Lords division · 8 Feb 2005 · No. 2

Inquiries Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Kingsland, in Clause 17, page 7, line 27, to leave out “either or both of the following ways” and insert “the following way”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 102

Contents: 61 Not Contents: 163

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 102 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 54
Crossbench 5
Non-affiliated 2

Not Contents

Labour 104
Liberal Democrat 26
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 8
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Green Party 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), Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (59)

Not Contents (161)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.