Pensions Bill — 27 Oct 2008 at 19:06

Lord Dixon voted with the majority (Not-Content).

moved Amendment No. 77:

Before Clause 123, insert the following new Clause-
"Amendment of rules to take pension annuities by the age of 75
(1) Any statutory provision or rule of law requiring a pension to be taken in the form of an annuity by the age of 75 is amended so that the age limit is 85.
(2) The Secretary of State must review the age limit no less frequently than every five years and report on the average life expectancy."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 77) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 46; Not-Contents, 99.

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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
Con0 00.0%
Crossbench4 107.3%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab89 (+2 tell) 041.7%
LDem0 33 (+2 tell)46.1%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:94 4420.5%

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 D'Souza Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
Baroness Masham of IltonCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Meacher Crossbenchno
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbench (front bench)no

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