Lords division · 8 Oct 2020 · No. 2

Parliamentary Constituencies Bill

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock moved amendment 3, in clause 1, page 1, line 13, to leave out “eighth” and insert “tenth”. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 37

Contents: 251 Not Contents: 214

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 117
Liberal Democrat 78
Crossbench 38
Non-affiliated 14
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 168
Crossbench 31
Non-affiliated 10
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Labour 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 (251)

Not Contents (214)

Source: the official Lords division record.