Lords division · 1 Dec 2020 · No. 1

Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020

Baroness Neville-Rolfe moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Bethell, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the restrictions being introduced to address the COVID-19 pandemic were not informed by a wide and detailed analysis of the costs and benefits of the possible measures to be adopted.” The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 182

Contents: 64 Not Contents: 246

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 182 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Crossbench 27
Conservative 25
Non-affiliated 7
Labour 2
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Conservative 171
Crossbench 51
Non-affiliated 15
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2
Labour 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Plaid Cymru 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 (64)

Not Contents (246)

Source: the official Lords division record.