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Lords division · 2 Mar 2022 · No. 5

Nationality and Borders Bill

Lord Alton of Liverpool moved amendment 51, after clause 37, to insert the new clause Conditions for grant of asylum: cases of genocide. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 52

Contents: 172 Not Contents: 120

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 52 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 75
Liberal Democrat 52
Crossbench 25
Non-affiliated 10
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Bishops 3
Conservative 2
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 111
Non-affiliated 4
Crossbench 2
Lord Speaker 1
Reform UK 1
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 (172)

Not Contents (120)

Source: the official Lords division record.