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Lords division · 8 Jul 2013 · No. 1

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Lord Mackay of Clashfern moved amendment 1, in clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end to insert “and shall be referred to as “marriage (same sex couples)”. ( ) Marriage between opposite sex couples shall be referred to as “marriage (opposite sex couples)”.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 195

Contents: 119 Not Contents: 314

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 195 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 52
Crossbench 40
Labour 16
Liberal Democrat 3
Non-affiliated 3
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 130
Crossbench 59
Conservative 58
Liberal Democrat 51
Non-affiliated 14
Bishops 1
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 Cormack (Content), Lord Glenarthur (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (117)

Not Contents (312)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.