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Lords division · 7 Mar 2012 · No. 1

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Baroness Doocey moved amendment 11, in Schedule 1, page 125, line 5, at end to insert: “Social welfare law (1) Civil legal services provided in respect of a social welfare decision relating to a benefit, allowance, payment, credit or pension under: (a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; (b) the Jobseekers Act 1995; (c) the State Pension Credit Act 2002; (d) the Tax Credits Act 2002; (e) the Welfare Reform Act 2007; (f) the Welfare Reform Act 2012; or (g) any other enactment relating to social security. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), "civil legal services" includes independent advice and assistance for a review, or appeal to a first-tier tribunal, of such a decision.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 39

Contents: 237 Not Contents: 198

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 39 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 161
Crossbench 53
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 5
Conservative 2
Liberal Democrat 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 117
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 6
Ulster Unionist Party 2
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 Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Doocey (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (235)

Not Contents (196)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.