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Lords division · 29 Oct 2008 · No. 1

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Lord Alton of Liverpool moved amendment 2A as an amendment to Commons amendment 2. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 163

Contents: 39 Not Contents: 202

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 163 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 20
Crossbench 8
Labour 4
Liberal Democrat 3
Non-affiliated 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 106
Crossbench 34
Liberal Democrat 28
Conservative 21
Non-affiliated 12
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 Bates (Content), Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (37)

Not Contents (200)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.