wimbledon, 11, 570, 23.29%, +1.66%)
182. Alan Michael Bretman (North Thanet, 12, 657, 23.46%, +6.79%)
183. Paul Clark (Gillingham, 13, 563, 23.50%, +6.44%)
184. John William Harris (Central Suffolk, 15, 615, 23.51%, +3.94%)
185. Robert Owen Jones (Ynys Mon, 10, 126, 23.52%, +6.65%)
186. Tommy Sheppard (Bury St Edmunds, 14, 767, 23.56%, +6.23%)
187. Timothy Robson (Mid Kent, 13, 984, 23.58%, +5.50%)
188. Dr David Norman Souter (Hertsmere, 13, 398, 23.68%, +4.08%)
189. Maggie Cosin (Milton Keynes North East, 12, 036, 23.69%, +7.75%)
190. David John Charles Bull (Basingstoke, 16, 323, 23.77%, +6.07%)
191. Kenneth George Hutchison Ritchie (Beckenham, 11, 038, 23.85%, +6.02%)
192. Stephen Hesford (South Suffolk, 16, 623, 23.97%, +5.29%)
193. David Frederick Leonard Flack (Castle Point, 12, 799, 24.00%, +4.98%)
194. Peter Grant-Hutchison (Eastwood, 12, 436, 24.11%, -0.95%)
195. Robert Hawkins (North Shropshire, 15, 550, 24.21%, +3.83%)
196. Ian Swithenbank (Hexham, 11, 529, 24.21%, +6.25%)
197. Ronald John Browning (Bexleyheath, 11, 520, 24.30%, +6.54%)
198. Sarah Joanna Bissett Johnson (North Hertfordshire, 16, 449, 24.33%, +5.87%)
199. Lesley Marion Alison Ward Koumi (Daventry, 14, 460, 24.33%, +3.82%)
200. Leonora Lloyd (Hendon South, 8, 546, 24.39%, +3.54%)
201. Donald Kenneth Turner (Hove, 12, 257, 24.47%, +6.16%)
202. Barry Elliott (South West Bedfordshire, 16, 225, 24.72%, +6.45%)
203. Hedley Bashforth (Bristol West, 12, 992, 24.75%, +3.85%)
204. Peter Dawe (Chingford, 10, 792, 24.84%, +9.57%)
205. Jean Elizabeth Yates (Morecambe and Lunesdale, 10, 998, 24.88%, +2.39%)
206. Helen Brinton (Faversham, 16, 404, 25.10%, +4.35%)
207. David Stewart (Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber, 12, 800, 25.15%, -0.19%)
208. Michael Victor Castle (Mid Norfolk, 16, 672, 25.42%, +7.64%)
209. Maria Eagle (Crosby, 17, 461, 25.66%, +7.71%)
210. Ian Willmore (Braintree, 16, 921, 25.72%, +6.39%)
211. Betty Williams (Conwy, 10, 883, 25.76%, +3.51%)
212. Alan John Williams (Chipping Barnet, 11, 638, 25.91%, +6.87%)
213. David Everitt (Bosworth, 17, 524, 25.96%, +8.76%)
214. Elizabeth Owen (Shrewsbury and Atcham, 15, 157, 26.03%, +6.20%)
215. Bruce Anthony Wylie (South Staffordshire, 17, 633, 26.13%, +7.08%)
216. Karen Ruth Livney (Enfield Southgate, 12, 859, 26.21%, +7.36%)
217. Christopher Mann (Brecon and Radnor, 11, 634, 26.28%, -2.94%)
218. Angela Billingham (Banbury, 15, 495, 26.46%, +6.06%)
219. Stephen Taggart (Grantham, 17, 606, 26.60%, +6.12%)
220. David Drew (Stroud, 18, 796, 26.95%, +8.42%)
221. Gillian Parker (Reading East, 14, 593, 26.96%, +5.50%)
222. Mary Elizabeth Page (South West Norfolk, 16, 706, 27.13%, +6.15%)
223. Sue Egan (Leeds North West, 13, 782, 27.26%, +5.55%)
224. Graham Bramley (Southend East, 11, 480, 27.43%, +9.62%)
225. Jonathan Kelly (Tatton, 15, 798, 27.49%, +6.18%)
226. Louise Coubrough (Boothferry, 17, 731, 27.54%, +5.60%)
227. Andrew Pawley (Plymouth Sutton, 15, 120, 27.62%, +11.22%)
228. Dan Norris (Wansdyke, 18, 048, 27.74%, +4.47%)
229. Peter Ruhemann (Reading West, 14, 750, 27.84%, +6.56%)
230. Mark Stephen James (South Thanet, 13, 740, 28.15%, +7.24%)
231. Arthur Giles (Pudsey, 16, 095, 28.35%, +7.86%)
232. Annie Lockwood (Shipley, 16, 081, 28.46%, +5.18%)
233. John Hough (Holland with Boston, 15, 328, 28.96%, +8.41%)
234. Terry Ward (Upminster, 14, 970, 29.01%, +6.92%)
235. John Cosgrove (Falmouth and Camborne, 16, 732, 29.18%, +8.33%)
236. Robert John Emlyn Evans (Uxbridge, 14, 308, 29.38%, +5.95%)
237. Eileen Gordon (Romford, 12, 414, 29.47%, +6.63%)
238. John Harman (Colne Valley, 17, 579, 29.77%, +0.67%)
239. John Dickie (Northampton South, 19, 909, 29.85%, +5.27%)
240. David Billing (Scarborough, 17, 600, 29.86%, +6.22%)
241. Alan Burnett (Portsmouth North, 18, 359, 29.94%, +9.98%)
242. Peter Robert Rennie (Dumfries, 14, 674, 30.01%, +4.85%)
243. Norma Mary Edwards (Eddisbury, 18, 928, 30.54%, +7.00%)
244. Catherine Mary Veronica Mole (Bromsgrove, 18, 007, 30.70%, +7.40%)
245. Ross Maden (Wyre Forest, 18, 642, 30.77%, +11.89%)
246. Richard Balfe (Southwark and Bermondsey, 11, 614, 30.78%, -8.93%)
247. Nicholas John Stephens (Meriden, 18, 763, 30.90%, +4.82%)
