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� March 22, 2008 - How Labour MPs voted on post office closures




Ninety Labour MPs have campaigned locally against post office closures. This is how they voted on last night's Commons motion:


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  • Voted to halt the programme

    Diane Abbott, Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Andrew Dismore, Hendon; David Drew, Stroud; Frank Field, Birkenhead; John Grogan, Selby, Kate Hoey, Vauxhall; John McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington; Alan Meale, Mansfield; Gordon Prentice, Pendle; Geraldine Smith, Morecambe & Lunesdale; PeterSoulsby, Leicester South.


    Abstained

    Joe Benton, Bootle; Claire Curtis-Thomas, Crosby; Lindsay Hoyle Chorley; Glenda Jackson, Hampstead and Highgate; Sally Keeble, Northampton North; David Lammy, Tottenham; Bob Marshall-Andrews, Medway; Kerry McCarthy, Bristol East; Ian McCartney, Makerfield; Gillian Merron, Lincoln; Julie Morgan, Cardiff North; Jim Murphy, East Renfrewshire; John Robertson, Glasgow North West; Dari Taylor, Stockton South;Todd Todd, Mark' South Derbyshire; Kitty Ussher, Burnley.


    Voted to continue the closures

    Janet Anderson, Rossendale and Darwen; Celia Barlow, Hove and Portslade; Hugh Bayley, City of York; Roger Berry, Kingswood; Bob Blizzard, Waveney; David Borrow, South Ribble; karen Buck, Regent's Park and Kensington North; Andy Burnham, Leigh; Dawn Butler, Brent South; Ben Chapman, Wirral South; Paul Clark, Gillingham; Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley: John Cruddas, Dagenham; Quentin Davies, Grantham and Stamford; John Denham, Southampton, Itchen; Parmjit Dhanda,Gloucester; Louise Ellman, Liverpool; Michael Jabez Foster, Hastings and Rye; Mike Gapes, Ilford South: mark Hendrick, Preston; Patricia Hewitt, Leicester West: Geoff Hoon, Ashfield; Phil Hope, Corby and East Northants; Kim Howells, Pontypridd: Joan Humble, Blackpool North and Fleetwood; Diana Johnson, Hull North; Tessa Jowell' Dulwich and West Norwood; Anne Keen, Brentford & Isleworth: Sadiq Khan, Tooting: Jim Knight, Dorset South; Ashok Kumar, Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland; Stephen Ladyman, South Thanet; Bob Laxton, Derby North; David Lepper, Brighton, Pavillion; Martin Linton, Battersea; Andy Love, Edmonton; Gordon Marsden, Blackpool South; Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Portsmouth North; John McFall, West Dunbartonshire; Shona McIsaac, Cleethorpes; Anne McKechin, Glasgow North; Andrew Miller, Ellesmere Port and Neston; Chris Mole, Ipswich; Jessica Morden, Newport East; Paul Murphy, Torfaen; Nick Palmer, Broxtowe; Greg Pope, Hyndburn; Dawn Primarolo, Bristol South; Andy Reed, Loughborough; Joan Ruddock, Lewisham, Deptford; Christine Russell, City of Chester; Joan Ryan, Enfield North; Andrew Smith, Oxford East; Jacqui Smith, Redditch; Anne Snelgrove, South Swindon; Howard Stoate, Dartford; Jack Straw, Blackburn; Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury; Paddy Tipping, Sherwood; Keith Vaz, Leicester East; Alan Whitehead, Southampton Test; Phil Wilson, Sedgefield; Derek Wyatt, Sittingbourne and Sheppey.


    Did not vote

    Wayne David, Caerphilly. [I wonder how this is different from abstaining]


    Telegraph source

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