Lords division · 31 Mar 2022 · No. 6

Judicial Review and Courts Bill

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede moved amendment 25, after clause 44, to insert the new clause Publicly funded legal representation for bereaved people at inquests. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 24

Contents: 136 Not Contents: 112

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 24 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 61
Liberal Democrat 44
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 7
Conservative 1
Green Party 1
Bishops 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 103
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 2
Reform UK 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 (136)

Not Contents (112)

Source: the official Lords division record.