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Lords division · 8 Jun 2011 · No. 1

European Union Bill

Lord Williamson of Horton moved amendment 5, in clause 2, page 2, line 22, at end to insert ", and (d) the Electoral Commission have issued a certificate stating whether or not it appears to them that more than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it. ( ) If the certificate issued under subsection (2)(d) states that more than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it, the treaty may be ratified. ( ) If the certificate issued under subsection (2)(d) states that fewer than 40 per cent of the persons entitled to vote in the referendum have voted in it, the treaty may not be ratified unless: (a) in each House of Parliament a Minister of the Crown has moved a motion that the House approves Her Majesty’s Government’s intention to ratify the treaty, and (b) each House has agreed to the motion without amendment.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 5

Contents: 221 Not Contents: 216

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 5 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 146
Crossbench 54
Non-affiliated 10
Conservative 4
Liberal Democrat 4
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 137
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 9
Independent Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
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: Lord Williamson of Horton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (219)

Not Contents (214)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.