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Lords division · 9 Dec 2013 · No. 1

Children and Families Bill

Baroness Butler-Sloss moved amendment 2, in clause 2, page 2, line 12, at end to insert: “( ) In subsection (4)(d) (matters to which court or adoption agency must have regard), after “the child’s age, sex, background” insert “and (except in relation to an adoption agency in Wales, to which subsection (5) applies) religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic background.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 17

Contents: 216 Not Contents: 233

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 17 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 143
Crossbench 59
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Conservative 143
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 18
Non-affiliated 9
Ulster Unionist Party 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 Butler-Sloss (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (214)

Not Contents (231)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.