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Lords division · 10 May 2011 · No. 5

Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011

The Countess of Mar moved that this House regrets that it has been given insufficient information to understand the policy objectives of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/688), how the scheme will work and whether claimants’ prospects of obtaining employment will be improved. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 33

Contents: 122 Not Contents: 155

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 33 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 89
Crossbench 19
Liberal Democrat 8
Non-affiliated 4
Conservative 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Conservative 107
Liberal Democrat 36
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 5
Ulster Unionist Party 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: The Countess of Mar (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (120)

Not Contents (153)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.