– in the House of Commons am ar 14 Mehefin 1939.
Mr Arthur Greenwood
, Wakefield
May I ask the Prime Minister what Orders he proposes to take to-night in the event of the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o' Clock Rule being carried?
Mr Neville Chamberlain
, Birmingham, Edgbaston
The Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o' Clock Rule is being moved for the purpose of obtaining the Report and Third Reading of the Civil Defence Bill and the Committee stage of the Air-Raid Precautionary Services Estimate. I hope it will be possible to obtain the Third Reading of the Civil Defence Bill at a time which will allow reasonable opportunity before Eleven o' Clock for the consideration of the Air-Raid Precautionary Services Estimate.
| Division No. 172.] | AYES. | 3.49 p.m. |
| Acland-Troyte, Lt.-Col. G. J. | Campbell, Sir E. T. | Davidson, Viscountess |
| Adams, S. V. T. (Leeds, W.) | Cartland, J. R. H. | Davison, Sir W. H. |
| Albery, Sir Irving | Carver, Major W. H. | De la Bèere, R. |
| Allen, Col. J. Sandeman (B'knhead) | Cary, R. A. | Denman, Hon. R. D. |
| Anderson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Sc'h Univ's) | Cazalet, Thelma (Islington, E.) | Denville, Alfred |
| Assheton. R. | Cazalet, Capt. V. A. (Chippenham) | Doland, G. F. |
| Baldwin-Webb, Col. J. | Chamberlain, Rt. Hn. N. (Edgb't'n) | Donner, P. W. |
| Balfour, Capt. H. H. (Isle of Thanet) | Channon, H. | Drewe, C. |
| Baxter, A. Beverley | Chapman, A. (Rutherglen) | Dugdale, Captain T. L. |
| Beamish, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. | Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston S. | Duggan, H. J. |
| Beaumont, Hon. R. E. B. (Portsm'h) | Cobb, Captain E. C. (Preston) | Duncan, J. A. L. |
| Beechman, N. A. | Colfox, Major Sir W. P. | Dunglass, Lord |
| Bird, Sir R. B. | Colman, N. C. D. | Eckersley, P. T. |
| Blair, Sir R. | Colville, Rt. Hon. John | Edmondson, Major Sir J. |
| Boulton, W. W. | Conant, Captain R. J. E. | Elliot, Rt. Hon. W. E. |
| Bower, Comdr. R. T. | Cock, Sir T. R. A. M. (Norfolk, N.) | Elliston, Capt. G. S. |
| Boyce, H. Leslie | Cooke, J. D. (Hammersmith, S.) | Emmott, C. E. G. C. |
| Briscoe, Capt. R. G. | Cooper, Rt. Hon. T. M. (E'burgh, W.) | Emrys-Evans, P. V. |
| Brooke, H. (Lewisham, W.) | Courthope, Col. Rt. Hon. Sir G. L. | Evans, D O. (Cardigan) |
| Brown, Rt. Hon. E. (Leith) | Cox, H. B. Trevor | Everard, Sir William Lindsay |
| Bull, B. B. | Croft, Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Page | Fildes, Sir H. |
| Bullock, Capt. M. | Crooke, Sir J. Smedley | Fleming, E. L. |
| Burgin, Rt. Hon. E. L. | Crookshank, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. F. C. | Foot, D. M. |
| Burton, Col. H. W. | Crowder, J. F. E. | George, Major G. Lloyd (Pembroke) |
| Butler, Rt. Hon. R. A. | Culverwell, C. T. | Gilmour, Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Sir J. |
| Gluckstein, L. H. | Macquisten, F. A. | Salter, Sir J. Arthur (Oxford U.) |
| Glyn, Major Sir R. G. C. | Magnay, T. | Samuel, M. R. A. |
| Graham, Captain A. C. (Wirral) | Makins, Brigadier-General Sir Ernest | Sandeman, Sir N. S. |
| Granville, E. L. | Mander, G. le M. | Sandys, E. D. |
| Grattan-Doyle, Sir N. | Manningham-Buller, Sir M. | Seely, Sir H. M. |
| Gridley, Sir A. B. | Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. | Selley, H. R. |
