Poll Results

Marks & Spencer Group PLC
14 July 2004

Marks and Spencer Group plc

Poll Results (see Note 1)

Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 14 July 2004 at 11:00am

Results of the poll taken at meeting


     Resolution    % For     %       % of       % Votes  Number of votes
                   (see   Against  Capital     Withheld      Withhheld
                  Note 2)  (see    Instructed   as % of
                          Note 2) (see note 3)  Capital
                                

 1   To receive   99.77    0.23        40.51      1.25      28,478,169
     the
     financial
     statements

 2   To approve   89.23   10.77        40.51      1.98      45,215,726
     the
     remuneration
     report

 3   To declare a 99.98    0.02        40.51      0.01         226,769
     final
     dividend

 4   To elect     98.69    1.31        40.51      0.54      12,338,800
     Maurice
     Helfgott

 5   To elect     98.34    1.66        40.51      0.38       8,625,278
     Mark
     McKeon

 6   To elect     98.35    1.65        40.51      0.36       8,236,892
     Stuart
     Rose

 7   To elect     98.83    1.17        40.51      0.55      12,476,729
     Charles
     Wilson

 8   To re-elect  98.52    1.48        40.51      0.11       2,535,393
     Kevin
     Lomax

 9   To re-elect  98.40    1.60        40.51      0.10       2,289,935
     Paul
     Myners

10   Resolution       -       -            -         -               -
     withdrawn
     (see note 4)

11   To           91.82    8.18        40.47      0.03         631,594
     re-appoint
     the auditors
     and
     authorise
     their
     remuneration
     to be
     determined
     by the
     directors

12   To renew     98.98    1.02        40.51      0.07       1,676,054
     powers of
     the Board to
     allot
     shares

13   To renew     99.46    0.54        40.51      0.10       2,164,294
     powers of
     the Board to
     disapply
     pre-emption
     rights

14   To authorise 99.55    0.45        40.51      0.04         861,358
     the Company
     to purchase
     its own
     shares

NOTES:
1 All resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed. (see note 4)

2 Votes 'For' and 'Against' are expressed as a percentage of votes received
(excluding'Votes Withheld'). The 'For' vote includes those votes giving the
Chairman discretion.

3 'Votes withheld' are included within % of capital instructed but not counted
when deciding whether or not a resolution is carried.

4 Brian Baldock retired from the Board at the end of the AGM. This resolution
proposing his re-election as a Director was therefore not proposed at the
meeting.

5 Total number of shares in issue at 6pm on the 12 July 2004 = 2,277,939,536



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