Criminal Justice Bill — change to Abolition of Death Penalty Act 1965 — 17 Nov 2003 at 17:06

Lord Wright of Richmond voted in the minority (Content).

moved Amendment No. 73:

Before Clause 241, insert the following new clause-

"AMENDMENT TO MURDER (ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY) ACT 1965

In section 1(1) of the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 (c. 71) (abolition of death penalty for murder), for the word "sentenced" there is substituted "liable"."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 73) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 92; Not-Contents, 116.

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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
Con5 2011.8%
Green0 1100.0%
Ind Lab0 1100.0%
Lab105 (+2 tell) 659.8%
LDem0 3656.3%
Other1 08.3%
UUP0 133.3%
Crossbench3 25 (+2 tell)17.8%
Total:114 9032.0%

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

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NamePartyVote
Baroness Anelay of St JohnsConno
Lord Fowler Conno
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConno
Lord Skelmersdale Conno
Lord Stewartby Conno
Lord Borrie Labaye
Lord Brennan Labaye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
Baroness Mallalieu Labaye
Lord Morris of AberavonLabaye
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonLabaye

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