Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — 5 Mar 2008 at 19:00
Lord Triesman voted with the majority (Content).
moved Amendment No. 144B:
After Clause 129, insert the following new Clause-
"Blasphemy and blasphemous libel
(1) The offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel under the common law of England and Wales are abolished.
(2) In section 1 of the Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8) (orders for seizure of copies of blasphemous or seditious libel) the words "any blasphemous libel, or" are omitted.
(3) In sections 3 and 4 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64) (privileged matters) the words "blasphemous or" are omitted.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) (and the related repeals in Schedule 38) extend to England and Wales only."
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 144B) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 148; Not-Contents, 87.
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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 2 | 3 | 20.0% |
| Con | 7 | 57 (+2 tell) | 31.9% |
| Ind Lab | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 88 (+2 tell) | 4 | 42.7% |
| LDem | 28 | 3 | 38.8% |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 0 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Crossbench | 20 | 15 | 18.7% |
| Total: | 146 | 85 | 32.4% |
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 |
| The Bishop of Durham | Bishop | aye |
| The Bishop of Portsmouth | Bishop | aye |
| Lord Colwyn | Con | aye |
| Baroness Flather | Con | aye |
| Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | Con | aye |
| Lord Jopling | Con | aye |
| Lord Norton of Louth | Con | aye |
| The Earl of Onslow | Con | aye |
| Lord Patten of Barnes | Con | aye |
| Lord Clarke of Hampstead | Lab | no |
| Lord Davies of Coity | Lab | no |
| Lord Kirkhill | Lab | no |
| Lord Pendry | Lab | no |
| Lord Chidgey | LDem | no |
| The Earl of Mar and Kellie | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lord Steel of Aikwood | LDem | no |