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Monday, 4 November, 2002, 23:15 GMT
Tories who defied party orders
Conservative heavyweights Michael Portillo and Ken Clarke were among eight Tory MPs who defied a three-line party whip by voting with the government to allow unmarried couples to adopt. Thirty-five other Tories stayed away from the Commons.
Tories who voted against the three-line whip and with the government to allow unmarried and gay couples to adopt were:
John Bercow (Buckingham)
Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)
David Curry (Skipton & Ripon)
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Andrew Lansley (Cambridgeshire South)
Andrew Mackay (Bracknell)
Francis Maude (Horsham)
Michael Portillo (Kensington & Chelsea)
Tories who did not vote were:
Peter Ainsworth (Surrey East)
David Atkinson (Bournemouth East)
Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Mrs Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton)
David Cameron (Witney)
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)
Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)
Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton)
Peter Duncan (Galloway & Upper Nithsdale)
Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Howard Flight (Arundel & South Downs)
Edward Garnier (Harborough)
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton)
Damien Green (Ashford)
Douglas Hogg (Sleaford & North Hykeham)
Michael Howard (Folkestone & Hythe)
Boris Johnson (Henley)
Robert Key (Salisbury)
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury)
Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)
George Osborne (Tatton)
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South)
Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne)
David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds)
Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Nicholas Soames (Sussex Mid)
Richard Spring (Suffolk West)
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling)
Anthony Steen (Totnes)
Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
Robert Walter (Dorset North)
John Whittingdale (Maldon & Chelmsford East)
John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Tim Yeo (Suffolk South)
Related to this story:
John Bercow's resignation letter
(04 Nov 02 | Politics )
Profile: John Bercow
(04 Nov 02 | Politics )
Head-to-head: Gay adoption
(16 Oct 02 | UK )
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