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Lords division · 13 Apr 2021 · No. 2

Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill

Lord Thomas of Gresford moved amendment 6, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Investigation of allegations related to overseas operations. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 59

Contents: 308 Not Contents: 249

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 59 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 140
Crossbench 76
Liberal Democrat 73
Non-affiliated 14
Green Party 2
Bishops 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 210
Crossbench 17
Non-affiliated 16
Democratic Unionist Party 5
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 (308)

Not Contents (249)

Source: the official Lords division record.