Naming (parliamentary procedure)
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Naming is a procedure in the British House of Commons
whereby the Speaker or one of his deputies proposes a vote on the suspension of a member of the House whom he believes has broken the rules of conduct of the House.
The Speaker or Deputy Speaker declares "I name" and then puts the question,
A division is not normally required since MPs will mostly back the speaker's judgement. However, when John McDonnell
was named by deputy speaker Alan Haselhurst
on the 15th of January 2009 for manhandling the parliamentary mace
a division was called because George Galloway
and other members declared themselves with the Noes. A vote on the suspension was not held as the government refused to provide tellers
.
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
whereby the Speaker or one of his deputies proposes a vote on the suspension of a member of the House whom he believes has broken the rules of conduct of the House.
The Speaker or Deputy Speaker declares "I name
A division is not normally required since MPs will mostly back the speaker's judgement. However, when John McDonnell
John McDonnell (politician)
John Martin McDonnell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington since 1997; he serves as Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, the Labour Representation Committee, and the "Public Services Not Private Profit Group"...
was named by deputy speaker Alan Haselhurst
Alan Haselhurst
Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst is a British Conservative politician who is the Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden and was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010.-Early life, education and career:...
on the 15th of January 2009 for manhandling the parliamentary mace
Ceremonial mace
The ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high official in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon...
a division was called because George Galloway
George Galloway
George Galloway is a British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster who was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010. He was formerly an MP for the Labour Party, first for Glasgow Hillhead and later for Glasgow Kelvin, before his expulsion from the party in October 2003, the same year...
and other members declared themselves with the Noes. A vote on the suspension was not held as the government refused to provide tellers
Teller (elections)
A teller is a person who counts the votes in an election, vote or poll. Tellers are also known as scrutineers, poll-watchers, challengers or checkers.-United Kingdom:...
.
List of namings
| Date | Chair | Member | Reason |
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| 3 February 1881 | Sir Henry Brand Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB, PC , was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.-Background and education:... |
John Dillon John Dillon John Dillon was an Irish land reform agitator from Dublin, an Irish Home Rule activist, a nationalist politician, a Member of Parliament for over 35 years, and the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party.... , Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party... , James Lysaght Finegan James Lysaght Finegan James Lysaght Finegan or Finigan was an Irish barrister, soldier, merchant and politician.He was educated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and described as an "Anti-clericalist", and with his family engaged in the tea trade, while supporting the Nationalist cause... , John Barry John Barry (Irish politician) John Barry was an Irish politician. He was elected as an Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Wexford in 1885, resigning in 1893 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.- External links :... , Joseph Biggar Joseph Biggar Joseph Gillis Biggar , commonly known as Joe Biggar or J. G. Biggar, was an Irish nationalist politician from Belfast... , Garrett Byrne, William Corbet William Corbet William Corbet was an Irish soldier.He was born in Ballythomas, County Cork. In 1798, as a member of the United Irishmen, he was expelled from Trinity College Dublin with Robert Emmet and others for treasonable activities, and went instead to Paris... , John Daly John Daly (MP) John Daly was an Irish Nationalist politician. He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Cork City at the 1880 general election, and joined the new Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882. He resigned his seat on 11 February 1884 by becoming... , Mr. DAWSON, Thomas Patrick Gill T. P. Gill Thomas Patrick Gill was a prominent member of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the late 19th and early 20th century and a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons representing the South Louth constituency unopposed from 1885 to 1892. His uncle Peter was an unsuccessful election... , Edmund Dwyer Gray Edmund Dwyer Gray (Irish politician) Edmund Dwyer Gray was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... , Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy, KC , also known as Tim Healy, was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and one of the most controversial Irish Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... , Richard Lalor Richard Lalor Richard Lalor was Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for Queen's County, 1880-85 and for Queen's County , 1885-92.... , Edmund Leamy Edmund Leamy Edmund Leamy was an Irish journalist, barrister, author of fairy tales, nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland where as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party and leading supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell he represented various... , James Leahy James Leahy James