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Lords division · 14 Oct 2002 · No. 1

Adoption and Children Bill

It was moved by the Lord Campbell of Alloway, in Clause 1, page 1, line 15, at end to insert “which if the child is of sufficient understanding shall be heard as expressed by the child”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 45

Contents: 64 Not Contents: 109

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 45 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 26
Liberal Democrat 25
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 2
Green Party 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 91
Crossbench 11
Non-affiliated 7

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: Lord Campbell of Alloway (Content), Lord Skelmersdale (Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (62)

Not Contents (107)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.