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Lords division · 14 Dec 2004 · No. 1

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 2004

It was moved by the Lord Thomas of Gresford, as an amendment to the motion in the name of the Baroness Scotland of Asthal, at end to insert “but that this House calls on Her Majesty’s Government to reconsider the policy furthered by the Order which undermines the presumption of innocence, will lead to wrongful convictions, and will thereby destroy public confidence in the criminal justice system”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 48

Contents: 42 Not Contents: 90

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 48 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 27
Crossbench 8
Conservative 4
Bishops 2
Non-affiliated 1

Not Contents

Labour 86
Crossbench 2
Non-affiliated 2

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 Dholakia (Content), Lord Thomas of Gresford (Content), Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (40)

Not Contents (88)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.