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Lords division · 4 Jun 2013 · No. 1

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Lord Dear moved, as an amendment to the motion that the bill be now read a second time, to leave out from “that” to the end and insert “this House declines to give the bill a second reading”. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 242

Contents: 148 Not Contents: 390

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 242 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 66
Crossbench 47
Labour 15
Bishops 8
Non-affiliated 5
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Liberal Democrat 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 152
Crossbench 79
Conservative 74
Liberal Democrat 65
Non-affiliated 19
Plaid Cymru 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 Carey of Clifton (Content), Lord Dear (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (146)

Not Contents (388)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.