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Lords division · 5 Mar 2012 · No. 3

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Lord Hart of Chilton moved amendment 3, in clause 4, page 3, line 31, at end to insert: “( ) The Lord Chancellor must ensure that the terms on which the designated person holds the post of Director are, as regards the making and termination of the designation and otherwise, such as to ensure the Director’s independence from Ministers of the Crown (subject to any direction or guidance given under subsection (3)) in relation to the carrying out of the Director’s functions under this Part.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 17

Contents: 212 Not Contents: 195

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 17 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 165
Crossbench 34
Non-affiliated 9
Liberal Democrat 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 111
Liberal Democrat 53
Crossbench 21
Non-affiliated 7
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 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: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (210)

Not Contents (193)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.