Leahy was an Irish nationalist politician who took his seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for constituencies in County Kildare from 1880 to 1892.... , Justin McCarthy, James Carlile McCoan, Edward Marum Edward Marum Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum , was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He stood unsuccessfully as a Home Rule candidate for the United Kingdom House of Commons at a by-election at Kilkenny City in 1875... , Robert Henry Metge, Isaac Nelson Isaac Nelson Isaac Nelson was a Presbyterian minister and an Irish Nationalist politician.Nelson stood for Parliament while minister of the Donegall Street Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland... , Arthur O'Connor Arthur O'Connor (MP) Arthur O'Connor , was an Irish politician and Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1880 to 1900.He was elected to the House of Commons as MP... , Thomas Power O'Connor T. P. O'Connor Thomas Power O'Connor , known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay, was a journalist, an Irish nationalist political figure, and a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.-Biography:O'Connor was born in... , Daniel O'Donoghue Daniel O'Donoghue (Irish politician) Daniel O'Donoghue was an Irish politician. He served in the British Parliament from 1857 to 1865 as Member of Parliament for Tipperary, and from 1865 to 1885 as MP for Tralee.... , James Patrick Mahon James Patrick Mahon Charles James Patrick Mahon, known as the O'Gorman Mahon or James Patrick Mahon was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary.-Personal life:... , William Henry O'Sullivan, John O'Connor Power John O'Connor Power John O'Connor Power was an Irish Fenian and a Home Rule League and Irish Parliamentary Party politician and as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland represented Mayo from June 1874 to 1885... , John Redmond John Redmond John Edward Redmond was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918... , Thomas Sexton, Alexander Martin Sullivan Alexander Martin Sullivan (Irish politician) Alexander Martin Sullivan was an Irish politician, lawyer and journalist from Bantry, County Cork.He was the son of Daniel and Ann Sullivan, and brother to Timothy Daniel Sullivan, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1886 to 1888.... , Timothy Daniel Sullivan Timothy Daniel Sullivan Timothy Daniel Sullivan was an Irish nationalist, journalist, politician and poet who wrote the Irish national hymn "God Save Ireland", in 1867... , Bernard Charles Molloy, James Joseph O'Kelly James Joseph O'Kelly James Joseph O'Kelly was an Irish nationalist journalist, politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented the Roscommon constituency between 1880 and 1916.-Background:His... , Frank Hugh O'Donnell Frank Hugh O'Donnell Frank Hugh O'Donnell , born Francis Hugh MacDonald was an Irish writer, journalist and nationalist politician.-Early life:... , Richard Power Richard Power (Irish politician) Richard Power was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Home Rule League and the Irish Parliamentary Party represented Waterford City from February 6, 1874 until his death at the early age of 40, in... , Richard O'Shaughnessy |
A mass ejection of Irish MPs who caused uproar in the House after hearing Michael Davitt Michael Davitt Michael Davitt was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader, journalist, Home Rule constitutional politician and Member of Parliament , who founded the Irish National Land League.- Early years :Michael Davitt was born in Straide, County Mayo,... had been arrested. Dillon was named for repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . Parnell, Finegan, O'Kelly and O'Donnell were named for proposing William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time... no longer be heard during the debate. The rest were named for refusing to attend the divisions to object the members. No second teller Teller (elections) A teller is a person who counts the votes in an election, vote or poll. Tellers are also known as scrutineers, poll-watchers, challengers or checkers.-United Kingdom:... appeared for the division for Callan so the "aye" voice vote was held. All refused to leave after being named and were ejected by the Serjeant-at-Arms Serjeant-at-Arms A Sergeant-at-Arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word sergeant is derived from the Latin serviens, which means "servant".... , except Molloy who had already left the House. |
| 24 February 1885 | Arthur Peel | William O'Brien William O'Brien William O'Brien was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... |
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| 28 Jul 1887 | Arthur Peel | Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy, KC , also known as Tim Healy, was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and one of the most controversial Irish Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... |
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| 19 July 1888 | Arthur Peel | Charles Conybeare Charles Conybeare Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare was an English barrister and a radical Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1895.... |
For stating the Barrow Drainage Bills were a public scandal. |
| 4 May 1892 | Arthur Peel | Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham | |
| 15 August 1895 | William Gully | Charles Kearns Deane Tanner | |
| 5 Mar 1901 | James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921.-Background and education:The son of Hon... / William Gully |
