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Lords division · 28 Feb 2022 · No. 1

Nationality and Borders Bill

Baroness Lister of Burtersett moved amendment 1, after clause 4, to insert the new clause Provision for Chagos Islanders to acquire British Nationality. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 83

Contents: 237 Not Contents: 154

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 83 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 112
Liberal Democrat 55
Crossbench 49
Non-affiliated 11
Conservative 5
Bishops 3
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 133
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 7
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 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 (237)

Not Contents (154)

Source: the official Lords division record.