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Lords division · 15 Mar 2021 · No. 2

Domestic Abuse Bill

The Lord Bishop of Gloucester moved amendment 70, after clause 72, to insert the new clause Victims of domestic abuse: leave to remain and the destitution domestic violence concession (DDVC). The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 49

Contents: 318 Not Contents: 269

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 49 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 144
Liberal Democrat 80
Crossbench 66
Non-affiliated 14
Bishops 10
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 214
Crossbench 29
Non-affiliated 19
Democratic Unionist Party 5
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 (318)

Not Contents (269)

Source: the official Lords division record.