| Grigg, Sir E. W. M. | Markham, S. F. | Shakespeare, G. H. |
| Guinness, T. L. E. B. | Maxwell, Hon. S. A. | Shaw, Captain W. T. (Forfar) |
| Gunston, Capt. Sir D. W. | Medlicott, F. | Shepperson, Sir E. W. |
| Hambro, A. V. | Mellar, Sir R. J. (Mitcham) | Shute, Colonel Sir J. J. |
| Hannah, I. C. | Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (Tamworth) | Simon, Rt. Hon. Sir J. A. |
| Harbord, Sir A. | Mills, Sir F. (Leyton, E.) | Sinclair, Rt. Hon. Sir A. (C'thn's) |
| Harvey, T. E. (Eng. Univ's.) | Mills, Major J. D. (New Forest) | Smiles, Lieut.-Colonel Sir W. D. |
| Haslam, Henry (Horncastle) | Mitchell, Sir W. Lane (Streatham) | Smith, Sir R. W. (Aberdeen) |
| Heilgers, Captain F. F. A. | Mitcheson, Sir G. G. | Smithers, Sir W. |
| Hely-Hutchinson, M. R. | Moore, Lieut.-Col. Sir T. C. R. | Snadden, W. McN. |
| Heneage, Lieut.-Colonel A. P. | Moreing, A. C. | Somervell, Rt. Hon. Sir Donald |
| Hepburn, P. G. T. Buchan- | Morgan, R. H. (Worcester, Stourbridge) | Somerville, Sir A. A. (Windsor) |
| Hepworth, J. | Morris-Jones, Sir Henry | Southby, Commander Sir A. R. J. |
| Herbert, Lt.-Col. J. A. (Monmouth) | Morrison, G. A. (Scottish (Univ's.) | Spears, Brigadier-General E. L. |
| Higgs, W. F. | Morrison, Rt. Hon. W. S. (Cirencester) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Oliver (W'm'l'd) |
| Hoare, Rt. Hon. Sir S. | Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J. | Stewart, J. Henderson (Fife, E.) |
| Holdsworth, H. | Neven-Spence, Major B. H. H. | Stewart, William J. (Belfast, S.) |
| Holmes, J. S. | Nicolson, Hon. H. G. | Storey, S. |
| Hopkinson, A. | O'Neill, Rt. Hon. Sir Hugh | Stourton, Major Hon. J. J |
| Hore-Belisha, Rt. Hon. L. | Orr-Ewing, I. L. | Stuart, Rt. Hon. J. (Moray and Nairn) |
| Horsbrugh, Florence | Owen, Major G. | Sueter, Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. |
| Hudson, Capt. A. U. M. (Hack., N.) | Patrick, C. M. | Tasker, Sir R. I. |
| Hunter, T. | Peake, O. | Taylor, Vice-Adm. E. A. (Padd., S.) |
| Hutchinson, G. C. | Peat, C. U. | Thomas, J. P. L. |
| Inskip, Rt. Hon. Sir T. W. H. | Perkins, W. R. D. | Thorneycroft, G. E. P. |
| James, Wing-Commander A. W. H. | Peters, Dr. S. J. | Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. |
| Jennings, R. | Pickthorn, K. W. M. | Titchfield, Marquess of |
| Joel, D. J. B. | Pilkington, R. | Touche, G. C. |
| Jones, Sir H. Haydn (Merioneth) | Ponsonby, Col. C. E. | Tree, A. R. L. F. |
| Jones, L. (Swansea W.) | Pownall, Lt.-Col. Sir Assheton | Tryon, Major Rt. Hon. G. C. |
| Keeling, E. H. | Radford, E. A. | Turton, R. H. |
| Kellett, Major E. O. | Ramsbotham, Rt. Hon. H. | Wallace, Capt. Rt. Hon. Euan |
| Kerr, Sir J. Graham (Scottish Univ.) | Rankin, Sir R. | Ward, Lieut.-Col. Sir A. L. (Hull) |
| Lamb, Sir J. Q. | Rathbone, Eleanor (English Univ's.) | Ward, Irene M. B. (Wallsend) |
| Lambert, Rt. Hon. G. | Rathbone, J. R. (Bodmin) | Wardlaw-Milne, Sir J. S. |
| Lancaster, Captain C. G. | Reed, A. C. (Exeter) | Warrender, Sir V. |
| Lees-Jones, J. | Reed, Sir H. S. (Aylesbury) | Watt, Lt.-Col. G. S. Harvie |
| Leech, Sir J. W. | Rickards, G. W. (Skipton) | Wedderburn, H. J. S. |
| Leighton, Major B. E. P. | Roberts, W. (Cumberland, N.) | White, H. Graham |
| Lewis, O. | Ropner, Colonel L. | Williams, C. (Torquay) |
| Liddall, W. S. | Rosbotham, Sir T. | Wilson, Lt.-Col. Sir A. T. (Hitchin) |
