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Lords division · 10 May 2011 · No. 3

Fixed-term Parliaments Bill

Lord Falconer of Thoroton moved amendment 3, in clause 1, page 1, line 6, to leave out subsection (3) and insert: “( ) Following the next parliamentary general election after the passing of this Act, the polling day for each subsequent parliamentary general election is to be the first Thursday in May in the fourth calendar year following that in which the polling day for the previous parliamentary general election fell.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 45

Contents: 199 Not Contents: 244

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 45 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 157
Crossbench 34
Non-affiliated 6
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 137
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 31
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Conservative Independent 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 Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (197)

Not Contents (242)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.