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Lords division · 30 Nov 2020 · No. 2

High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill

Lord Rosser moved amendment 4, after clause 58, to insert the new clause Consultation with residents and stakeholders in relation to Phase 2a of High Speed 2 and associated works. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 17

Contents: 276 Not Contents: 259

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 17 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 143
Liberal Democrat 78
Crossbench 36
Non-affiliated 15
Green Party 2
Conservative 2

Not Contents

Conservative 206
Crossbench 30
Non-affiliated 15
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Lord Speaker 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 (276)

Not Contents (259)

Source: the official Lords division record.