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Lords division · 31 Jan 2012 · No. 1

Welfare Reform Bill

Baroness Meacher moved amendment 1, in clause 10, page 4, line 36, at end to insert: “such additional amount to be paid at either a higher rate, or a lower rate, which shall be no less than two-thirds of the higher rate as may be prescribed” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 16

Contents: 246 Not Contents: 230

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 16 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 157
Crossbench 67
Non-affiliated 10
Liberal Democrat 5
Conservative 2
Bishops 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Conservative 141
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 10
Lord Speaker 1
Conservative Independent 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 Meacher (Content), Lord Patel (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (244)

Not Contents (228)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.