Lords division · 23 Nov 2021 · No. 2

Armed Forces Bill

Lord Mackay of Clashfern moved amendment 4, in clause 8, page 9, line 18, at end to insert—“(za) the Secretary of State;”The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 46

Contents: 219 Not Contents: 173

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 46 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 94
Liberal Democrat 62
Crossbench 39
Non-affiliated 11
Conservative 6
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 161
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 3
Reform UK 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 (219)

Not Contents (173)

Source: the official Lords division record.