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Lords division · 28 Feb 2013 · No. 1

House of Lords: membership

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved, as an amendment to the motion that notwithstanding the normal practice of the House, this House resolves that no introductions of new Peers shall take place until the recommendation in paragraph 67 of the First Report of the Leader’s Group on Members Leaving the House, chaired by Lord Hunt of Wirral (HL Paper 83, Session 2010–12), has been followed, to leave out from “that” in line 1 to the end and insert “this House affirms the recommendation in paragraph 67 of the First Report of the Leader’s Group on Members Leaving the House, chaired by Lord Hunt of Wirral (HL Paper 83, Session 2010-12), that “restraint should be exercised by all concerned in the recommendation of new appointments to the House”; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to support proposals, in line with legislation passed by this House, to (a) allow members of the House to retire permanently from the House; (b) provide for the exclusion from the House of any member who does not attend the House during a Session save where that member has leave of absence in respect of the Session in accordance with Standing Orders of the House, or where a Session is less than six months long; and (c) provide that a member who is convicted of a serious offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year shall not attend the sittings of the House.”.The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 172

Contents: 217 Not Contents: 45

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 172 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 92
Crossbench 60
Conservative 32
Liberal Democrat 13
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 4
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 30
Liberal Democrat 11
Crossbench 3
Non-affiliated 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), Baroness Smith of Basildon (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (215)

Not Contents (43)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.