Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 15 Gorffennaf 1925.
| Division No. 289.] | AYES. | [8.31 p.m. |
| Adamson, Rt. Hon. W. (Fife. West) | Clowes, S. | Edwards, C. (Monmouth, Bedwellty) |
| Adamson, W. M. (Staff., Cannock) | Cluse, W. S. | Garro-Jones, Captain G. M. |
| Alexander, A. V. (Sheffield, Hillsbro') | Clynes, Rt. Hon. John R. | Gibbins, Joseph |
| Ammon, Charles George | Compton, Joseph | Gillett, George M. |
| Attlee, Clement Richard | Connolly, M. | Gosling, Harry |
| Baker, J. (Wolverhampton, Bilston) | Cove, W. G. | Greenall, T. |
| Barker, G. (Monmouth, Abertillary) | Cowan, D. M. (Scottish Universities) | Greenwood, A. (Nelson and Colne) |
| Barnes, A. | Dalton, Hugh | Grenfell, D. R. (Glamorgan) |
| Barr, J. | Davies, Evan (Ebbw Vale) | Griffiths. T. (Monmouth, Pontypool) |
| Batey, Joseph | Davies, Ellis (Denbigh, Denbigh) | Groves, T. |
| Beckett, John (Gateshead) | Davies, Rhys John (Westhoughton) | Grundy, T. W. |
| Broad, F. A. | Day, Colonel Harry | Guest, J. (York, Hemsworth) |
| Bromley, J. | Dennison, R. | Hall, F. (York, W. R., Normanton) |
| Buchanan, G. | Duncan, C. | Hall, G. H. (Merthyr Tydvil) |
| Charleton, H. C. | Dunnico, H. | Hardle, George D. |
| Hastings, Sir Patrick | Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, M.) | Stewart, J. (St. Rollox) |
| Hayday, Arthur | Naylor, T. E. | Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) |
| Hayes, John Henry | Oliver, George Harold | Thomson, Trevelyan (Middlesbro. W.) |
| Henderson, Right Hon. A. (Burnley) | Owen, Major G. | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton, E.) |
| Henderson, T. (Glasgow) | Paling, W. | Thorne, W. (West Ham, Plaistow) |
| Hirst, G. H. | Pethick-Lawrence, F. W. | Thurtle, E. |
| Hirst, W. (Bradford, South) | Ponsonby, Arthur | Tinker, John Joseph |
| Hudson, J. H. (Huddersfield) | Potts, John S. | Viant, S. P. |
| John. William (Rhondda, West) | Richardson, R. (Houghton-le-Spring) | Wallhead, Richard C. |
| Johnston, Thomas (Dundee) | Riley, Ben | Watson, W. M. (Dunfermilne) |
| Jones, J. J. (West Ham, Silvertown) | Ritson, J. | Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) |
| Jones, Morgan (Caerphilly) | Robinson, W. C. (Yorks, W.R., Elland) | Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney |
| Kelly, W. T. | Rose, Frank H. | Westwood, J. |
| Kirkwood, D. | Saklatvala, Shapurji | Wheatley, Rt. Hon. J. |
| Lansbury, George | Salter, Dr. Alfred | Whiteley, W. |
| Lawson, John James | Serymgeour, E. | Wilkinson, Ellen C. |
| Lee, F. | Sexton, James | Williams, David (Swansea, East) |
| Livingstone, A. M | Shaw, Rt. Hon. Thomas (Preston) | Williams, Dr. J. H. (Llanelly) |
| Lowth, T. | Shiels, Dr. Drummond | Williams, T. (York, Don Valley) |
| Lunn, William | Short, Alfred (Wednesbury) | Wilson, C. H. (Sheffield, Attercliffe) |
| MacDonald, Rt. Hon. J. R.(Aberavon) | Siteh, Charles H. | Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) |
| Mackinder, W. | Smith, Ben (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe) | Windsor, Walter |
| MacLaren, Andrew | Smith, H. B. Lees (Keighley) | Wright, W. |
| Maclean, Neil (Glasgow, Govan) | Smith, Rennie (Penistone) | Young, Robert (Lancaster, Newton) |
| March, S. | Snell, Harry | |
| Maxton, James | Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— |
| Montague, Frederick | Stamford, T. W. | Mr. T. Kennedy and Mr. Warne. |
| Morris, R. H. | Stephen, Campbell | |
| NOES. | ||
| Acland-Troyte, Lieut.-Colonel | Davies, Sir Thomas (Cirencester) | Hopkins, J. W. W. |
| Agg-Gardner, Rt. Hon. Sir James T. | Dawson, Sir Philip | Hopkinson, A. (Lancaster, Mossley) |
| Ainsworth, Major Charles | Dean, Arthur Wellesley | Hore-Belisha, Leslie |
| Albery, Irving James | Drews, C. | Horlick, Lieut.-Colonel J. N. |
| Alexander, E. E. (Leyton) | Duckworth, John | Howard, Capt. Hon. D. (Cumb., H.) |
| Allen, J. Sandeman (L'pool, W. Derby) | Edmondson, Major A. J. | Hudson, Capt. A. U. M.(Hackney, N.) |
