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Lords division · 15 Nov 2004 · No. 1

Pensions Bill

It was moved by the Lord Higgins, before Clause 240, to insert the following new Clause (Removal of compulsion to take annuities); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 55

Contents: 198 Not Contents: 143

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 55 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 106
Liberal Democrat 44
Crossbench 37
Non-affiliated 7
Labour 1
Green Party 1
Conservative Independent 1
Lord Speaker 1

Not Contents

Labour 125
Non-affiliated 8
Crossbench 7
Independent Socialist 1
Independent Labour 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: Lord Cope of Berkeley (Content), Lord Roper (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (196)

Not Contents (141)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.