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Lords division · 11 Sep 2024 · No. 2

Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024

Baroness Stedman-Scott moved that this House regrets (1) that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/869), laid before the House on 22 August, will leave pensioners worse off in winter; (2) the decision to prioritise above-inflation pay rises for unionised public sector professionals over the needs of the elderly, including many households that are eligible for Pension Credit but do not claim it; and (3) the lack of transparency on these policy decisions during the election period. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 32

Contents: 164 Not Contents: 132

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 32 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 141
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 6
Democratic Unionist Party 5
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Green Party 1
Reform UK 1

Not Contents

Labour 119
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 4
Bishops 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: The Earl of Courtown (Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (162)

Not Contents (130)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.