Lords division · 7 Apr 2003 · No. 3

Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Blatch, in Clause 1, page 1, line 10, to leave out “two” and insert “three”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 34

Contents: 109 Not Contents: 143

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 34 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 96
Crossbench 10
Non-affiliated 2
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 95
Liberal Democrat 28
Non-affiliated 10
Crossbench 9

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 Seccombe (Content), Baroness Wilcox (Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (107)

Not Contents (140)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.