Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 — 22 Mar 2005 at 16:02

rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 8 February be approved.

Moved, That the draft order laid before the House on 8 February be approved.-(Baroness Amos.)

rose to move, as an amendment to the above Motion, at end to insert, "but this House regrets that the Government have not provided the opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to express their opinion on the matter, either through democratically elected institutions or by means of a referendum".

On Question, Whether the said amendment shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 168; Not-Contents, 150.

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop1 18.0%
Con99 (+1 tell) 047.6%
Crossbench12 1515.3%
Green1 0100.0%
Lab1 131 (+2 tell)65.4%
LDem50 (+1 tell) 073.9%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:165 14746.0%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Alton of LiverpoolCrossbenchaye
Lord Ampthill Crossbenchaye
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Chorley Crossbenchaye
Lord Cobbold Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Greenway Crossbench (front bench)aye
Lord Kingsdown Crossbench (front bench)aye
The Countess of MarCrossbenchaye
Lord Molyneaux of KilleadCrossbenchaye
Lord Monson Crossbenchaye
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchaye
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)aye
Baroness Blood Labaye

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