Eugene Crean Eugene Crean Eugene Crean was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party 1892–1910, for the All-for Ireland Party 1910–1918.... , Patrick McHugh, Patrick White Patrick White (politician) Patrick White was an Irish Nationalist politician. A member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he was Member of Parliament for North Meath from 1900 to 1918.... , John Cullinan, Patrick Doogan, Anthony Donelan Anthony Donelan Captain Anthony John Charles Donelan was a soldier and Irish nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament for East Cork from 1892 to 1910, and for East Wicklow from 1911 to 18.... , William Abraham, James Gilhooly James Gilhooly James Gilhooly was an Irish nationalist politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, from 1910 the All-for Ireland Party, who represented his constituency from 1885 for 30 years until his death, retaining... , William Lundon William Lundon William Lundon was an Irish nationalist politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented East Limerick when elected to the 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1900 general election and... , Thomas McGovern Thomas McGovern (politician) Thomas McGovern was an Irish nationalist politician. At the 1900 general election on 5 October 1900 he was elected unopposed as the Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament for West Cavan, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... , Jeremiah Jordan Jeremiah Jordan Jeremiah Jordan J.P. was an Irish nationalist politician from County Fermanagh. He was a Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1892, and from 1893 to 1910, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.- Early life :Jordan was born in Tattinbar, eldest son... |
Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms |
| 30 March 1908 | Deputy Speaker | John O'Connor John O'Connor (MP, KC) John O'Connor was an Irish nationalist revolutionary-turned Parnellite parliamentarian MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented Tipperary in 1885, and South Tipperary from 1885 to 1892, and North... |
Named but no division held as he left the House. |
| 16 October 1908 | Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott GCMG, GBE, PC was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Background and education:... / James Lowther |
Victor Grayson Victor Grayson Albert Victor Grayson was an English socialist politician of the early 20th century. A Member of Parliament from 1907 to 1910, his sudden and still-unexplained disappearance in 1920 is widely believed to have been the result of his intention to reveal evidence of corruption at the highest levels... |
For repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 1 July 1918 | James Lowther | Noel Pemberton Billing Noel Pemberton Billing Noel Pemberton Billing was an English aviator, inventor, publisher, and Member of Parliament. He founded the firm that became Supermarine and promoted air power, but he held a strong antipathy towards the Royal Aircraft Factory and its products... |
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| 1 December 1925 | James Hope | William Murdoch Adamson William Murdoch Adamson William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from... |
For repeatedly trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 22 April 1937 | Sir Dennis Herbert Dennis Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford Dennis Henry Herbert, 1st Baron Hemingford KBE PC , was a British Conservative politician.Herbert was the eldest son of Reverend Henry Herbert, Rector of Hemingford Abbots in Huntingdonshire. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Watford at the 1918 general election, a... / Edward FitzRoy Edward FitzRoy Captain Edward Algernon FitzRoy, DL was a British Conservative politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1928 until his death.FitzRoy was the second son of the 3rd Baron Southampton... |
Aneurin Bevan Aneurin Bevan Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1959 until his death in 1960. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people... |
For refusing to withdraw his comment to Sir Dennis Herbert that "your conduct has been abominable". |
| 18 July 1949 | Francis Bowles Frank Bowles, Baron Bowles Francis George Bowles, Baron Bowles was a British solicitor and politician. A long-serving Member of Parliament , Bowles served briefly as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, but is perhaps best known for agreeing to give up his safe seat to make way for Minister of Technology Frank... / Douglas Clifton Brown Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside PC, DL, JP was a British politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1943 to 1951.-Background and education:... |
Ellis Smith Ellis Smith Ellis Smith was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for Stoke and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1945 to 1946... |
For repeatedly trying to ask on what basis speakers had been selected during the debate. |
| 26 May 1982 | George Thomas | Andrew Faulds Andrew Faulds Andrew Matthew William Faulds was a British actor and politician.Born in Isoko, Tanganyika , to missionary parents, Faulds married Bunty Whitfield in 1945... |
For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 2 May 1984 | Bernard Weatherill Bernard Weatherill Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:... |
Tam Dalyell Tam Dalyell Sir Thomas Dalyell Loch, 11th Baronet , known as Tam Dalyell, is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005, first for West Lothian and then for Linlithgow.-Early life:... |
For accusing Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990... of lying. |
| 17 July 1984 | Bernard Weatherill | Dennis Skinner Dennis Skinner Dennis Edward Skinner is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 1970, the Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988 to 1989, and has sat on the National Executive Committee numerous times since 1978.Born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Skinner is the... |
