Lords division · 4 May 2011 · No. 2

Postal Services Bill

Lord Young of Norwood Green moved amendment 2, before clause 2, to insert the new clause Royal Mail companies to be publicly owned. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 53

Contents: 165 Not Contents: 218

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 53 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 139
Crossbench 18
Non-affiliated 6
Independent Labour 1
Liberal Democrat 1

Not Contents

Conservative 118
Liberal Democrat 47
Crossbench 43
Non-affiliated 7
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 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 Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord De Mauley (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (163)

Not Contents (216)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.