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Lords division · 30 Apr 2018 · No. 3

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

Lord Monks moved amendment 51, in clause 9, page 7, line 7, after “to” insert: “(a) approval by Parliament of a mandate for negotiations about the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the EU; and (b) ” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 37

Contents: 270 Not Contents: 233

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 37 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 128
Liberal Democrat 80
Crossbench 43
Non-affiliated 13
Conservative 5
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 183
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Conservative Independent 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 McAvoy (Content), Lord Tunnicliffe (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (269)

Not Contents (231)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.