Lords division · 24 Mar 2026 · No. 3

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Baroness Scott of Bybrook moved amendment 8, in schedule 1, page 91, line 15, leave out paragraph (b). The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 92

Contents: 250 Not Contents: 158

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 92 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 163
Liberal Democrat 60
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 2
Democratic Unionist Party 2
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 145
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 3
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 (248)

Not Contents (156)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.