Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Parliamentary oversight of police and prison service pay — 30 Apr 2008 at 18:39
Lord Thomas of Gresford voted with the majority (Content).
The majority of the House of Lords voted to insert a new clause[1] into the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill[2], which said:
- The Home Secretary may not make regulations under the Police Act 1996[3] that differ from the recommendations of the Police Negotiation Board, or regulations under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994[4] that differ from the recommendations of Prison Service Pay Review Board, unless they have been put to a vote by MPs.
This proposed law was later deleted in the House of Commons.[5]
- [1] Baroness Hanham, House of Lords, 30 April 2008
- [2] Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, House of Lords, 25 April 2008
- [3] Police Act 1996, Section 62, Functions of the Board with respect to regulations
- [4] Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Clause 128, Pay and related conditions
- [5] Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - Parliamentary oversight of police and prison service pay - rejected, House of Commons, 6 May 2008
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 |
Con | 121 (+1 tell) | 0 | 59.5% |
Crossbench | 23 | 7 | 16.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 103 (+2 tell) | 47.3% |
LDem | 44 (+1 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 190 | 110 | 43.7% |
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 Elystan-Morgan | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Greengross | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Joffe | Crossbench | no |
Lord Low of Dalston | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Meacher | Crossbench | no |
Lord Patel | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Patel of Bradford | Crossbench | no |