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Lords division · 14 Oct 2015 · No. 4

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015

Lord Beecham moved that this House regrets that the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Criminal Courts Charge) Regulations 2015 undermine the principle of judicial discretion, and add an artificial inducement to plead guilty; and further regrets that the Regulations were laid at a time that severely limited Parliamentary oversight, as well as making claims for savings that cannot be substantiated (SI 2015/796). The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 32

Contents: 132 Not Contents: 100

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 32 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 82
Liberal Democrat 28
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 6
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 88
Crossbench 5
Non-affiliated 4
Democratic Unionist Party 2
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: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Content), Lord McAvoy (Content), Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (130)

Not Contents (98)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.