| Ashley, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Wilfrid W. | Elliot, Captain Walter E. | Hume, Sir G. H. |
| Astbury, Lieut.-Commander F. W. | Erskine, James Malcolm Monteith | Huntingfield, Lord |
| Balfour, George (Hampstead) | Evans, Captain A. (Cardiff, South) | Hurd, Percy A. |
| Banks, Reginald Mitchell | Evans, Capt. Ernest (WELSH Univer.) | Hurst, Gerald B. |
| Barclay-Harvey, C. M. | Everard, W. Lindsay | Hutchison, G. A. Clark (Midl'ni & p'bl's) |
| Barnston, Major Sir Harry | Fanshawe Commander G. D. | Inskip, Sir Thomas Walker H. |
| Benn, Sir A. S. (Plymouth, Drake) | Fleiden, E. B. | Jenkins, W. (Glamorgan, Neath) |
| Bethell, A. | Finburgh. S. | Jacob, A. E. |
| Betterton, Henry B. | Fleming, D. P. | Jephcott, A. R. |
| Birchall, Major J. Dearman | Foster, Sir Harry S. | Jones, G. W. H. (Stoke Newington) |
| Bird, E. R. (Yorks, W. R., Skipton) | Foxcroft, Captain C. T. | Jones, Henry Haydn (Merioneth) |
| Blades, Sir George Rowland | Fraser Captain Ian | Joynson-Hicks, Rt. Hon. Sir William |
| Blundell, F. N. | Fremantle, Lieut.-Colonel Francis E. | Kennedy, A. R. (Preston) |
| Boothby R. J. G. | Ganzoni, Sir John | King, Captain Henry Douglas |
| Bourne, Captain Robert Croft | Gibbs, Col. Rt. Hon. George Abraham | Lamb, J. Q. |
| Boyd-Carpenter, Major A. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John | Lane-Fox, Colonel George R. |
| Brass, Captain W. | Glyn, Major R. G. C. | Little, Dr. E. Graham |
| Bridgeman, Rt. Hon. William Clive | Goff, Sir Park | Lloyd, Cyril E. (Dudley) |
| Briggs, J. Harold | Grace, John | Loder, J. de V. |
| Briscoe, Richard George | Greenwood, Rt. Hn. Sir H. (W'th's'w, E.) | Lougher, L. |
| Brockleband, C. E. R. | Greenwood, William (Stockport) | Lynn, Sir R. J. |
| Buckingham, Sir H. | MacAndrew, Charles Glen | |
| Bull, Rt. Hon. Sir William James | Grenfell, Edward C. (City of London) | Macintyre, Ian |
| Bullock, Captain M. | Grotrian, H. B. | Macmillan, Captain H. |
| Burgoyne, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Alan | Guinness, Rt. Hon. Walter E. | Macnaghten, Hon. Sir Malcolm |
| Burman, J. B. | Hacking, Captain Douglas H. | MacRobert, Alexander M. |
| Burton, Colonel H. W. | Hall. Vice-Admiral Sir R. (Eastbourne) | Maitland, Sir Arthur D/ Steel- |
| Cadogan, Major Hon. Edward | Hall, Capt. W. D'A. (Brecon & Rad.) | Malone, Major P. B. |
| Caine, Gordon Hall | Hammersley, S. S. | Margesson, Captain D. |
| Campbell, E. T. | Hannon, Patrick Joseph Henry | Meller, R. J. |
| Cassels, J. D. | Harland, A. | Merriman, F. B. |
| Chadwick, Sir Robert Burton | Harney, E. A. | Milne, J. S. Wardlaw- |
| Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. N. (Ladywood) | Harrison, G. J. C. | Mitchell, S. (Lanark, Lanark) |
| Chapman, Sir S. | Harvey, Majors. E. (Devon, Totnes) | Mitchell, W. Foot (Saffron Walden) |
| Chilcott, Sir Warden | Haslam, Henry C. | Monsell, Eyres, Com. Rt. Hon. B. M. |
| Clarry, Reginald George | Hawke, John Anthony | Moore, Lieut.-Colonel T. C. R. (Ayr) |
| Clayton, G. C. | Headlam, Lieut.-Colonel C. M. | Morden, Col. W. Grant |
| Cobb. Sir Cyril | Henderson, Capt. R. R. (Oxf'd, Henley) | Morrison, H. (Wilts, Salisbury) |
| Cochrane, Commander Hon. A. D. | Henderson, Lieut.-Col. V. L. (Bootle) | Murchison, C. K. |
| Collox, Major Wm. Phillips | Heneage, Lieut.-Col. Arthur P. | Neville, R. J. |
| Cope, Major William | Hennessy, Major J. R. G. | Newman, Sir R. H. S. D. L. (Exeter) |
| Courthope, Lieut.-Col. Sir George L. | Herbert, Dennis (Hertford, Watford) | Newton, Sir D. G. C. (Cambridge) |
| Cunliffe, Joseph Herbert | Herbert, S. (York, N. R., Scar. & Wh'by) | Nicholson, O. (Westminster) |
| Davidson, Major-General Sir John H. | Hogg, Rt. Hon. Sir D. (St. Marylebone) | Nuttall, Ellis |
| Davies, A. V. (Lancaster, Royton) | Hope, Capt. A. O. J. (Warw'k, Nun.) | Oakley, T. |
| Davies, Maj. Geo. F. (Somerset, Yeovil) | Hope, Sir Harry (Forfar) | O'Neill, Major Rt. Hon. Hugh |
