Lords division · 11 Jan 2021 · No. 5

Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill - Report - Amdt 11

Baroness Chakrabarti moved amendment 11, in clause 1, page 3, line 2, at end to insert “; and(d) is not carried out for the primary purpose of—(i) encouraging or assisting, pursuant to sections 44 to 49 of the Serious Crime Act 2007, the commission of an offence by, or(ii) otherwise seeking to discredit,the person, people or group subject to the authorised surveillance operation.” The House divided: 

The Not Contents have it

Majority 144

Contents: 111 Not Contents: 255

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 144 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 71
Crossbench 18
Labour 14
Non-affiliated 6
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 193
Crossbench 37
Non-affiliated 15
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Labour 3
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 (111)

Not Contents (255)

Source: the official Lords division record.