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Lords division · 23 Jan 2012 · No. 1

Welfare Reform Bill

Lord McKenzie of Luton moved amendment 58D, in clause 94, page 63, line 22, at end to insert: “( ) Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the application of the benefit cap for vulnerable individuals, and individuals and couples with children, who: (a) as a result of the application of the benefit cap, the relevant local authority would consider threatened with homelessness and in priority need, (b) are owed a duty to be provided with interim or temporary accommodation under section 188, 190, 193 or 200 of the Housing Act 1996, or (c) which the local authority has accepted as homeless and in priority need.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 28

Contents: 222 Not Contents: 250

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 28 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 152
Crossbench 36
Liberal Democrat 15
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 5
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 137
Crossbench 60
Liberal Democrat 37
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Labour 1
Democratic Unionist Party 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 Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (220)

Not Contents (248)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.