MPs who supported referendum Bill
Conservatives
Jonathan Aitken (Thanet S); Richard Alexander (Newark); Jacques Arnold (Gravesham); Kenneth Baker (Mole Valley); Vivian Bendall (Ilford N); John Biffen (Shropshire N); Sir Richard Body (Holland with Boston); Sir Rhodes Boyson (Brent N); Julian Brazier (Canterbury); Michael Brown (Brigg and Cleethorpes); Nicholas Budgen (Wolverhampton SW); John Butcher (Coventry SW); John Carlisle (Luton N); Michael Carttiss (Great Yarmouth); William Cash (Stafford); Winston Churchill (Davyhulme); Dr Michael Clark (Rochford); Michael Colvin (Romsey and Waterside); Stephen Day (Cheadle); Iain Duncan- Smith (Chingford); Bob Dunn (Dartford).
David Evans (Welwyn and Hatfield); Barry Field (Isle of Wight); Sir Peter Fry (Wellingborough); Roger Gale (Thanet N); Phil Gallie (Ayr); Sir George Gardiner (Reigate); Christopher Gill (Ludlow); Teresa Gorman (Billericay); Sir John Gorst (Hendon N); Harry Greenway (Ealing N); Peter Griffiths (Portsmouth N). Warren Hawksley (Halesowen and Stourbridge); Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke); Toby Jessel (Twickenham); Robert Key (Salisbury).
Norman Lamont (Kingston upon Thames); Sir Ivan Lawrence (Burton); Barry Legg (Milton Keynes SW); Edward Leigh (Gainsborough and Horncastle); Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd (Morecambe and Lunesdale); Michael Lord (Suffolk Central); Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (New Forest); Paul Marland (Gloucestershire W); Tony Marlow (Northampton N); John Marshall (Hendon S); Iain Mills (Meriden); Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge); David Nicholson (Taunton); James Pawsey (Rugby and Kenilworth); Elizabeth Peacock (Batley and Spen); David Porter (Waveney); John Redwood (Wokingham); Marion Roe (Broxbourne).
David Shaw (Dover); Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills); Sir Trevor Skeet (Bedfordshire N); Sir Michael Spicer (Worcestershire S); Anthony Steen (South Hams); Allan Stewart (Eastwood); David Sumberg (Bury S); Walter Sweeney (Vale of Glamorgan); Sir Peter Tapsell (Lindsey E); Sir Teddy Taylor (Southend E); Roy Thomason (Bromsgrove); John Townend (Bridlington); Richard Tracey (Surbiton); Ian Twinn (Edmonton); Sir Gerard Vaughan (Reading E); Bill Walker (Tayside N); Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle); John Whittingdale (Colchester S and Maldon); Ann Winterton (Congleton); and Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield).
Labour
Tony Benn (Chesterfield); Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley); Dennis Canavan (Falkirk W); Jeremy Corbyn (Islington N); Denzil Davies (Llanelli); Terry Davis (Birmingham Hodge Hill); Ken Livingstone (Brent E); Max Madden (Bradford W); Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby); Ray Powell (Ogmore); Alan Simpson (Nottingham S); Dennis Skinner (Bolsover); Llewellyn Smith (Blaneau Gwent); and Nigel Spearing (Newham S).
Other parties
Roy Beggs (UUP Antrim E); Clifford Forsythe (UUP Antrim S); Sir James Molyneaux (UUP Lagan Valley); William Ross (UUP Londonderry E); and the Rev Martin Smyth (UUP Belfast S).
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