Lords division · 26 Mar 2026 · No. 1

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Baroness Pidgeon moved amendment 82, after clause 15, to insert the new clause Power to require attendance at Assembly meetings. The House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 76

Contents: 64 Not Contents: 140

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 76 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 52
Crossbench 7
Green Party 2
Non-affiliated 2
Democratic Unionist Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 126
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 2
Ulster Unionist Party 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), Baroness Pinnock (Content), Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Not Content), Baroness Wheeler (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (62)

Not Contents (138)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.