248. Patrick Hall (North Bedfordshire, 18, 302, 30.99%, +7.84%)
249. Helen Stephenson (Wirral West, 15, 788, 30.99%, +4.74%)
250. Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh Pentlands, 13, 838, 31.06%, +1.08%)
251. Geraint Davies (Croydon Central, 12, 518, 31.27%, +6.92%)
252. James Moher (Brent North, 13, 314, 32.02%, +7.23%)
253. John Airey (Rugby and Kenilworth, 20, 863, 32.04%, +7.11%)
254. Phil Hope (Kettering, 17, 961, 32.05%, +12.37%)
255. David Kidney (Stafford, 19, 976, 32.27%, +11.11%)
256. Andrew John Reed (Loughborough, 19, 181, 32.37%, +7.90%)
257. Jim Cunningham (Coventry South East, 11, 902, 32.58%, -14.88%)
258. Michael Jackson (Watford, 19, 482, 32.73%, +4.49%)
259. Tony McWalter (Luton North, 20, 682, 32.86%, +6.08%)
260. Matthew Taylor (Warwick and Leamington, 19, 158, 32.97%, +9.43%)
261. David Borrow (Wyre, 17, 785, 32.99%, +11.77%)
262. Neil Fawcett (Aldridge-Brownhills, 17, 407, 33.26%, +4.93%)
263. George Turner (North West Norfolk, 20, 990, 33.60%, +16.09%)
264. Tony McNulty (Harrow East, 19, 654, 33.79%, +10.24%)
265. Phil Sawford (Wellingborough, 20, 486, 33.86%, +6.67%)
266. Lesley Rosamund Hilton (Ilford North, 15, 627, 34.15%, +6.76%)
267. Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Leith, 13, 790, 34.21%, -15.13%)
268. Vernon Coaker (Gedling, 19, 554, 34.44%, +10.51%)
269. Raymond Alfred Little (Welwyn Hatfield, 20, 982, 34.46%, +8.09%)
270. Leonie Cooper (Hornchurch, 16, 652, 34.48%, +6.08%)
271. Helen Southworth (Wirral South, 17, 407, 34.58%, +6.56%)
272. Bob Marshall-Andrews (Medway, 17, 138, 34.60%, +4.77%)
273. Howard Stoate (Dartford, 20, 880, 34.70%, +7.24%)
274. David John Hill (Hendon North, 13, 447, 34.77%, +9.32%)
275. James Edwin Siddelley (Staffordshire Moorlands, 21, 830, 34.77%, +6.01%)
276. James Robert William Walker (Broxtowe, 21, 205, 34.77%, +10.47%)
277. Frank Doran (Aberdeen South, 14, 291, 34.78%, -2.89%)*
278. Chris Ruane (Clwyd North West, 18, 438, 34.81%, +9.99%)
279. John Grogan (Selby, 21, 559, 34.85%, +8.10%)
280. Estelle Morris (Birmingham Yardley, 14, 884, 34.86%, -1.76%)
281. Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Cleethorpes, 22, 404, 34.87%, +12.15%)
282. Yvonne Elizabeth Johnson (Ealing Acton, 15, 572, 34.90%, +7.13%)
283. Martin Upham (Enfield North, 18, 359, 34.95%, +6.48%)
284. Jacqui Smith (Mid Worcestershire, 24, 094, 35.26%, +7.82%)
285. Mary Marjorie Walker (Croydon North East, 16, 362, 35.28%, +8.75%)
286. Alan Hankon (Halesowen and Stourbridge, 22, 730, 35.58%, +7.76%)
287. Ann Marjoram (Finchley, 14, 651, 35.66%, +3.98%)
288. David Barton (Newark, 20, 265, 35.84%, +8.13%)
289. Roger Edward Berry (Worcester, 21, 731, 36.15%, +7.72%)
290. Diana Organ (West Gloucestershire, 24, 274, 36.17%, +8.39%)
291. Laura Moffatt (Crawley, 22, 439, 36.21%, +7.22%)
292. John Lloyd (Exeter, 22, 498, 36.24%, +13.74%)
293. Tommy Graham (Renfrew West and Inverclyde, 17, 085, 36.59%, -2.14%)
294. Judith Chegwidden (Putney, 17, 662, 36.61%, +0.54%)
295. Alan Wyn Williams (Carmarthen, 20, 879, 36.65%, +1.28%)
296. Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East, 18, 218, 36.80%, +11.55%)
297. Kevin Ernest Stephens (Gloucester, 23, 812, 36.83%, +7.20%)
298. Nicholas Moore (Fulham, 14, 859, 36.99%, +0.26%)
299. Judith Church (Stevenage, 21, 764, 37.32%, +11.90%)
300. David Chaytor (Calder Valley, 22, 875, 37.44%, +4.08%)
301. Kevin Wilson (Milton Keynes South West, 19, 153, 37.45%, +7.58%)
302. John Wilton (Birmingham Edgbaston, 14, 222, 37.61%, +10.78%)
303. Martin Stears (Ealing North, 18, 932, 37.80%, +10.00%)
304. Tom Levitt (High Peak, 22, 719, 37.92%, +9.15%)
305. Barbara Baughan (Great Yarmouth, 20, 196, 37.96%, +6.82%)
306. Brian Jenkins (South East Staffordshire, 21, 988, 38.17%, +12.10%)
307. Sean Stafford (Erewash, 24, 204, 38.20%, +6.09%)
308. Jane Slowey (Birmingham Hall Green, 17, 984, 38.28%, +10.12%)
309. David Lepper (Brighton Pavilion, 16, 955, 38.31%, +8.57%)
310. Geoffrey Wilfrid Tracey Smith (South Ribble, 24, 855, 38.31%, +5.24%)
311. Ezra Leverett (Waveney, 26, 472, 38.44%, +8.40%)
312. George Galloway (Glasgow Hillhead, 15, 148, 38.47%, -4.42%)
313. Kate Phillips (Stirling, 18, 471, 38.52%, +2.29%)
314. Peter Telford (Plymouth Drake, 15, 062, 38.58%, +14.48%)
