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Lords division · 16 Apr 2007 · No. 2

Legal Services Bill [HL]

Lord Hunt of Wirral moved amendment 16, in Schedule 1, page 113, line 17, at end to insert “secure that persons are appointed on merit and in accordance with the principles appearing to them to represent the best practice in making appointments to public office, and must”. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 26

Contents: 98 Not Contents: 124

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 26 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 43
Liberal Democrat 38
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 4
Lord Speaker 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 104
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 8

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Baroness Seccombe (Content), Baroness Harris of Richmond (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (96)

Not Contents (122)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.