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Lords division · 10 Jan 2018 · No. 1

Data Protection Bill [HL]

Lord Mitchell moved amendment 107B, in Schedule 13, page 186, line 23, at end to insert: “(j) maintain a register of publicly controlled personal data of national significance; (k) prepare a code of practice which contains practical guidance in relation to personal data of national significance. (2) For the purposes of sub-sub-paragraphs (j) and (k) of paragraph (1), personal data controlled by public bodies is data of national significance if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, — (a) the data furthers collective economic, social or environmental well-being, (b) the data has the potential to further collective economic, social or environmental well-being in future, and (c) financial benefit may be derived from processing the data or the development of associated software.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 31

Contents: 235 Not Contents: 204

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 31 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 110
Liberal Democrat 72
Crossbench 36
Non-affiliated 13
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 162
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Conservative Independent 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 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 Griffiths of Burry Port (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (233)

Not Contents (202)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.