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Lords division · 12 Oct 2021 · No. 2

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Watson of Invergowrie moved amendment 29, in clause 7, in page 9, line 41, at end to insert—“(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply to the withdrawal of level three courses for the period of four years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 5

Contents: 155 Not Contents: 150

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 5 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 76
Liberal Democrat 59
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 5
Conservative 4
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 132
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 5
Democratic Unionist Party 3
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 (155)

Not Contents (150)

Source: the official Lords division record.