315. Janet Margaret Thomas (Northampton North, 20, 957, 38.60%, +8.66%)
316. Alistair Darling (Edinburgh Central, 15, 189, 38.79%, -1.39%)
317. Patricia Ann Holmes (Kensington, 11, 992, 38.84%, +5.59%)
318. Julie Morgan (Cardiff North, 18, 578, 38.92%, +12.23%)
319. Ruth Henig (Lancaster, 18, 131, 39.20%, +6.78%)
320. Barry Brotherton (Davyhulme, 19, 790, 39.21%, +8.77%)
321. Arthur David Williams (Rochdale, 20, 937, 39.38%, +1.41%)
322. Jim D’Avila (Swindon, 28, 923, 39.42%, +2.83%)
323. Anne Campbell (Cambridge, 20, 039. 39.67%, +11.36%)
324. Sylvia Heal (Mid Staffordshire, 24, 991, 39.74%, +15.02%)*
325. John Scott (Stockton South, 25, 049, 39.84%, +8.58%)
326. Simon Murphy (Wolverhampton South West, 21, 003, 39.87%, +9.12%)
327. Patricia Muddyman (Burton, 24, 849, 40.03%, +6.43%)
328. Julie Owens (Peterborough, 26, 451, 40.17%, +6.53%)
329. Graham Green (Gravesham, 23, 829, 40.35%, +5.52%)
330. Jennifer Fitzgerald Edwards (Westminster North, 18, 095, 40.59%, +1.12%)
331. Alastair George Osborne (Ayr, 22, 087, 40.60%, +1.51%)
332. Kevin Joseph Lomax (Dudley West, 28, 940, 40.69%, +6.71%)
333. Raymond McManus (Chorley, 26, 469, 40.70%, +6.00%)
334. Tommy Flanagan (Keighley, 22, 387, 40.85%, +5.83%)
335. Bob Laxton (Derby North, 24, 121, 40.87%, +3.64%)
336. Huw Edwards (Monmouth, 20, 855, 40.97%, +13.29%)*
337. Brian Wilson (Cunninghame North, 17, 564, 40.97%, -3.44%)
338. Eric Kirton (Blackpool North, 18, 461, 40.98%, +9.96%)
339. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich, 14, 630, 41.02%, +6.16%)
340. Gillian Olive Haynes (Brighton Kemptown, 18, 073, 41.18%, +8.27%)
341. Alf Dubs (Battersea, 21, 550, 41.22%, -1.21%)
342. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South, 18, 213, 41.45%, +9.36%)
343. Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South, 18, 485, 41.46%, +3.80%)
344. Nigel Beard (Erith and Crayford, 19, 587, 41.52%, +11.98%)
345. Neville Bann (Liverpool Mossley Hill, 17, 203, 41.56%, +2.73%)
346. Jim Dobbin (Bury North, 24, 502, 41.57%, +3.80%)
347. Bill Rammell (Harlow, 23, 668, 41.78%, +5.21%)
348. Clive Efford (Eltham, 17, 147, 41.89%, +9.93%)
349. Colin Burgon (Elmet, 24, 416, 41.93%, +4.83%)
350. Ann Keen (Brentford and Isleworth, 22, 666, 41.95%, +8.71%)
351. Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central, 18, 014, 41.98%, +9.72%)
352. David Robinson (City of Chester, 22, 310, 41.99%, +6.37%)
353. Rachel Squire (Dunfermline West, 16, 374, 42.04%, -5.01%)
354. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire, 29, 608, 42.06%, +8.83%)
355. John Potter (Basildon, 22, 679, 42.15%, +3.89%)
356. Sam Galbraith (Strathkelvin and Bearsden, 21, 267, 42.26%, +4.14%)
357. Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West, 25, 309, 42.26%, +7.68%)
358. Alan Whitehead (Southampton Test, 23, 919, 42.37%, +9.12%)
359. Clifford Morris (Bolton West, 25, 373, 42.58%, +6.47%)
360. Gwyn Prosser (Dover, 24, 562, 42.65%, +8.52%)
361. Ian Gibson (Norwich North, 22, 153, 42.76%, +12.58%)
362. Nick Butler (Lincoln, 26, 743, 42.82%, +9.15%)
363. Robert Ernest Gregory Slater (Coventry South West, 21, 789, 42.83%, +5.79%)
364. Ashok Kumar (Langbaurgh, 28, 454, 43.06%, +4.67%)*
365. Eunice Durkin (Batley and Spen, 26, 221, 43.09%, +1.96%)
366. Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden, 22, 055, 43.09%, +7.87%)
367. Jane Kennedy (Liverpool Broadgreen, 18, 062, 43.20%, -5.37%)
368. Nick Ainger (Pembroke, 26, 253, 43.29%, +12.32%)
369. Jimmy Dunnachie (Glasgow Pollok, 14, 170, 43.41%, -19.69%)
370. Bill McKenzie (Luton South, 25, 101, 43.46%, +6.77%)
371. Alice Mahon (Halifax, 25, 115, 43.48%, +0.10%)
372. Martyn Jones (Clwyd South West, 21, 490, 43.50%, +8.07%)
373. Mike Hall (Warrington South, 27, 819, 43.64%, +7.78%)
374. John McFall (Dumbarton, 19, 255, 43.64%, +0.61%)
375. Eddie Lopez (Slough, 25, 279, 43.72%, +4.11%)
376. Jamie Cann (Ipswich, 23, 680, 43.80%, +1.10%)
377. Ann Taylor (Dewsbury, 25, 596, 43.83%, +1.41%)
378. Eric Clarke (Midlothian, 20, 588, 43.87%, -4.38%)
379. Janet Anderson (Rossendale and Darwen, 28, 028, 43.87%, +5.56%)
380. Sandy Feather (Corby, 24, 861, 43.89%, +3.02%)
381. David Taylor (North West Leicestershire, 27, 400, 43.94%, +9.69%)
