Lords division · 12 Oct 2021 · No. 4

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Willetts moved amendment 33, in clause 7, page 10, line 17, at end to insert—“(8) Where a technical education qualification has had its approval withdrawn under subsection (2), funding may not be withdrawn by the Secretary of State without public consultation and the consent of the relevant employer representative bodies, as defined in the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2021.”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 0

Contents: 135 Not Contents: 135

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 0 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 59
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 6
Conservative 4
Green Party 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 123
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 3
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
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 (135)

Not Contents (135)

Source: the official Lords division record.