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Lords division · 10 Mar 2021 · No. 4

Domestic Abuse Bill

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws moved amendment 51, after clause 68, to insert the new clause Defence for victims of domestic abuse who commit an offence. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 38

Contents: 283 Not Contents: 245

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 38 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 133
Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 52
Non-affiliated 11
Bishops 7
Conservative 2
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 205
Crossbench 19
Non-affiliated 14
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
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 (283)

Not Contents (245)

Source: the official Lords division record.