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Lords division · 19 Mar 2013 · No. 2

Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

The Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds moved amendment 2, in clause 1, page 1, line 4, at end to insert “save for the exclusions specified in section (Protecting children’s benefits and tax credits)”. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 40

Contents: 221 Not Contents: 261

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 40 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 160
Crossbench 42
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 5
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 151
Liberal Democrat 61
Crossbench 40
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 1
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: The Lord Bishop of Leicester (Content), The Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (219)

Not Contents (259)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.