382. John Denham (Southampton Itchen, 24, 402, 43.99%, +11.88%)
383. John McAllion (Dundee East, 18, 761, 44.13%, +1.79%)
384. Ann Coffey (Stockport, 21, 096, 44.14%, +8.84%)
385. John Austin-Walker (Woolwich, 17, 551, 44.21%, +7.19%)
386. Gordon Prentice (Pendle, 23, 497, 44.23%, +8.93%)
387. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan, 24, 201, 44.30%, +9.58%)*
388. Robin Cook (Livingston, 20, 245, 44.41%, -1.15%)
389. David Crausby (Bolton North East, 21, 459, 44.47%, +1.82%)
390. Roger Leslie Berry (Kingswood, 26, 774, 44.52%, +7.13%)
391. Jean Corston (Bristol East, 22, 418, 44.55%, +9.14%)
392. Hazel Blears (Bury South, 24, 085, 44.59%, +3.70%)
393. Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale, 21, 418, 44.59%, -0.71%)
394. William McKelvey (Kilmarnock and Loudoun, 22, 210, 44.78%, -3.73%)
395. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington, 19, 436, 44.79%, +9.32%)
396. John Cooper (Amber Valley, 26, 706, 44.95%, +10.60%)
397. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow, 21, 603, 44.96%, -2.39%)
398. David Hanson (Delyn, 24, 979, 44.97%, +5.90%)
399. Patrick Cosgrove (Tynemouth, 27, 134, 45.03%, +6.24%)
400. Andy Love (Edmonton, 21, 483, 45.03%, +9.01%)
401. Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate, 19, 193, 45.15%, +7.56%)
402. Mike Gapes (Ilford South, 19, 418, 45.34%, +7.82%)
403. Bridget Prentice (Lewisham East, 19, 576, 45.39%, +11.20%)
404. Richard Burden (Birmingham Northfield, 24, 433, 45.53%, +6.29%)
405. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich, 28, 065, 45.71%, +1.70%)
406. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow, 16, 251, 45.71%, +10.98%)
407. Bill Olner (Nuneaton, 27, 157, 45.75%, +11.17%)
408. Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East, 15, 446, 45.75%, -4.62%)
409. Andrew MacKinlay (Thurrock, 24, 791, 45.86%, +4.82%)
410. Lynne Mary Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak, 25, 430, 46.01%, +6.74%)
411. Tony Wright (Cannock and Burntwood, 28, 139, 46.02%, +6.49%)
412. Lewis Moonie (Kirkcaldy, 17, 887, 46.04%, -3.54%)
413. Mike O’Brien (North Warwickshire, 27, 599, 46.07%, +6.00%)
414. Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston, 27, 660, 46.08%, +8.69%)
415. Michael Connarty (Falkirk East, 18, 423, 46.14%, -8.10%)
416. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston, 27, 782, 46.14%, +4.95%)
417. Helen Jackson (Sheffield Hillsborough, 27, 568, 46.17%, +2.14%)
418. Peter Snape (West Bromwich East, 19, 913, 46.47%, +3.85%)
419. John Home Robertson (East Lothian, 25, 537, 46.48%, -1.56%)
420. Nigel Spearing (Newham South, 14, 358, 46.64%, +3.10%)
421. David Winnick (Walsall North, 24, 387, 46.72%, +4.15%)
422. Greville Janner (Leicester West, 22, 574, 46.78%, +2.31%)
423. Eric Martlew (Carlisle, 20, 479, 46.78%, +4.55%)
424. Greg Pope (Hyndburn, 23, 042, 46.87%, +7.07%)
425. Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, 24, 055, 46.91%, -2.09%)
426. Jim Dowd (Lewisham West, 20, 378, 46.99%, +9.11%)
427. Keith Hill (Streatham, 18, 925, 47.04%, +7.82%)
428. Robert Hughes (Aberdeen North, 18, 845, 47.04%, -7.63%)
429. Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire, 30, 128, 47.12%, +5.64%)
430. Tony Benn (Chesterfield, 26, 461, 47.27%, +1.81%)
431. Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North West, 19, 152, 47.28%, +10.31%)
432. Tessa Jowell (Dulwich, 17, 714, 47.30%, +5.34%)
433. Piara Khabra (Ealing Southall, 23, 476, 47.42%, -3.32%)
434. Paddy Tipping (Sherwood, 29, 788, 47.50%, +9.33%)
435. Bob Cryer (Bradford South, 25, 185, 47.64%, +6.22%)
436. Alan Simpson (Nottingham South, 25, 771, 47.70%, +6.88%)
437. John Hutton (Barrow and Furness, 26, 568, 47.74%, +8.45%)
438. Calum MacDonald (Western Isles, 7, 664, 47.81%, +5.13%)
439. Terry Rooney (Bradford North, 23, 420, 47.83%, +4.99%)
440. Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme, 25, 652, 47.94%, +7.43%)
441. Alan Milburn (Darlington, 26, 556, 48.06%, +6.46%)
442. Tom Cox (Tooting, 24, 601, 48.15%, +3.92%)
443. Bruce George (Walsall South, 24, 133, 48.21%, +3.30%)
444. John Marek (Wrexham, 24, 830, 48.28%, +4.42%)
