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Lords division · 2 Feb 2021 · No. 1

Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) Regulations 2021

Lord Kennedy of Southwark moved, as an amendment to the motion in the name of Lord Wolfson of Tredegar, at end to insert “but that this House regrets that the Regulations only provide protection from eviction for residential tenancies until the end of 21 February, and regrets that the Regulations permit evictions for arrears that have built up since the start of the pandemic,?and that?a case is deemed to involve substantial rent arrears if the amount of unpaid arrears outstanding is at least equivalent to six months’ rent, which contravenes Her Majesty’s Government’s commitment that nobody would lose their home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 3

Contents: 270 Not Contents: 267

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 3 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 125
Liberal Democrat 77
Crossbench 47
Non-affiliated 15
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 213
Crossbench 35
Non-affiliated 16
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 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 (270)

Not Contents (267)

Source: the official Lords division record.