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Lords division · 15 Jan 2008 · No. 1

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Lord Alton of Liverpool moved amendment 8, in clause 4, page 4, to leave out line 11. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 172

Contents: 96 Not Contents: 268

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 172 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 49
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 7
Liberal Democrat 7
Labour 7
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 123
Crossbench 55
Conservative 37
Liberal Democrat 36
Non-affiliated 14
Bishops 2
Ulster Unionist Party 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), Lord Neill of Bladen (Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content), Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (94)

Not Contents (266)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.