Lords division · 7 Dec 2020 · No. 3

Trade Bill

Lord Collins of Highbury moved amendment 8, after clause 2, to insert the new clause Free trade agreements: determination on compliance with international obligations and state actions. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 76

Contents: 297 Not Contents: 221

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 76 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 138
Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 56
Non-affiliated 16
Conservative 5
Bishops 3
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Conservative 182
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 11
Democratic Unionist Party 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 (297)

Not Contents (221)

Source: the official Lords division record.