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Lords division · 4 May 2011 · No. 3

Postal Services Bill

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara moved amendment 4, in clause 2, page 2, line 1, to leave out subsection (2) and insert: “( ) A disposal of the Crown’s interest in a Royal Mail company will not be authorised until the Secretary of State has secured a written contract from the proposed purchaser that at least one representative of employees within Royal Mail or its successors will sit on the board of the new body.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 23

Contents: 175 Not Contents: 198

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 23 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 143
Crossbench 24
Non-affiliated 7
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Conservative 116
Liberal Democrat 44
Crossbench 30
Non-affiliated 5
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 (173)

Not Contents (196)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.