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Lords division · 21 Oct 2021 · No. 5

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Clarke of Nottingham moved amendment 50, after clause 21, to insert the new clause Provision of opportunities for education and skills development. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 10

Contents: 126 Not Contents: 116

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 10 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 73
Liberal Democrat 31
Crossbench 8
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Non-affiliated 3
Bishops 2
Conservative 2
Lord Speaker 1
Green Party 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 105
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 3
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 (126)

Not Contents (116)

Source: the official Lords division record.