| Lindsay, K. M. | Ross, Major Sir R. D. (Londonderry) | Windsor-Clive, Lieut.-Colonel G. |
| Lipson, D. L. | Ross Taylor, W. (Woodbridge) | Womersley, Sir W. J. |
| Little, J. | Rowlands, G. | Wright, Wing-Commander J. A. C. |
| Locker-Lampson, Comdr. O. S. | Royds, Admiral Sir P. M. R. | York, C. |
| Loftus, P. C. | Ruggles-Brise, Colonel Sir E. A. | |
| Mabane, W. (Huddersfield) | Russell, Sir Alexander | TELLERS FOR THE AYES, — |
| Macdonald, Capt. P. (Isle of Wight) | Russell, S. H. M. (Darwen) | Captain Waterhouse and |
| McEwen, Capt. J. H. F. | Salmon, Sir I. | Mr. Munro |
| Macnamara, Lieut.-Colonel J. R. J. | Salt, E. W. | |
| NOES. | ||
| Adams, D. M. (Poplar, S.) | Dobbie, W. | Isaacs, G. A. |
| Adamson, W. M. | Dunn, E. (Rother Valley) | Jagger, J. |
| Alexander, Rt. Hon. A. V. (H'lsbr.) | Ede, J. C. | Jenkins, A. (Pontypool) |
| Ammon, C. G. | Edwards, Sir C. (Bedwellty) | Jenkins, Sir W. (Neath) |
| Banfield, J. W. | Fletcher, Lt.-Comdr. R. T. H. | Johnston, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Barnes, A. J. | Frankel, D. | Jones, A. C. (Shipley) |
| Bellenger, F. J. | Gallacher, W. | Kennedy, Rt. Hon. T. |
| Benn, Rt. Hon. W. W. | Gardner, B. W. | Kirby, B. V. |
| Benson, G. | Gibson, R. (Greenock) | Kirkwood, D. |
| Bevan, A. | Green, W. H. (Deptford) | Lansbury, Rt. Hon. G. |
| Broad, F. A. | Greenwood, Rt. Hon. A. | Lathan, G. |
| Bromfield, W. | Grenfall, D R. | Leach, W |
| Buchanan, G. | Griffiths, G. A. (Hemsworth) | Lee, F. |
| Burke, W. A. | Griffiths, J. (Llanelly) | Leonard, W. |
| Cape, T. | Groves, T. E. | Leslie, J. R. |
| Chater, D. | Guest, Dr. L. H. (Islington, N.) | Logan, D. G. |
| Cluse, W. S. | Hall, G. H. (Aberdare) | Lunn, W. |
| Collindridge, F. | Hall, J. H. (Whitechapel) | Macdonald, G. (Ince) |
| Cove, W. G. | Hardie, Agnes | McEntee, V. La T. |
| Daggar, G. | Hayday, A. | McGhee, H. G. |
| Dalton, H. | Henderson, A. (Kingswinford) | McGovern, J. |
| Davidson, J. J. (Maryhill) | Henderson, J. (Ardwick) | MacLaren, A. |
| Davies, R. J. (Westhoughton) | Henderson, T. (Tradeston) | Maclean, N. |
| Davies, S. O. (Merthyr) | Hills, D. (Pontefract) | Mainwaring, W. H. |
| Day, H. | Hopkin, D. | Marshall, F. |
| Maxton, J. | Sanders, W. S. | Tinker, J. J. |
| Messer, F. | Sexton, T. M. | Viant, S. P. |
| Montague, F. | Shinwell, E. | Walkden, A. G. |
| Mormon, Rt. Hon. H. (Hackney, S.) | Silkin, L. | Walker, J. |
| Morrison, R. C. (Tottenham, N.) | Silverman, S. S. | Watkins, F. J, |
| Noel-Baker, P. J. | Sloan, A. | Wedgwood, Rt. Hon, J. C. |
| Paling, W. | Smith, Ben (Rotherhithe) | Westwood, J. |
| Parker, J. | Smith, E. (Stoke) | Williams, E. J. (Ogmore) |
| Parkinson, J. A. | Smith, Rt. Hon. H. B. Lees- (K'ly) | Williams, T. (Don Valley) |
| Pearson, A. | Smith, T. (Normanton) | Wilmot, J. |
| Pethick-Lawrence, Rt. Hon. F. W. | Sorensen, R. W. | Wilson, C. H. (Attercliffe) |
| Poole, C. C. | Stephen, C. | Windsor, W. (Hull, C.) |
| Quibell, D. J. K. | Stewart, W. J. (H'ght'n-le-Sp'ng) | Woods, G. S. (Finsbury) |
| Richards, R. (Wrexham) | Strauss, G. R. (Lambeth, N.) | Young, Sir R. (Newton) |
| Ridley, G. | Summerskill, Dr. Edith | |
| Riley, B. | Thorne, W. | TELLERS FOR THE NOES. — |
| Robinson, W. A. (St. Helens) | Thurtle, E. | Mr. Charleton and Mr. Mathers. |
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.
