Lords division · 28 Feb 2005 · No. 1

Inquiries Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Kingsland, after Clause 6, to insert the new Clause (Inquiries where ministerial misconduct in issue); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 7

Contents: 137 Not Contents: 130

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 7 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 77
Liberal Democrat 33
Crossbench 22
Non-affiliated 2
Green Party 1
Independent Labour 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 106
Crossbench 19
Non-affiliated 5

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 Seccombe (Content), Lord Goodhart (Content), Lord Evans of Temple Guiting (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (135)

Not Contents (128)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.