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Lords division · 24 Jun 2004 · No. 1

Civil Partnership Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Baroness O’Cathain, in Clause 1, page 1, line 4, after “relationship” to insert “between two people in the categories set out in section (Categories of civil partners other than same sex couples) or”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 18

Contents: 148 Not Contents: 130

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 18 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 87
Crossbench 42
Bishops 6
Non-affiliated 6
Lord Speaker 1
Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1
Conservative Independent 1
Liberal Democrat 1
Independent Socialist 1
Independent Labour 1

Not Contents

Labour 90
Liberal Democrat 20
Crossbench 9
Non-affiliated 7
Conservative 2
Green Party 1
Bishops 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: Baroness Elles (Content), Baroness O'Cathain (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (146)

Not Contents (128)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.