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Lords division · 15 Nov 2000 · No. 1

Police (Northern Ireland) Bill

It was moved by the Lord Molyneaux of Killead, in Clause 44, page 21, line 30, to leave out from (“for”) to end of line 43 and insert (“measures to be taken to ensure that the composition of the police service is representative of the population of Northern Ireland. (5A) For the purposes of subsection (5) targets shall be set and schemes shall be put in place with the aim of encouraging applications from persons who are under-represented in the police service. (5B) Before devising any schemes under subsection (5A) the Chief Constable shall consult— (a) the Board; (b) the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland; and (c) the Police Association. (5C) The Chief Constable shall report annually to the Secretary of State on the progress being made in the fulfilment of the aim of subsection (5A).”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 10

Contents: 175 Not Contents: 185

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 10 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 136
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 6
Bishops 1
Independent Socialist 1
Independent Labour 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 124
Liberal Democrat 34
Crossbench 13
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 4

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 Henley (Content), Lord Laird (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (173)

Not Contents (183)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.