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Lords division · 9 Nov 2004 · No. 1

Civil Contingencies Bill

It was moved by the Lord Jopling, in Clause 2, page 3, line 25, at end to insert: “( ) Regulations under subsection (3) may, in particular, make provision— (a) requiring those authorities which control ports, airports or frontiers as well as local authorities to install special equipment to monitor the contents of lorries, containers or other objects for suspicious contents or persons; (b) requiring those authorities which control ports, airport or frontiers as well as local authorities to install special equipment designed to monitor persons, ships, other conveyances or other objects for radiological material; and (c) requiring local authorities and other public bodies to obtain specific static or mobile equipment which is designed to identify the presence of chemical material or biological organisms or radiological substances which might be used in a terrorist attack.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 40

Contents: 196 Not Contents: 156

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 40 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 111
Liberal Democrat 41
Crossbench 32
Non-affiliated 7
Lord Speaker 1
Green Party 1
Conservative Independent 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Labour 129
Crossbench 16
Non-affiliated 10
Independent Socialist 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 Cope of Berkeley (Content), Lord Roper (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (194)

Not Contents (154)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.