445. John Maxton (Glasgow Cathcart, 16, 265, 48.28%, -3.84%)
446. Bruce Grocott (The Wrekin, 33, 865, 48.29%, +5.47%)
447. Jack Straw (Blackburn, 26, 633, 48.44%, -1.47%)
448. Barbara Roche (Hornsey and Wood Green, 27, 020, 48.47%, +8.51%)
449. Jack Cunningham (Copeland, 22, 328, 48.67%, +1.45%)
450. John Garrett (Norwich South, 24, 965, 48.70%, +10.80%)
451. David Jamieson (Plymouth Devonport, 24, 953, 48.72%, +20.26%)
452. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield, 23, 832, 48.74%, +2.86%)
453. Harry Barnes (North East Derbyshire, 28, 860, 48.81%, +4.43%)
454. Ian Davidson (Glasgow Govan, 17, 051, 48.94%, -15.89%)
455. Angela Eagle (Wallasey, 26, 531, 48.96%, +7.01%)
456. Ernie Ross (Dundee West, 20, 498, 48.97%, -4.38%)
457. Martin O’Neill (Clackmannan, 18, 829, 49.08%, -4.65%)
458. Hugh Bayley (City of York, 31, 525, 49.13%, +7.72%)
459. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East, 24, 106, 49.29%, +7.59%)
460. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central, 21, 123, 49.38%, +5.17%)
461. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne North, 25, 121, 49.41%, +6.71%)
462. Mildred Gordon (Bow and Poplar, 18, 487, 49.53%, +3.14%)
463. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South, 26, 380, 49.76%, +2.27%)
464. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West, 19, 162, 49.79%, -2.83%)
465. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley, 24, 542, 49.88%, +7.43%)
466. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland, 27, 763, 49.99%, +2.01%)
467. Gareth Wardell (Gower, 23, 455, 50.07%, +3.46%)
468. Dawn Primarolo (Bristol South, 25, 164, 50.13%, +9.26%)
469. Andrew Smith (Oxford West and Abingdon, 23, 702, 50.37%, +7.36%)
470. Henry McLeish (Central Fife, 21, 036, 50.40%, -3.02%)
471. Robin Corbett (Birmingham Erdington, 18, 549, 50.46%, +4.58%)
472. John Spellar (Warley West, 21, 386, 50.62%, +1.41%)
473. David Hinchcliffe (Wakefield, 26, 964, 50.65%, +4.04%)
474. Gordon McMaster (Paisley South, 18, 202, 50.67%, -5.49%)
475. Irene Adams (Paisley North, 17, 269, 50.71%, -4.79%)
476. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby, 25, 895, 51.01%, +5.54%)
477. Clive Soley (Hammersmith, 17, 329, 51.03%, +6.02%)
478. Bryan Davies (Oldham Central and Royton, 23, 246, 51.08%, +2.94%)
479. Chris Smith (Islington South and Finsbury, 20, 586, 51.11%, +11.05%)
480. Win Griffiths (Bridgend, 24, 143, 51.27%, +3.74%)
481. Jo Richardson (Barking, 18, 224, 51.61%, +7.29%)
482. Margaret Beckett (Derby South, 25, 917, 51.73%, +8.06%)
483. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West, 20, 349, 51.73%, +2.73%)
484. Bill O’Brien (Normanton, 25, 936, 51.81%, +2.27%)
485. Peter Mandelson (Hartlepool, 26, 816, 51.86%, +3.40%)
486. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside, 25, 206, 52.04%, +3.46%)
487. John Gunnell (Morley and Leeds South, 23, 896, 52.16%, +2.61%)
488. James Callaghan (Heywood and Middleton, 22, 380, 52.24%, +2.36%)
489. Bryan Gould (Dagenham, 22, 027, 52.26%, +7.82%)
490. Jim Marshall (Leicester South, 27, 934, 52.30%, +8.13%)
491. Frank Cook (Stockton North, 27, 918, 52.31%, +3.17%)
492. Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde, 26, 207, 52.31%, +3.94%)
493. Terry Lewis (Worsley, 29, 418, 52.38%, +4.30%)
494. Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East, 24, 896, 52.49%, -1.77%)
495. John Heppell (Nottingham East, 25, 026, 52.56%, +10.60%)
496. Keith Bradley (Manchester Withington, 23, 962, 52.66%, +9.71%)
497. John McWilliam (Blaydon, 27, 028, 52.67%, +2.33%)
498. Harry Cohen (Leyton, 20, 334, 52.69%, +11.48%)
499. Michael Meacher (Oldham West, 21, 580, 52.76%, +3.38%)
500. John Gilbert (Dudley East, 29, 806, 52.77%, +6.90%)
501. Elliot Morley (Glanford and Scunthorpe, 30, 623, 52.81%, +9.28%)
502. Ken Livingstone (Brent East, 19, 387, 52.83%, +10.21%)
503. Brian Donohoe (Cunninghame South, 19, 687, 52.93%, -7.90%)
504. Alan John Williams (Swansea West, 23, 238, 52.99%, +4.45%)
505. Peter Pike (Burnley, 27, 184, 53.00%, +4.62%)
506. Paul Flynn (Newport East, 23, 050, 53.11%, +7.05%)
507. John Fraser (Norwood, 18, 391, 53.18%, +4.73%)
508. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff West, 24, 306, 53.20%, +7.67%)
