Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Minimum of 35 MPs for Wales — 26 Jan 2011 at 19:57
Lord Adonis voted for a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against requiring a minimum of 35 MPs for Wales.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 89BA: Clause 11, page 11, line 26, at end insert-
- "(5) If the number of constituencies allocated to Wales under sub-paragraph (3) is fewer than 35, an additional allocation shall be made to Wales to ensure that it has 35 constituencies.
- (6) Where an additional allocation is made under sub-paragraph (5) above, sub-paragraph (7) shall apply in place of rule 2.
- (7) The electorate of any constituency in Wales shall be-
- (a) no less than 95% of the Welsh electoral quota; and
- (b) no more than 105% of that quota;
- the "Wales electoral quota" meaning W/P, where W is the electorate of Wales and P is the number of constituencies allocated to Wales."
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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 |
Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
Con | 118 (+1 tell) | 0 | 54.3% |
Crossbench | 14 | 17 | 16.4% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 124 (+2 tell) | 51.6% |
LDem | 60 (+1 tell) | 0 | 65.6% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
Total: | 193 | 144 | 43.9% |
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 Bew | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Deech | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Freyberg | Crossbench | no |
Lord Greenway | Crossbench | no |
Lord Jay of Ewelme | Crossbench | no |
Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | no |
The Countess of Mar | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Monson | Crossbench | no |
Lord Pannick | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Scott of Foscote | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Walpole | Crossbench (front bench) | no |