House of Lords Reform — 50 per cent appointed/50 per cent elected — 4 Feb 2003 at 17:09

That this House approves Option 7 (50 per cent appointed/50 per cent elected)p>

On Question, Whether the said Motion (Option 7) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 84; Not-Contents, 322.

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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.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop5 020.8%
Con128 (+1 tell) 1265.0%
Crossbench71 1047.1%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab93 (+1 tell) 34 (+1 tell)66.5%
LDem17 26 (+1 tell)67.7%
Total:316 8259.6%

Rebel Voters - sorted by name

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Acton Labaye
Lord Adebowale Crossbenchaye
Lord Alexander of WeedonConaye
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchaye
Baroness Amos Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Andrews Lab (minister)aye
Lord Baker of DorkingCon (front bench)aye
Lord Bassam of BrightonLab (minister)aye
Lord Bragg Labaye
Lord Brooke of AlverthorpeLab (minister)aye
Lord Carlile of BerriewLDemno
Viscount Chandos Labaye
Lord Dahrendorf LDemno
Lord Davies of OldhamLab (minister)aye
Lord Desai Lab (minister)aye
Lord Dixon Labaye
Lord Dormand of EasingtonLabaye
Lord Dubs Lab (minister)aye
Lord Evans of Temple GuitingLabaye
Viscount Falkland LDem (front bench)no
Lord Fearn LDemno
Lord Freyberg Crossbenchaye
Lord Fyfe of FairfieldLabaye
Baroness Gale Lab (minister)aye
Lord Geraint LDemno
Lord Graham of EdmontonLab (minister)tellaye
Baroness Harris of RichmondLDem (front bench)no
Lord Henley Conaye
Baroness Hogg Con (front bench)aye
Lord Hooson LDemno
Lord Hoyle Labaye
Lord Hunt of ChestertonLabaye
Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLab (minister)aye
Lord Hylton Crossbenchaye
Baroness Jay of PaddingtonLabaye
Lord Joffe Crossbenchaye
Lord Judd Lab (minister)aye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Lockwood Labaye
Lord Lucas Con (front bench)aye
Lord Mackie of BenshieLDemno
Lord May of OxfordCrossbenchaye
Lord Methuen LDem (front bench)no
Lord Mitchell Lab (minister)aye
Lord Moynihan Conaye
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbenchaye
The Earl of OnslowConaye
Lord Parekh Lab (minister)aye
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Pitkeathley Lab (minister)aye
Lord Plant of HighfieldLabaye
Lord Prior Con (front bench)aye
Lord Prys-Davies Labaye
Lord Quinton Conaye
Lord Rea Lab (minister)aye
Lord Renton of Mount HarryConaye
Lord Richard Labaye
Lord Russell-Johnston LDemno
Lord Sandberg LDem (front bench)no
Lord Sawyer Labaye
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)aye
Lord Shutt of GreetlandLDem (front bench)no
Lord Smith of LeighLabaye
Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchaye
Baroness Thomas of WalliswoodLDemno
Lord Tordoff LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Uddin Labaye
Baroness Walmsley LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Warnock Crossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Whitaker Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wigoder LDemno
Lord Williams of MostynLab (minister)aye
Lord Wolfson Conaye

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