509. Max Madden (Bradford West, 26, 046, 53.21%, +1.30%)
510. Jeff Rooker (Birmingham Perry Barr, 27, 507, 53.22%, +2.81%)
511. Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham, 27, 095, 53.27%, +8.35%)
512. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie, 19, 637, 53.32%, -3.60%)
513. Joe Ashton (Bassetlaw, 29, 061, 53.36%, +5.26%)
514. Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South and Shoreditch, 19, 730, 53.36%, +5.51%)
515. Terry Davis (Birmingham Hodge Hill, 21, 895, 53.62%, +4.94%)
516. Andrew Faulds (Warley East, 19, 891, 53.62%, +3.38%)
517. Norman Hogg (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, 19, 855, 54.02%, -5.96%)
518. Audrey Wise (Preston, 24, 983, 54.28%, +1.82%)
519. David Young (Bolton South East, 26, 906, 54.30%, +0.03%)
520. Doug Hoyle (Warrington North, 33, 019, 54.32%, +6.11%)
521. Harold Walker (Doncaster Central, 27, 795, 54.34%, +3.18%)
522. Alan Meale (Mansfield, 29, 932, 54.36%, +16.90%)
523. Kate Hoey (Vauxhall, 21, 328, 54.75%, +4.58%)
524. Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras, 22, 243, 54.76%, +4.14%)
525. Betty Boothroyd (West Bromwich West, 22, 251, 54.81%, +4.33%)
526. Geoff Hoon (Ashfield, 32, 018, 54.88%, +13.23%)
527. Denzil Davies (Llanelli, 27, 802, 54.93%, -4.23%)
528. Martin Redmond (Don Valley, 32, 008, 54.99%, +1.86%)
529. Roy Hughes (Newport East, 23, 050, 55.00%, +5.93%)
530. John Battle (Leeds West, 26, 310, 55.13%, +11.90%)
531. George Robertson (Hamilton, 25, 849, 55.16%, -4.52%)
532. Andrew Bennett (Denton and Reddish, 29, 021, 55.21%, +5.64%)
533. Tommy McAvoy (Glasgow Rutherglen, 21, 962, 55.38%, -0.63%)
534. Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth, 26, 383, 55.54%, +8.80%)
535. Bill Michie (Sheffield Heeley, 28, 005, 55.67%, +2.26%)
536. Graham Allen (Nottingham North, 29, 052, 55.75%, +10.82%)
537. Peter Shore (Bethnal Green and Stepney, 20, 350, 55.84%, +7.59%)
538. Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull North, 26, 619, 55.91%, +4.73%)
539. Mo Mowlam (Redcar, 27, 184, 55.96%, +8.62%)
540. Bernie Grant (Tottenham, 25, 309, 56.46%, +12.85%)
541. Keith Vaz (Leicester East, 28, 123, 56.55%, +10.39%)
542. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne, 24, 550, 56.61%, +4.85%)
543. Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North, 30, 464, 56.72%, +9.63%)
544. Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton South East, 23, 215, 56.73%, +7.79%)
545. Joan Lestor (Eccles, 27, 357, 56.86%, +6.08%)
546. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington, 26, 719, 56.90%, +4.54%)
547. Jeremy Bray (Motherwell South, 21, 771, 57.11%, -1.20%)
548. Eddie Loyden (Liverpool Garston, 23, 212, 57.14%, +3.57%)
549. Mike Watson (Glasgow Central, 17, 341, 57.17%, -7.30%)
550. Stuart Randall (Kingston upon Hull West, 21, 139, 57.34%, +5.40%)
551. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North, 21, 742, 57.44%, +7.48%)
552. Clive Betts (Sheffield Attercliffe, 28, 563, 57.49%, -0.33%)
553. Paul Boateng (Brent South, 20, 662, 57.52%, +5.61%)
554. George Mudie (Leeds East, 24, 929, 57.70%, +8.98%)
555. Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington, 20, 083, 57.84%, +9.12%)
556. Hilary Armstrong (North West Durham, 26, 734, 57.85%, +6.95%)
557. Stephen Byers (Wallsend, 33, 439, 57.88%, +1.04%)
558. John Evans (St Helens North, 31, 930, 57.92%, +4.25%)
559. Chris Mullin (Sunderland South, 29, 399, 57.94%, +3.88%)
560. Norman Godman (Greenock and Port Glasgow, 22, 258, 58.00%, -5.93%)
561. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central, 25, 897, 58.01%, +5.47%)
562. Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone, 27, 965, 58.25%, +0.91%)
563. Ron Leighton (Newham North East, 20, 952, 58.30%, +6.42%)
564. George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, 25, 142, 59.06%, -1.00%)
565. Tony Lloyd (Stretford, 22, 300, 59.54%, +4.37%)
566. Gordon Oakes (Halton, 35, 025, 59.68%, +4.23%)
567. Jack Thompson (Wansbeck, 30, 046, 59.71%, +2.24%)
568. David Clark (South Shields, 24, 876, 59.77%, +1.87%)
569. Giles Radice (North Durham, 33, 567, 59.87%, +3.63%)
570. Stan Orme (Salford East, 20, 327, 60.02%, +1.22%)
