Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — 40 Percent Turnout Threshold to make AV Referendum Binding — 7 Feb 2011 at 16:35
Lord Dykes voted not to require a 40% turnout in the referendum of using the "Alternative Vote" system for electing MPs for the referendum result to be binding.
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to require a 40% turnout in the referendum of using the "Alternative Vote" system for electing MPs for the referendum result to be binding.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The motion agreed in this vote was:
- Amendment A1: Clause 1, page 1, line 5, at end insert-
- "( ) If less than 40% of the electorate vote in the referendum, the result shall not be binding."
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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 | 4.2% |
Con | 118 (+1 tell) | 10 | 57.8% |
Crossbench | 25 | 49 | 38.9% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 0 | 151 (+2 tell) | 61.9% |
LDem | 71 (+1 tell) | 0 | 74.2% |
UUP | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
Total: | 215 | 213 | 55.0% |
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 Blackwell | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | Con (front bench) | aye |
Earl Cathcart | Con | aye |
Lord Dobbs | Con | aye |
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Hamilton of Epsom | Con | aye |
Lord Higgins | Con | aye |
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | Con | aye |
Lord Lamont of Lerwick | Con | aye |
Lord Swinfen | Con (front bench) | aye |
Lord Aberdare | Crossbench | no |
Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | no |
Lord Bew | Crossbench | no |
Lord Broers | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Butler-Sloss | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Butler of Brockwell | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Condon | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Cox | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Fellowes | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield | Crossbench | no |
Lord Imbert | Crossbench | no |
Lord Janvrin | Crossbench | no |
Lord Kakkar | Crossbench | no |
Lord Luce | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Mogg | Crossbench | no |
Lord Powell of Bayswater | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | no |
Lord Scott of Foscote | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Viscount Slim | Crossbench | no |
Lord Stevenson of Coddenham | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Turnbull | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Walpole | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Wilson of Tillyorn | Crossbench | no |