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Lords division · 6 Sep 2021 · No. 1

Environment Bill

Lord Teverson moved amendment 1, before clause 1, to insert the new clause Purpose and declaration of biodiversity and climate emergency. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 30

Contents: 209 Not Contents: 179

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 30 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 100
Liberal Democrat 63
Crossbench 30
Non-affiliated 10
Conservative 4
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 153
Crossbench 14
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 4
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 (209)

Not Contents (179)

Source: the official Lords division record.