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Lords division · 4 Jul 2007 · No. 1

Pensions Bill

Baroness Hollis of Heigham moved amendment 2, in clause 1, page 2, line 36, at end to insert: “( ) With effect from the commencement of this section or 1st November 2007, whichever shall be earlier, the contributor may at any time up to state pension age, make voluntary (Class 3) contributions for any period of his or her working life, in respect of up to 9 years, whether consecutive or not, which for any reason shall not have satisfied the conditions for a Qualifying Year or Years, so that such year or years shall then be deemed to be a Qualifying Year or Years.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 93

Contents: 179 Not Contents: 86

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 93 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Crossbench 56
Conservative 45
Liberal Democrat 37
Labour 26
Non-affiliated 7
Bishops 3
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Green Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 81
Non-affiliated 4
Crossbench 1

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 O'Cathain (Content), Baroness Harris of Richmond (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (177)

Not Contents (84)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.