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Lords division · 16 Oct 2002 · No. 1

Adoption and Children Bill

It was moved by the Earl Howe, in Clause 45, page 28, line 38, after first “a” to insert “married”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 34

Contents: 196 Not Contents: 162

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 34 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 113
Crossbench 47
Labour 21
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 2
Independent Social Democrat 1
Conservative Independent 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Socialist 1
Green Party 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 88
Liberal Democrat 35
Crossbench 24
Conservative 8
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 Cope of Berkeley (Content), Baroness O'Cathain (Content), Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Not Content), Baroness Barker (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (194)

Not Contents (160)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.