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Lords division · 7 Dec 2004 · No. 2

Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Kingsland, before Clause 1, to insert the new Clause (Lord Chancellor: further qualification for appointment); which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 40

Contents: 215 Not Contents: 175

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 146
Crossbench 48
Liberal Democrat 7
Non-affiliated 5
Bishops 4
Conservative Independent 1
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Green Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 122
Liberal Democrat 32
Non-affiliated 12
Crossbench 9

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), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content), Lord Triesman (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (213)

Not Contents (173)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.