Lords division · 13 Dec 2010 · No. 1

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Lord McNally moved amendment 39A, in Clause 4, page 3, line 19, at end to insert: “( ) If any of the elections referred to in subsections (2) to (4) are not held on the same day as the referendum, this Part has effect with any necessary adaptations and in particular— (a) if the Welsh Assembly general election in 2011 is not held on that day, subsection (2) and Schedule 6 do not apply (and Part 3 of Schedule 4 applies with the necessary adaptations); (b) if the Scottish parliamentary general election in 2011 is not held on that day, subsection (3) and Schedule 7 do not apply (and Part 3 of Schedule 4 applies with the necessary adaptations); (c) if any of the elections referred to in subsection (4) are not held on that day, that subsection and Schedule 8 either do not apply or apply only in relation to the elections that are held on that day.” The Committee divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 58

Contents: 96 Not Contents: 38

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 58 votes. The Government's position was Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 62
Liberal Democrat 28
Crossbench 3
Non-affiliated 2
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 35
Crossbench 1
Non-affiliated 1
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), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Content), Lord Grantchester (Not Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (94)

Not Contents (36)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.