Lords division · 9 Nov 2020 · No. 1

Agriculture Bill

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville moved, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 18H as an amendment to Amendment 18C—18H In subsection (2) leave out “explain whether, or to what extent, the measures referred to in subsection (1) are consistent with the maintenance of” and insert “confirm that any agricultural or food product imported into the United Kingdom under the agreement will have been produced or processed according to standards which, on the date of importation, are equivalent to or exceed””The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 160

Contents: 130 Not Contents: 290

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 160 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 78
Crossbench 29
Labour 7
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Green Party 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 207
Crossbench 56
Non-affiliated 18
Labour 2
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Independent Labour 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Bishops 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 (130)

Not Contents (290)

Source: the official Lords division record.