Postal Services Bill — 29 Jun 2000 at 16:42
Lord Saatchi was absent
moved Amendment No. 4A:
Page 3, line 37, at end insert--
("( ) The Commission shall exercise its functions in the manner which it considers best calculated to ensure the maintenance of a network of rural post offices at a level comparable with that which existed on the day on which this Act was passed.
( ) In this section, a rural post office means a post office serving a community of 10,000 people or less.")
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 4A) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 104; Not-Contents, 116.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 0 | 66 (+1 tell) | 28.8% |
Crossbench | 1 | 7 | 4.9% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 110 (+2 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
LDem | 0 | 28 (+1 tell) | 46.8% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 114 | 101 | 33.1% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Marsh | Crossbench | no |
Lord Laird | UUP | aye |