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Lords division · 24 Mar 2026 · No. 1

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville moved amendment 5, in clause 2, page 2, line 24, at end insert— “(h) rural affairs.” The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 129

Contents: 285 Not Contents: 156

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 129 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 174
Liberal Democrat 60
Crossbench 31
Non-affiliated 11
Democratic Unionist Party 4
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Green Party 2
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 145
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 4

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), Baroness Thornhill (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (283)

Not Contents (154)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.