Lords division · 24 Mar 2022 · No. 1

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

Lord Watson of Invergowrie moved amendment 3A, as an amendment to the motion that thisHouse do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 3, to leave out “agree” and insert "disagree". The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 5

Contents: 133 Not Contents: 138

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 5 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 69
Liberal Democrat 46
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 7
Green Party 2
Conservative 1

Not Contents

Conservative 114
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 8
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Reform UK 1
Democratic 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 (133)

Not Contents (138)

Source: the official Lords division record.