571. Ken Eastham (Manchester Blackley, 23, 031, 60.16%, +7.73%)
572. Nick Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East, 24, 342, 60.20%, +3.75%)
573. Ian McCartney (Makerfield, 32, 832, 60.41%, +4.15%)
574. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley, 30, 977, 60.48%, +4.10%)
575. Tony Blair (Sedgefield, 28, 453, 60.50%, +4.48%)
576. Alf Morris (Manchester Wythenshawe, 22, 591, 60.54%, +3.74%)
577. David Marshall (Glasgow Shettleston, 21, 665, 60.56%, -2.99%)
578. Bill Etherington (Sunderland North, 30, 481, 60.73%, +4.97%)
579. Kim Howells (Pontypridd, 29, 722, 60.79%, +4.49%)
580. Joan Ruddock (Lewisham Deptford, 22, 574, 60.86%, +11.27%)
581. Gerry Bermingham (St Helens South, 30, 391, 61.02%, +6.43%)
582. Tony Banks (Newham North West, 15, 911, 61.11%, +5.67%)
583. Tom Clarke (Monklands West, 23, 384, 61.28%, -1.01%)
584. John Smith (Monklands East, 22, 266, 61.29%, +0.31%)
585. Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh, 32, 225, 61.31%, +2.67%)
586. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow Maryhill, 19, 452, 61.64%, -4.80%)
587. Harriet Harman (Peckham, 19, 391, 61.77%, +7.24%)
588. Kevin Hughes (Doncaster North, 34, 135, 61.79%, +0.04%)
589. Roland Boyes (Houghton and Washington, 34, 733, 62.02%, +2.92%)
590. Don Dixon (Jarrow, 28, 956, 62.12%, -1.32%)
591. Derek Fatchett (Leeds Central, 23, 673, 62.23%, +6.61%)
592. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester Gorton, 23, 671, 62.33%, +7.93%)
593. Gordon Brown (Dunfermline East, 23, 692, 62.43%, -2.32%)
594. John Prescott (Kingston upon Hull East, 30, 092, 62.90%, +6.59%)
595. Roger Stott (Wigan, 34, 910, 63.01%, +1.48%)
596. John Reid (Motherwell North, 27, 852, 63.37%, -3.57%)
597. Joyce Quin (Gateshead East, 30, 100, 63.52%, +4.30%)
598. Frank Field (Birkenhead, 29, 098, 63.63%, +4.92%)
599. Ron Davies (Caerphilly, 31, 713, 63.65%, +5.21%)
600. Jimmy Boyce (Rotherham, 27, 933, 63.95%, +4.27%)
601. Roy Hattersley (Birmingham Sparkbrook, 22, 116, 64.07%, +3.25%)
602. Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough, 26, 343, 64.09%, +4.39%)
603. Paul Murphy (Torfaen, 30, 352, 64.12%, +5.40%)
604. Donald Dewar (Glasgow Garscadden, 18, 920, 64.42%, -3.25%)
605. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover, 33, 973, 64.53%, +8.32%)
606. Roger Godsiff (Birmingham Small Heath, 22, 675, 65.23%, -1.08%)
607. Clare Short (Birmingham Ladywood, 24, 887, 66.26%, +8.59%)
608. Jimmy Wray (Glasgow Provan, 15, 885, 66.52%, -6.39%)
609. John Morris (Aberavon, 26, 877, 67.08%, +0.31%)
610. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge, 22, 328, 67.15%, +4.11%)
611. Michael Martin (Glasgow Springburn, 20, 369, 67.67%, -5.97%)
612. Peter Hain (Neath, 30, 903, 68.00%, +4.63%)
613. Bob Wareing (Liverpool West Derby, 27, 014, 68.19%, +2.89%)
614. Peter Hardy (Wentworth, 32, 939, 68.54%, +3.37%)
615. Eddie O’Hara (Knowsley South, 31, 933, 68.60%, +4.13%)
616. Richard Caborn (Sheffield Central, 22, 764, 68.66%, +0.93%)
617. Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley, 26, 254, 69.09%, +0.19%)
618. Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central, 27, 048, 69.25%, +2.49%)
619. Donald Anderson (Swansea East, 31, 179, 69.70%, +6.01%)
620. Geoffrey Lofthouse (Pontefract and Castleford, 33, 546, 69.88%, +2.98%)
621. David Blunkett (Sheffield Brightside, 29, 771, 70.41%, +0.53%)
622. Derek Enright (Hemsworth, 29, 942, 70.84%, +3.85%)
623. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 31, 710, 71.56%, -3.79%)
624. Ray Powell (Ogmore, 30, 186, 71.73%, +2.36%)
625. Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton, 34, 214, 72.40%, +7.98%)
626. Bob Litherland (Manchester Central, 23, 336, 72.65%, +4.49%)
627. John Cummings (Easington, 34, 269, 72.68%, +4.62%)
628. Neil Kinnock (Islwyn, 30, 908, 74.26%, +2.96%)
629. Allan Rogers (Rhondda, 34, 243, 74.55%, +1.12%)
630. Joe Benton (Bootle, 37, 464, 74.59%, +7.71%)
631. Robert Parry (Liverpool Riverside, 20, 550, 75.92%, +2.70%)
632. Terry Patchett (Barnsley East, 30, 346, 77.19%, +2.71%)
633. George Howarth (Knowsley North, 27, 517, 77.50%, +7.59%)
634. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent, 34, 333, 78.98%, +3.09%)

