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Lords division · 21 Jan 2008 · No. 3

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Baroness Deech moved amendment 108A, as an amendment to amendment 108, in line 4, to leave out "supportive parenting" and insert "support by a father and a mother". The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 71

Contents: 93 Not Contents: 164

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 71 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 49
Crossbench 27
Labour 4
Bishops 4
Non-affiliated 3
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 95
Liberal Democrat 28
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 13
Conservative 3

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: Viscount Bridgeman (Content), Baroness Butler-Sloss (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (91)

Not Contents (162)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.