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Lords division · 23 Nov 2020 · No. 1

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town moved amendment 15, in clause 8, page 7, line 4, at end to insert—“(8A) Before making regulations under subsection (7) the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland.(8B) But the Secretary of State may make regulations under subsection (7) without the consent required by subsection (8A) if that consent is not given within the period of one month beginning with the day on which the Secretary of State requests it.(8C) If the Secretary of State makes regulations without the consent required by subsection (8A), the Secretary of State must publish a statement explaining why the Secretary of State has proceeded with making the regulations.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 77

Contents: 319 Not Contents: 242

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 77 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 138
Liberal Democrat 79
Crossbench 77
Non-affiliated 16
Conservative 3
Bishops 2
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 193
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 15
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 1
Labour 1
Ulster 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 (319)

Not Contents (242)

Source: the official Lords division record.