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Lords division · 8 Jun 2011 · No. 2

European Union Bill

Lord Liddle moved amendment 5A, in clause 2, page 2, line 24, after “that” to insert: “(a) a referendum does not need to be held in accordance with section (Process for determining the necessity of referendums); or (b) “ The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 50

Contents: 158 Not Contents: 208

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 50 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 122
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 8
Conservative 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 130
Liberal Democrat 51
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 8
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 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 (156)

Not Contents (206)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.