| Oman, Sir Charles William C. | Sanders, Sir Robert A. | Waddington, R. |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Sanderson, Sir Frank | Wallace, Captain D. E. |
| Pennefather, Sir John | Shaw, R. G. (Yorks, W. R., Sowerby) | Ward, Lt.-Col. A. L. (Kingston-on-Hull) |
| Perkins, Colonel E. K. | Simms, Dr. John M. (Co. Down) | Warrender, Sir Victor |
| Perring, William George | Skelton, A. N. | Waterhouse, Captain Charles |
| Peto, Basil E. (Devon, Barnstaple) | Slaney, Major P. Kenyon | Watson, Sir F. (Pudsey and Otley) |
| Peto, G. (Somerset, Frome) | Smith, R. W. (Aberd'n & Kinc'dine, C.) | Watts, Dr. T. |
| Pielou, D. P. | Spender Clay, Colonel H. | Wells, S. R. |
| Pownall, Lieut.-Colonel Assheton | Stanley, Col. Hon. G. F. (Will'sden, E.) | Wheler, Major Sir Granville C. H. |
| Price, Major C. W. M. | Stanley, Hon. O. F. G. (Westm'eland) | Williams, c. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) |
| Rawlinson Rt. Hon. John Fredk. Peel | Steel, Major Samuel Strang | Wilson, Sir C. H. (Leeds, Central) |
| Rees, Sir Beddoe | Storry Deans, R. | Wilson, R. R. (Stafford, Lichfield) |
| Reid, Capt. A. S. C. (Warrington) | Stott, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. | Wise, Sir Fredric |
| Rentoul, G. S. | Styles, Captain H. Walter | Womersley, W. J. |
| Rhys, Hon. C. A. U. | Sugden, Sir Wilfrid | Wood, E. (Chester, Stalyb'ge & Hyde) |
| Rice, Sir Frederick | Sykes, Major-Gen. Sir Frederick H. | Wood, Sir Kingsley (Woolwich, W.). |
| Roberts, E. H. G. (Flint) | Thomson, F. C. (Aberdeen, South) | Wragg, Herbert |
| Roberts, Samuel (Hereford, Hereford) | Thomson, Rt. Hon. Sir W. Mitchell- | |
| Ropner, Major L. | Titchfield, Major the Marquess of | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— |
| Ruggles-Brise, Major E. A. | Turton, Edmund Russborough | Lord Stanley and Captain Viscount |
| Samuel, A. M. (Surrey, Farnham) | Vaughan-Morgan, Col. K. P. | Curzon. |
| Sandeman, A. Stewart |
Question put, and agreed to.
The House of Commons votes by dividing. Those voting Aye (yes) to any proposition walk through the division lobby to the right of the Speaker and those voting no through the lobby to the left. In each of the lobbies there are desks occupied by Clerks who tick Members' names off division lists as they pass through. Then at the exit doors the Members are counted by two Members acting as tellers. The Speaker calls for a vote by announcing "Clear the Lobbies". In the House of Lords "Clear the Bar" is called. Division Bells ring throughout the building and the police direct all Strangers to leave the vicinity of the Members’ Lobby. They also walk through the public rooms of the House shouting "division". MPs have eight minutes to get to the Division Lobby before the doors are closed. Members make their way to the Chamber, where Whips are on hand to remind the uncertain which way, if any, their party is voting. Meanwhile the Clerks who will take the names of those voting have taken their place at the high tables with the alphabetical lists of MPs' names on which ticks are made to record the vote. When the tellers are ready the counting process begins - the recording of names by the Clerk and the counting of heads by the tellers. When both lobbies have been counted and the figures entered on a card this is given to the Speaker who reads the figures and announces "So the Ayes [or Noes] have it". In the House of Lords the process is the same except that the Lobbies are called the Contents Lobby and the Not Contents Lobby. Unlike many other legislatures, the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not adopted a mechanical or electronic means of voting. This was considered in 1998 but rejected. Divisions rarely take less than ten minutes and those where most Members are voting usually take about fifteen. Further information can be obtained from factsheet P9 at the UK Parliament site.
