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Lords division · 27 Nov 2000 · No. 3

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill

It was moved by the Lord Marsh, in page 93, line 29, at end to insert: (“(3A) Subject to subsection (3B), no material to which this section applies shall be distributed or displayed to the public free of charge during the referendum period by or on behalf of—(a) any Minister of the Crown, government department or local authority; (b) any other person or body whose expenses are defrayed wholly or mainly out of public funds or by any local authority; or (c) the Post Office; unless such material—(d) is factual and impartial; and (e) has been circulated to permitted participants at least seven days before it is published. (3B) Subsection (3A) does not apply to—(a) material made available to persons in response to specific requests for information or to persons seeking access to it; or (b) material published on web-sites.”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 50

Contents: 134 Not Contents: 184

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 50 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 116
Crossbench 15
Non-affiliated 3

Not Contents

Labour 121
Liberal Democrat 42
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 8

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 Monson (Content), Lord Willoughby de Broke (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (132)

Not Contents (182)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.