Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill — Regional Development Authorities — power to delegate — 1 Apr 2009 at 21:52
The majority of Lords voted against inserting a new clause[1] into the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill which would have actually resulted in a new clause in the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998[2] which said:
- Delegation of functions by regional development agencies
- Subject to the provisions of this section, a regional development agency shall have power to arrange for the discharge of any of their functions by a local authority within their area, or jointly by a group of local authorities within that area.
Following a short debate, the proposer of this motion (Lord Hanningfield) begged leave to withdraw this amendment. Unusually there was an objection to this, and the matter was pressed to a vote.[3]
- [1] Lord Hanningfield, House of Lords, 1 April 2009
- [2] Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, Statute Law Database.
- [3] Lord Hanningfield, House of Lords, 1 April 2009
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 |
Con | 0 | 9 | 4.5% |
Crossbench | 2 | 3 | 2.6% |
Lab | 62 (+2 tell) | 0 | 29.4% |
LDem | 0 | 19 (+2 tell) | 28.0% |
Total: | 64 | 31 | 14.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.