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Lords division · 8 Dec 2021 · No. 2

Armed Forces Bill

Lord Craig of Radley moved Amendment B1, as an amendment to Motion B, at end to insert “, and do propose Amendment 2B in lieu—2B Page 18, line 28, at end insert—“343AG Section 343AF: reportThe Secretary of State must lay a report before each House of Parliament no later than six months after the day on which the Armed Forces Act 2021 is passed detailing the implications of not applying the same legal responsibility to have “due regard” under the Armed Forces Covenant to central government as the Act requires of local authorities and other public bodies.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 42

Contents: 215 Not Contents: 173

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 42 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 93
Liberal Democrat 61
Crossbench 42
Non-affiliated 9
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Green Party 2
Bishops 1
Conservative 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 157
Non-affiliated 8
Crossbench 7
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 (215)

Not Contents (173)

Source: the official Lords division record.