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Lords division · 7 Dec 2020 · No. 4

Trade Bill

Lord Alton of Liverpool moved amendment 9, after clause 2, to insert the new clause Agreements with states accused of committing genocide. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 126

Contents: 287 Not Contents: 161

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 126 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 128
Liberal Democrat 71
Crossbench 57
Conservative 14
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 3
Lord Speaker 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 135
Non-affiliated 10
Crossbench 9
Democratic Unionist Party 5
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 (287)

Not Contents (161)

Source: the official Lords division record.