Lords division · 22 Oct 2020 · No. 2

Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Lord Rosser moved, as an amendment to the motion, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the draft Regulations do not provide clear statutory protection during the “grace period” for all European Economic Area and Swiss nationals and their family members who are eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 9

Contents: 261 Not Contents: 252

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 9 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 123
Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 46
Non-affiliated 13
Green Party 2
Independent Labour 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 200
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 15
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 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 (261)

Not Contents (252)

Source: the official Lords division record.