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Lords division · 24 Mar 2025 · No. 5

Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025

Baroness Scott of Bybrook moved that this House regrets that the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025, laid before the House on 11 February, damages the democratic accountability of local authorities to local residents, and has not been subject to full and proper consultation (SI 2025/137). The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 13

Contents: 139 Not Contents: 152

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 13 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 123
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2
Lord Speaker 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 143
Crossbench 6
Non-affiliated 3

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 (137)

Not Contents (150)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.