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Lords division · 15 Jun 2020 · No. 3

Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Baroness O’Loan moved, as an amendment to the motion to approve the Regulations, leave out from “that” to the end, and insert “this House declines to approve the Regulations because they (1) have been rejected by the Northern Ireland Assembly, (2) are legally flawed by being in breach of section 6 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, (3) do not prohibit abortion on the grounds of non-fatal disability, (4) perpetuate stereotypes towards persons with disabilities, including Down’s syndrome, and (5) do not prohibit abortion on the grounds of sex selection during the first twelve weeks of gestation, as is the case in Great Britain, and therefore perpetuate negative stereotypes and prejudices towards women.”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 276

Contents: 112 Not Contents: 388

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 276 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 43
Crossbench 34
Labour 12
Bishops 8
Liberal Democrat 5
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Non-affiliated 3
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 123
Conservative 116
Liberal Democrat 69
Crossbench 54
Non-affiliated 21
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Lord Speaker 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.

Every vote

Contents (112)

Not Contents (388)

Source: the official Lords division record.