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Lords division · 23 Jun 2003 · No. 3

Communications Bill

It was moved by the Earl of Northesk, in Clause 3, page 3, line 29, at end to insert: “( ) the desirability of encouraging the best means of access to systems of delivery of high speed data transfer throughout the United Kingdom, and, as appropriate, encouraging competitive markets in such systems;”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 2

Contents: 113 Not Contents: 111

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 2 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 58
Liberal Democrat 26
Crossbench 22
Non-affiliated 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 100
Non-affiliated 5
Crossbench 4
Independent Socialist 1
Independent Labour 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: Earl of Northesk (Content), Lord Northbrook (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (111)

Not Contents (109)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.