Lords division · 2 Jul 2025 · No. 2

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

Lord Newby moved amendment 4, after clause 1, to insert the new clause Duty to take forward proposals for democratic mandate for House of Lords. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 179

Contents: 84 Not Contents: 263

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 179 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 53
Conservative 21
Non-affiliated 6
Crossbench 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 134
Conservative 81
Crossbench 39
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 2
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: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Stoneham of Droxford (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (82)

Not Contents (261)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.