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Lords division · 27 Apr 2022 · No. 3

Elections Bill

Lord Judge moved Motion A1, as an amendment to Motion A, at end to insert “and do propose Amendments 23L and 23M as additional amendments to the words so restored to the Bill—23L Clause 14, page 21, line 19, after “to” insert “, but is not bound by,”23M Clause 15, page 25, line 40, at end insert—“(1A) When the Speaker’s Committee carries out the function in subsection (1), members who are Ministers of the Crown must recuse themselves.””The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 21

Contents: 181 Not Contents: 202

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 21 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 69
Liberal Democrat 67
Crossbench 33
Non-affiliated 6
Green Party 2
Conservative 2
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1

Not Contents

Conservative 180
Non-affiliated 11
Crossbench 5
Democratic Unionist Party 3
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 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 (181)

Not Contents (202)

Source: the official Lords division record.