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Lords division · 1 Feb 2000 · No. 1

Local Government Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Dixon-Smith, in Clause 19, page 9, line 34, at end to insert: (“( ) The result of a referendum held under this section shall not be binding on the authority unless more than 40 per cent. of the electorate vote in favour of the change.”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the Committee divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 59

Contents: 82 Not Contents: 141

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 59 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 71
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 3

Not Contents

Labour 101
Liberal Democrat 21
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Labour 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.

Tellers: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Lord Henley (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (80)

Not Contents (139)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.