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Lords division · 21 Oct 2021 · No. 1

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Baker of Dorking moved amendment 35A, after clause 13, to insert the new clause Amendments to section 42B of the Education Act 1997. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 50

Contents: 180 Not Contents: 130

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 50 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 83
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 22
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Conservative 3
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 118
Crossbench 6
Non-affiliated 4
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Bishops 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 (180)

Not Contents (130)

Source: the official Lords division record.