Lords division · 15 Apr 2021 · No. 1

National Security and Investment Bill

Lord West of Spithead moved amendment 24, in clause 61, page 36, line 15, at end to insert “, except for any confidential annex prepared under subsection (2A)". The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 64

Contents: 296 Not Contents: 232

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 64 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 124
Liberal Democrat 75
Crossbench 74
Non-affiliated 13
Conservative 4
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 207
Non-affiliated 18
Crossbench 6
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 (296)

Not Contents (232)

Source: the official Lords division record.