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Lords division · 25 Nov 2008 · No. 1

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008

Baroness Meacher moved, as an amendment to the motion to approve the draft Order, at end to insert “but this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to follow the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that cannabis should remain a Class C drug and to delay implementing the Order pending a further review by the Advisory Council.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 52

Contents: 64 Not Contents: 116

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 52 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 32
Crossbench 19
Labour 7
Conservative 5
Non-affiliated 1

Not Contents

Labour 71
Conservative 19
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 9
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Bishops 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 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: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Content), Baroness Meacher (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (62)

Not Contents (114)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.