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Lords division · 18 Dec 2018 · No. 1

Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018

Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Keen of Elie, leave out from “that” to the end and insert “this House declines to approve the draft Order, because it would be an abuse of the fee-levying power, since the proposed increased fees substantially exceed the cost involved in making grants of probate and would amount to a tax, which should only be introduced, if at all, by primary legislation.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 97

Contents: 90 Not Contents: 187

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 97 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 67
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 5
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 145
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 2

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: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (88)

Not Contents (185)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.