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Last Updated: Monday, 19 May, 2003, 21:53 GMT 22:53 UK
Jury plans: Rebels list
The government's controversial plans to limit jury trial for some cases came under attack in the Commons on Monday evening. Here are the Labour MPs who rebelled.

On the first vote - against plans to allow judges to replace juries in complex fraud cases - these 33 Labour MPs rebelled:

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)
Ms Vera Baird (Redcar)
Harry Barnes (Derbyshire North East)
Michael Connarty (Falkirk East)
Frank Cook (Stockton North)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Tom Cox (Tooting)
Denzil Davies (Llanelli)
Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre)
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich)
Bill Etherington (Sunderland North)
Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Paul Flynn (Newport West)
Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
Alan Hurst (Braintree)
Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate)
Dr Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)
Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton)
Terry Lewis (Worsley)
Mrs Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley)
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)
Kevin McNamara (Hull North)
Ms Alice Mahon (Halifax)
Jim Marshall (Leicester South)
Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
Martin O'Neill (Ochil)
Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)
Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch)
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Robert Wareing (Liverpool West Derby)

The 34 rebels on the second vote, on an amendment against plans to limit jury trial where there is a risk of interference with juries, were:

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington)
Ms Vera Baird (Redcar)
Harry Barnes (Derbyshire North East)
Michael Connarty (Falkirk East)
Frank Cook (Stockton North)
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North)
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central)
Tom Cox (Tooting)
Denzil Davies (Llanelli)
Hilton Dawson (Lancaster & Wyre)
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich)
Bill Etherington (Sunderland North)
Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Paul Flynn (Newport West)
Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
Win Griffiths (Bridgend)
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North)
Alan Hurst (Braintree)
Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate)
Dr Lynne Jones (Birmingham Selly Oak)
Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton)
Terry Lewis (Worsley)
Mrs Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley)
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington)
Kevin McNamara (Hull North)
Ms Alice Mahon (Halifax)
Jim Marshall (Leicester South)
Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West)
Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch)
Alan Simpson (Nottingham South)
Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Rudi Vis (Finchley and Golders Green)
Robert Wareing (Liverpool West Derby)




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