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Lords division · 11 May 2000 · No. 2

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill

It was moved by the Viscount Astor, in Schedule 1, page 98, line 25, to leave out (“the House of Commons”) and insert (“both Houses of Parliament”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the Committee divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 81

Contents: 55 Not Contents: 136

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 81 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 43
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 2
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Green Party 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 90
Liberal Democrat 25
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 7
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: Lord Burnham (Content), Lord Henley (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (53)

Not Contents (134)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.