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Lords division · 22 May 2006 · No. 1

Conventions

It was moved by the Chairman of Committees that the Commons message of 17th May be now considered, and that a Committee of eleven Lords be appointed to join with the Committee appointed by the Commons; That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following Lords be named of the Committee: V. Bledisloe L. Carter L. Cunningham of Felling L. Elton L. Fraser of Carmyllie L. Higgins L. McNally B. Symons of Vernham Dean L. Tomlinson L. Tyler L. Wright of Richmond; That the Committee have power to agree with the Committee appointed by the Commons in the appointment of a Chairman; That the Committee have leave to report from time to time; That the Committee have power to appoint specialist advisers; That the Committee have power to adjourn from place to place within the United Kingdom; That the Committee do report by 21st July 2006; And that the Committee do meet with the Committee appointed by the Commons tomorrow at 10 am; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 153

Contents: 184 Not Contents: 31

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 153 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

Labour 102
Liberal Democrat 31
Crossbench 29
Conservative 13
Non-affiliated 9

Not Contents

Conservative 22
Crossbench 4
Independent Labour 1
Lord Speaker 1
Conservative Independent 1
Non-affiliated 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 Harris of Haringey (Content), The Earl of Mar and Kellie (Content), Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Not Content), Lord Trefgarne (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (182)

Not Contents (29)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.