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Lords division · 1 Mar 2023 · No. 3

National Security Bill

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede moved amendment 18A, in clause 3, page 4, line 24, at end to insert—“(9A) Within six months of this Act being passed, the Secretary of State must consult, and publish a report of that consultation, on proposals for a public interest defence in relation to an offence under subsection (2).”The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 54

Contents: 155 Not Contents: 209

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 54 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 122
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 11
Green Party 2

Not Contents

Conservative 174
Crossbench 20
Non-affiliated 11
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Reform UK 1
Lord Speaker 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.

Tellers: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Content), Baroness Wheeler (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (153)

Not Contents (207)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.