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Lords division · 5 Nov 2002 · No. 1

Adoption and Children Bill

It was moved by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath that this House do not insist on its amendment 26 to which the Commons have disagreed, and do agree with the Commons in their amendments 26A to 26UU in lieu thereof; then it was moved by the Earl Howe, as an amendment to the above motion, to leave out from “House” to the end and insert “do insist on its amendment 26”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 31

Contents: 184 Not Contents: 215

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 31 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 110
Crossbench 43
Labour 16
Non-affiliated 6
Bishops 3
Independent Labour 1
Independent Social Democrat 1
Conservative Independent 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Independent Socialist 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 113
Liberal Democrat 37
Crossbench 36
Conservative 17
Non-affiliated 10
Bishops 1
Green 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 O'Cathain (Content), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Not Content), Baroness Barker (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (182)

Not Contents (213)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.