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Lords division · 10 Sep 2003 · No. 5

Local Government Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Blatch, after Clause 111, to insert the new Clause (Adoption: conscientious objections); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 79

Contents: 63 Not Contents: 142

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 79 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 50
Crossbench 8
Bishops 2
Non-affiliated 2
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 96
Liberal Democrat 25
Crossbench 13
Non-affiliated 4
Conservative 4

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 Blatch (Content), Lord Hylton (Content), Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Not Content), Baroness Barker (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (61)

Not Contents (140)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.