Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Set Number of MPs at Between 500 and 650 — 17 Jan 2011 at 23:53
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against a proposal to set the number of MPs at between 500 and 650.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 59: Clause 11, page 9, leave out line 18 and insert-
- "The number of constituencies in the United Kingdom shall be decided by an independent commission established by the government, but shall not exceed 650 or be less than 500
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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.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Con | 137 | 0 | 64.0% |
Crossbench | 4 | 8 | 6.4% |
Lab | 0 | 119 | 49.8% |
LDem | 68 | 0 | 75.6% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 210 | 127 | 46.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.