Cannabis — reclassification from class C back to class B — 25 Nov 2008 at 19:24
The majority of the House of Lords voted in favour of the reclassification of cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, as written in The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2008.
They did this by voting against the motion:[1]
- This House calls on Her Majesty's Government to follow the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that cannabis should remain a class C drug and to delay implementing the order pending a further review by the advisory council
Unlike in the House of Commons (which was lucky to hold a vote),[2] the House of Lords held an extensive debate.
This order reversed the 2003 reclassification of the drug from class B to class C, where there was also a debate and a vote.[3]
- [1] Barones Meacher, House of Lords, 25 November 2008.
- [2] Cannabis - reclassification from class C back to class B, House of Commons, 12 November 2008
- [3] Cannabis - reclassification from class B to class C, House of Lords Division, 12 November 2003
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 (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 2 | 0 | 7.7% |
| Con | 20 | 6 | 12.7% |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 76 (+2 tell) | 7 | 39.2% |
| LDem | 0 | 36 | 47.4% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Crossbench | 12 | 13 (+2 tell) | 14.1% |
| Total: | 114 | 62 | 25.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.