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Lords division · 7 Jul 2009 · No. 1

Coroners and Justice Bill

Lord Falconer of Thoroton moved amendment 173, after clause 49, to insert the new clause Acts not capable of encouraging or assisting suicide. The Committee divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 53

Contents: 141 Not Contents: 194

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 53 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 67
Crossbench 30
Liberal Democrat 22
Conservative 15
Non-affiliated 7

Not Contents

Conservative 75
Crossbench 44
Labour 38
Liberal Democrat 17
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 5
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Ulster Unionist Party 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 Dubs (Content), Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (Content), Lord Alton of Liverpool (Not Content), Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (139)

Not Contents (192)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.