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Lords division · 29 Jun 2000 · No. 1

Postal Services Bill

It was moved by the Baroness Miller of Hendon, in Clause 5, page 3, line 37, at end to insert: (“( ) The Commission shall exercise its functions in the manner which it considers best calculated to ensure the maintenance of a network of rural post offices at a level comparable with that which existed on the day on which this Act was passed. ( ) In this section, a rural post office means a post office serving a community of 10,000 people or less.”); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 12

Contents: 104 Not Contents: 116

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 12 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 67
Liberal Democrat 26
Crossbench 7
Non-affiliated 4

Not Contents

Labour 103
Non-affiliated 7
Crossbench 3
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Socialist 1
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: Lord Henley (Content), Earl Russell (Content), Lord Carter (Not Content), The Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (102)

Not Contents (114)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.