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Lords division · 8 Dec 2003 · No. 1

Summer Recess 2004

It was moved by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) to resolve, That it is the opinion of this House that, subject to the requirements of business, the House should rise for the summer recess not later than Thursday 22nd July 2004, should sit during two weeks in September 2004, and should sit again no sooner than Monday 11th October 2004; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 8

Contents: 122 Not Contents: 114

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 8 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

Labour 78
Crossbench 15
Liberal Democrat 12
Non-affiliated 8
Conservative 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Socialist 1
Bishops 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 71
Crossbench 28
Liberal Democrat 8
Labour 4
Non-affiliated 2
Conservative Independent 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 Carter (Content), Lord Dubs (Content), Lord Lyell (Not Content), Lord Trefgarne (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (120)

Not Contents (112)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.