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Lords division · 28 Jul 2014 · No. 1

Leader of the House of Lords

Baroness Boothroyd moved that this House welcomes the appointment of Baroness Stowell of Beeston as Leader of the House of Lords, but regrets the decision of the Prime Minister to diminish the standing of the House by failing to make her a full member of the Cabinet; and requests that the Prime Minister reconsiders this decision. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 148

Contents: 177 Not Contents: 29

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 148 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 92
Crossbench 31
Liberal Democrat 23
Conservative 21
Non-affiliated 6
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Bishops 2

Not Contents

Conservative 19
Liberal Democrat 7
Crossbench 2
Non-affiliated 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), Baroness Smith of Basildon (Content), Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Not Content), Lord Newby (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (175)

Not Contents (27)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.