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Lords division · 9 Feb 2011 · No. 1

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Lord Pannick moved amendment 22D, in clause 11, page 10, line 37, at end to insert: “Exceptional circumstances 5A If, but only if, a Boundary Commission is satisfied that: (a) it is necessary to do so in order to achieve a viable constituency, and (b) such necessity arises from special geographical considerations or local ties, as defined in rule 5(1)(a) or (d) above, of an exceptionally compelling nature, the Boundary Commission may decide that the electorate of the constituency shall be: (c) no less than 92.5% of the United Kingdom electoral quota; and (d) no more than 107.5% of that quota.”. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 18

Contents: 275 Not Contents: 257

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 18 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 175
Crossbench 82
Non-affiliated 12
Bishops 3
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 156
Liberal Democrat 66
Crossbench 21
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 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: Lord Patel (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (273)

Not Contents (255)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.