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Lords division · 5 Feb 2013 · No. 2

Defamation Bill

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town moved amendment 2, after clause 1, to insert the new clause Non-natural persons. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 8

Contents: 201 Not Contents: 193

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 8 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 151
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 9
Bishops 2
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 113
Liberal Democrat 56
Crossbench 14
Non-affiliated 9
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 Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (199)

Not Contents (191)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.