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Lords division · 20 Jan 2000 · No. 1

Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Cope of Berkeley, in Clause 1, page 1, line 9 at end to insert (and on the application of the accused, shall order that he be tried on indictment”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the Committee divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 96

Contents: 222 Not Contents: 126

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 96 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 134
Liberal Democrat 43
Crossbench 28
Non-affiliated 6
Labour 6
Bishops 2
Independent Labour 1
Lord Speaker 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 98
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 6
Independent Socialist 1
Independent Social Democrat 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 Henley (Content), Lord Harris of Greenwich (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (220)

Not Contents (124)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.