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Lords division · 6 Dec 2021 · No. 1

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]

Baroness Deech moved amendment 27, in clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end to insert—“(4A) Recommendations made by the Committee must respect legislative or administrative provisions and customs relating in particular to religious rites, cultural traditions and regional heritage.The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 49

Contents: 25 Not Contents: 74

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 49 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 13
Crossbench 7
Labour 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Non-affiliated 1

Not Contents

Conservative 65
Non-affiliated 3
Crossbench 3
Reform UK 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
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.

Every vote

Contents (25)

Not Contents (74)

Source: the official Lords division record.