I refer fellow posters to the list above this post.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/25/lord-sugar-calls-jeremy-corbyn-resign-student-debt-lie/

Ignoring what any of us thinks of Lord Sugar, this wasn’t why I posted this.

What I found incredible was the video of Shadow Minister promising to wipe out debt during the election campaign.

Also, Labour supporters are claiming – technically correctly, depending on which statement of Corbyn’s you are referring to – that JC didn’t promise to wipe out student debt. But quite simply, Labour must have known that the comments they made would be taken that way by the vast majority of people, especially young people who didn’t hesitate to share this with each other, and their parents etc. I certainly took that to be the case, and I follow politics / politicians etc a lot more than the average guy.

So it is clear, even without the videos of shadow ministers, that the country was very publicly misled on this, which is quite serious during an election campaign IMO.

Bollocks. partisan crap as always

As Rivers pointed out only 17% of people believed labour would wipe student debt according to yougov

Matt, the 17% figure came in response to a “how do you interpret this statement: [what Jeremy Corbyn said]” question. It’s tenuous to infer that 17% of people, at the time they voted, believed Labour would wipe student debt, because most people will have not picked up the information directly from reading what Jezza said, they will have picked it up second- or even third-hand from online and offline communications with friends. It’s like a game of Chinese whispers – the more hands the message passes through the more it gets corrupted.

But this isnt really Labour’s fault at all – this is just humans being humans rather than perfect, information-conserving motherboards. Overall the media is fussing over nothing. The only reason the story has dragged on like it has is because the silly season has started and there isn’t that much else for politcal hacks to report on.

A bit of not-that-important anecdotal evidence: both my Tory-voting father and his Labour-voting fiancee were of the understanding that Labour had pledged to wipe the debt. Take from that what you will.

I took part in that Yougov poll, and answered something like “reduce the debt” rather than “wipe out the debt”.

Aside from anything else, the poll is presented with the benefit of hindsight after the backtracking/clarification (depending on your political slant) of the past week or two.

I wouldn’t therefore seize on this 17% figure with any sense of glory that there was no “promise”. Had the poll taken place in the days/weeks immediately following the NME interview and press coverage around it, I suspect the 17% figure would have been an awful lot higher.

I had one friend approach me and ask if this was true as he was under the impression it was and I asked my gf who voted Labour for the first time and she said she never believed that Corbyn planned to eradicate the debt. I would say my friend is more politically engaged than my gf despite having to live with a nerd like me.

I’m sceptical that this was even common knowledge prior to the election, in all my time campaigning (often in student dominated areas) and all my time on social media and all my time talking about politics with my friends (all in their early 20’s) the issue of Labour supposedly writing of all past debt never came up once, as I said before I wasn’t even aware of Corbyn’s commentson the subject and I’m a complete saddo who follows politics incessantly.

So I’m going to paraphrase Polltroll when he says that
“It’s tenuous to infer that 17% of people, at the time they voted, believed Labour would wipe student debt”
I agree I’d say it was even less, I wish Yougov had just straight up asked “did you believe Lab would write of past debt prior to the election?” and I imagine the figure would be even lower than 17%. Irony being I imagine the partisan splits would probably show that contrary to Tory claims that there are millions of betrayed Labour voting young people and their parents it would be mostly Tory voters who “claim” they thought this was Labour policy simply cos they’re parroting their own sides line.

The yougov poll age break down seems to suggest older voters albeit only a bit more believed that what corbyn meant was to abolish debt. Which would either suggest that older voters like PollTrolls father and fiance believed that corbyn meant he would abolish the debt marginally more than younger people or that Rivers is right and its just partisan lines as we know age is now the biggest determining factor

Significant internal Labour news today, Labours ruling NEC approved some changes, firstly the compromise on the “McDonnell Amendment” which set to lower the nominations threshold from MP’s in future leadership contests from 15% to 5%, instead the NEC approved a reduction to 10% which would still easily be achieved by any left winger in todays PLP.

Secondly the NEC approved the introduction of 4 new members to the NEC, one new member representing USDAW (to account for their growing membership) and three more “members reps” directly elected by the membership. Assuming the pro Corbyn slate win these three new members (which the last NEC election very much suggests they would) then it would firmly tilt the balance on the NEC in the lefts favour.

The proposed changes will now go to a vote at conference where they are expected to pass, this is very significant, the Labour party is now very much in the hands of the membership, so long as the they remain broadly to the left the left will remain in power, if Progress want to take back control they’ll need to take the membership with them.

Easily achievable is difficult to measure. Its difficult to know who will nominate who until we have a leadership election which isnt happening any time soon.

I didn’t know USDAW didn’t have a rep. I’m pleased to see a booming service sector is being met with increasing numbers joining the union. Particularly in the gig economy. USDAW are a broadly moderate union so should be interesting. I assume they will take UCATTs seat now theyve merged with Unite.

Pleased to see greater representation for members. If the moderates do succeed control of the party at least they will have done it by going through the members

Matt
“Easily achievable is difficult to measure. Its difficult to know who will nominate who”

Somewhat true but past precedent shows that MP’s tend to nominate along partisan lines, the Blairites nominate a Progress big wig, the soft left nominate a Tribune big wig etc
The point was that so long as the openly Corbynista MP’s nominate another Corbynista they’d get onto the ballot, wouldn’t require any lent votes, it wouldn’t even require the nominations of the “pragmatic left” there are enough fervently Corbynista MP’s now to manage 10%