For refusing to withdraw his comment that Margaret Thatcher would bribe judges. |
| 31 July 1984 | Bernard Weatherill | Martin Flannery | For refusing to withdraw his words "one of [Margaret Thatcher's] tame Tory judges". |
| 11 November 1985 | Bernard Weatherill | Brian Sedgemore Brian Sedgemore Brian Charles John Sedgemore is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom; he was a Member of Parliament from 1974 until 1979, and from 1983 until 2005... |
For refusing to withdraw his accusation of Geoffrey Howe Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons... "peverting the course of justice". |
| 12 November 1987 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. |
| 25 January 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Ken Livingstone Ken Livingstone Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party... |
For refusing to withdraw his accusation of Sir Patrick Mayhew Patrick Mayhew Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, PC is a British barrister, and Conservative Party politician.He was educated at Tonbridge School and Balliol College, Oxford... being an "accomplice to murder". |
| 18 February 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Harry Cohen Harry Cohen Harry Michael Cohen is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead from 1983 to 2010.-Early life:... |
For persistently requesting Christopher Chope Christopher Chope Christopher Robert Chope OBE is a British barrister and Conservative politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Christchurch.-Early life:... give way after being refused. |
| 13 April 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Dave Nellist Dave Nellist David John Nellist is a British Trotskyist activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for the now abolished constituency of Coventry South East... |
For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 25 July 1988 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. |
| 14 Mar 1989 | Bernard Weatherill | Jim Sillars Jim Sillars Jim Sillars is a Scottish politician. He is married to current member of the Scottish Parliament, Margo MacDonald.-Early life:... |
For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 24 July 1989 | Bernard Weatherill | Tam Dalyell | For refusing to withdraw his accusation that Margaret Thatcher had lied. |
| 23 July 1990 | Bernard Weatherill | Dick Douglas Dick Douglas Richard Giles "Dick" Douglas is a former Scottish politician, having been a member of the British House of Commons firstly as a Labour Co-operative candidate, then latterly as a Scottish National Party member.... |
For persistently trying to ask an overruled point of order Point of order A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.-Explanation and uses:A point of order may be raised if the rules appear to have been broken. This may interrupt a speaker during debate, or anything else if the breach of the rules... . |
| 29 November 1993 | Dame Betty Boothroyd Betty Boothroyd Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000, initially for the Labour Party and, from 1992 to 2000, as Speaker of the House of Commons... |
Rev. Ian Paisley | For refusing to withdraw the word "falsehood" during a debate with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Sir Patrick Mayhew). Madam Speaker had first tried to remove Rev. Paisley under Standing Order 42. |
| 8 December 2005 | Michael Martin Michael Martin (politician) Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, PC is a British politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005, and then for Glasgow North East until 2009... |
Dennis Skinner | For refusing to withdraw his remark that "The only thing growing [in the 1970s and a lot of the 1980s] were the lines of coke in front of boy George and the rest of them", aimed at George Osborne George Osborne George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in... . |
| 20 April 2006 | Sir Alan Haselhurst Alan Haselhurst Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst is a British Conservative politician who is the Member of Parliament for Saffron Walden and was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010.-Early life, education and career:... |
Dennis Skinner | For refusing to withdraw his remark that Theresa May Theresa May Theresa Mary May is a British Conservative politician who is Home Secretary in the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition government. She was elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead, and served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party, 2003–04... was being let off with having stated Gordon Brown Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007... had misled the House, because she is a Tory Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... . |
| 23 July 2007 | Michael Martin | George Galloway George Galloway George Galloway is a British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster who was a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2010. He was formerly an MP for the Labour Party, first for Glasgow Hillhead and later for Glasgow Kelvin, before his expulsion from the party in October 2003, the same year... |
For questioning the integrity of MPs investigating whether he took money from Iraq. |
| 15 January 2009 | Sir Alan Haselhurst | John McDonnell John McDonnell (politician) John Martin McDonnell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington since 1997; he serves as Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, the Labour Representation Committee, and the "Public Services Not Private Profit Group"... |
For manhandling the parliamentary mace Ceremonial mace The ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high official in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon... . |