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Lords division · 5 Jul 2004 · No. 2

Children Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Lester of Herne Hill, after Clause 48, to insert the following new Clause (Reasonable punishment); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 135

Contents: 226 Not Contents: 91

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 135 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 118
Crossbench 41
Liberal Democrat 27
Conservative 24
Non-affiliated 13
Bishops 1
Green Party 1
Independent Socialist 1

Not Contents

Conservative 65
Crossbench 9
Labour 7
Liberal Democrat 6
Non-affiliated 3
Independent Labour 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 Massey of Darwen (Content), Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Content), Viscount Goschen (Not Content), Lord Vinson (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (224)

Not Contents (89)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.