Lords division · 30 Nov 2020 · No. 3

High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill

Lord Blencathra moved amendment 5, after clause 58, to insert the new clause Biodiversity net gain. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 177

Contents: 57 Not Contents: 234

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 177 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Crossbench 32
Conservative 9
Liberal Democrat 6
Labour 5
Non-affiliated 4
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 189
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 12
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Labour 4
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 (57)

Not Contents (234)

Source: the official Lords division record.