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Lords division · 15 Jan 2008 · No. 2

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL]

Baroness O'Cathain moved amendment 29, in Schedule 2, page 55, to leave out lines 27 to 34. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 56

Contents: 62 Not Contents: 118

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

Conservative 36
Crossbench 12
Liberal Democrat 4
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Bishops 2
Labour 2
Non-affiliated 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 82
Crossbench 16
Liberal Democrat 8
Conservative 7
Non-affiliated 5

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 Vinson (Content), Lord Northbrook (Content), Lord Bassam of Brighton (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (60)

Not Contents (116)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.