Lords division · 19 Oct 2021 · No. 1

Telecommunications (Security) Bill

Lord Fox moved amendment 1, in clause 1, page 3, line 22, at end to insert—“(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) may not be made unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 2

Contents: 185 Not Contents: 187

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 2 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 97
Liberal Democrat 63
Crossbench 16
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 154
Crossbench 21
Non-affiliated 9
Labour 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Reform UK 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 (185)

Not Contents (187)

Source: the official Lords division record.