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Lords division · 6 May 2008 · No. 1

European Union (Amendment) Bill

Lord Howell of Guildford moved amendment 15A, in clause 2, page 1, line 12, after "excluding" to insert: "(i) Article 1, paragraph 35(b), amending Article 16 TEU, unless before the coming into force of this Act the Secretary of State has laid a statement before both Houses of Parliament giving an undertaking that— (a) he will uphold the freedom of Her Majesty’s Government to undertake any action on the international scene that he perceives to be in the interests of the United Kingdom without consulting the European Council if he thinks that the security interests of the United Kingdom so require, and (b) each of his successors as Secretary of State will be required to lay a similar undertaking before Parliament within fourteen days of his coming into office; and (ii) ". The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 105

Contents: 65 Not Contents: 170

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 105 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 53
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 3
Independent Labour 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 97
Liberal Democrat 35
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 10
Conservative 4
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: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Content), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (63)

Not Contents (168)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.