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Lords division · 10 Sep 2003 · No. 7

Local Government Bill

It was moved by the Lord Brightman, in Clause 120, page 75, line 40, at end to insert: “(2) Subject to the general principle that the institution of marriage is to be supported, a local authority shall not encourage, or publish material intended to encourage, the adoption of any particular sexual lifestyle. (3) This section does not prohibit the provision for young persons of sex education or counselling services on sexual behaviour and associated health risks.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 75

Contents: 25 Not Contents: 100

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 75 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 15
Crossbench 7
Labour 3

Not Contents

Labour 73
Liberal Democrat 18
Crossbench 6
Non-affiliated 2
Conservative 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 Brightman (Content), Lord Northbourne (Content), Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Not Content), Earl Russell (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (23)

Not Contents (98)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.