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Lords division · 26 Apr 2006 · No. 2

Local Government (Boundaries) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

It was moved by the Lord Smith of Clifton, as an amendment to the motion that the draft Order laid before the House on 22nd March be approved, at end to insert “but this House regrets that the arrangements proposed for seven councils will not provide sufficient local identity, engagement, accountability for decisions or accessibility of the public to political representatives, as expressed by the majority of parties in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Local Government Association”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Not Contents have it

Majority 26

Contents: 57 Not Contents: 83

At a glance The Not Contents won by a margin of 26 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it won.

How the parties voted

Contents

Liberal Democrat 32
Conservative 12
Crossbench 6
Non-affiliated 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 80
Non-affiliated 2
Crossbench 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 Addington (Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (55)

Not Contents (81)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.