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Lords division · 19 Feb 2007 · No. 1

Mental Health Bill

Earl Howe moved amendment 3, in clause 3, page 2, to leave out lines 25 and 26 and insert: ““(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) above, a person shall not be considered to have a mental disorder as defined in this section solely on the grounds of— (a) his substance misuse (including dependence upon, or use of, alcohol or drugs); (b) his sexual identity or orientation; (c) his commission, or likely commission, of illegal or disorderly acts; (d) his cultural, religious or political beliefs.”” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 88

Contents: 216 Not Contents: 128

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 88 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 111
Liberal Democrat 50
Crossbench 41
Non-affiliated 9
Labour 2
Independent Social Democrat 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 118
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 3

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 Cope of Berkeley (Content), Baroness Harris of Richmond (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (214)

Not Contents (126)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.