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Lords division · 12 May 2014 · No. 2

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014

Baroness Smith of Basildon moved, as an amendment to the motion that the Order be approved, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government's plans for the introduction of the Order do not include provisions for a 12-month review of the impact of the reclassification of khat in view of the highly unusual community focus of its use, for putting a detailed policing strategy in place before a ban takes effect, or for a health strategy to prevent a transfer of addiction to other substances; and do not commit the Department for International Development to do more work with the government of Kenya to alleviate the effect of the reclassification on the Kenyan economy.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 91

Contents: 125 Not Contents: 216

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 91 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 105
Crossbench 14
Non-affiliated 5
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 124
Liberal Democrat 57
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 8
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Green 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: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (123)

Not Contents (214)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.