House of Commons
Age of Consent Vote
Monday 22 June 1998

This is how Members of Parliament voted in the age of consent debate.

Vote	Meaning	MPs	Percentage
Y	Voted for equalisation	336	51.0%
Y*	Tellers for (cannot vote)	2	0.3%
N	Voted against equalisation	129	19.6%
N*	Tellers against (cannot vote)	2	0.3%
A	Absent or abstained	186	28.2%
S	Speaker and 3 Deputy Speakers (do not vote)	4	0.6%
	Total	659	100.0%

The votes from each party were:

Party	Name	Y		Y*		N		N*		A		S		Total
Lab	Labour	283	67.7%	1	0.2%	14	3.3%	0	0.0%	120	28.7%	0	0.0%	418	100.0%
Con	Conservative	18	11.1%	1	0.6%	109	67.3%	2	1.2%	32	19.8%	0	0.0%	162	100.0%
LDem	Liberal Democrat	31	67.4%	0	0.0%	3	6.5%	0	0.0%	12	26.1%	0	0.0%	46	100.0%
UU	Ulster Unionists	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	9	90.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%
SNP	Scottish National Party	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%
PC	Plaid Cymru	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%
SDLP	Social Democratic and Labour Party	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%
DU	Ulster Democratic Unionist Party	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
SF	Sinn Fein (have not taken their seats)	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%
Ind	Independent	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
UKU	United Kingdom Unionist	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%
S	Speaker and 3 Deputy Speakers	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	4	100.0%
	Total	336	51.0%	2	0.3%	129	19.6%	2	0.3%	186	28.2%	4	0.6%	659	100.0%

Complete list of MPs and how they voted (large table)

House of Commons Official Report for 22 June 1998

BMA Report on Age of Consent

Stonewall Web Site

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