Lords division · 29 Oct 2008 · No. 2

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham moved amendment 36A as an amendment to Commons amendment 36. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 70

Contents: 51 Not Contents: 121

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 70 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 23
Crossbench 16
Labour 4
Non-affiliated 2
Liberal Democrat 2
Independent Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 70
Liberal Democrat 24
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 9
Conservative 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 (49)

Not Contents (119)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.