Lords division · 7 Apr 2010 · No. 6

Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill

The question was put that clause 53 be agreed to. The Committee divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 56

Contents: 42 Not Contents: 98

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 56 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 34
Crossbench 4
Non-affiliated 2
Labour 2

Not Contents

Labour 45
Conservative 38
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1
Lord Speaker 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 Lee of Trafford (Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (40)

Not Contents (96)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.