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Lords division · 3 Feb 2004 · No. 3

Gender Recognition Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Tebbit in Schedule 4, page 26, line 4, at end to insert: “( ) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, no two persons each possessing XX chromosomes nor each possessing XY chromosomes, nor each possessing genitalia appropriate to the same sex, may be married the one to the other.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 75

Contents: 46 Not Contents: 121

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 75 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 35
Crossbench 5
Labour 2
Non-affiliated 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Bishops 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 85
Liberal Democrat 19
Crossbench 8
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 2
Green Party 1
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: Earl Ferrers (Content), Baroness O'Cathain (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (44)

Not Contents (119)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.