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Lords division · 8 Jul 2013 · No. 2

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Baroness Cumberlege moved amendment 3, in clause 1, page 2, line 7, at end to insert: “(6) Any duty of a person employed as a registrar of marriages on the date this Act comes into force (“relevant registrar”) to solemnize marriages is not extended by this Act to marriages of same sex couples if the relevant registrar has a conscientious objection to doing so. (7) Nothing in subsection (6) shall affect the duty of a relevant registrar to carry out any other duties and responsibilities of his employment. (8) The conscientious objection, under subsection (6), must be based on a sincerely held religious or other belief concerning only the marriage of same sex couples and in any legal proceedings the burden of proof of conscientious objection shall rest on the person claiming to rely on it.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 175

Contents: 103 Not Contents: 278

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 175 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 50
Crossbench 35
Labour 7
Non-affiliated 4
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Liberal Democrat 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Labour 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 125
Liberal Democrat 51
Conservative 47
Crossbench 43
Non-affiliated 11
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: Baroness Cumberlege (Content), Baroness Butler-Sloss (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (101)

Not Contents (276)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.