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Lords division · 12 May 2006 · No. 1

Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL]

It was moved by the Lord Joffe that the bill be now read a second time; then it was moved by the Lord Carlile of Berriew, as an amendment thereto, to leave out “now” and at end insert “this day six months”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 48

Contents: 148 Not Contents: 100

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 48 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost. This was not a whipped vote, so no party line applied.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 55
Crossbench 41
Labour 21
Bishops 12
Liberal Democrat 11
Non-affiliated 6
Independent Labour 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

Not Contents

Labour 43
Crossbench 24
Liberal Democrat 16
Conservative 11
Non-affiliated 5
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: Baroness Cumberlege (Content), Lord Carter (Content), Lord Joffe (Not Content), Lord Goodhart (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (146)

Not Contents (98)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.