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Lords division · 23 Jan 2006 · No. 1

Identity Cards Bill

It was moved by the Lord Phillips of Sudbury, in Clause 5, page 5, line 4, to leave out must” and insert may, if the individual so chooses”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 44

Contents: 186 Not Contents: 142

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 44 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 96
Liberal Democrat 44
Crossbench 32
Non-affiliated 8
Labour 2
Independent Labour 1
Conservative Independent 1
Lord Speaker 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 123
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 6
Conservative 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: Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (184)

Not Contents (140)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.