Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Threshold for Making Result of AV Referendum Binding — 16 Feb 2011 at 12:46
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to make the referendum on using the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs non-binding on the Government if less than 40% of the electorate took part.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment accepted in this vote was:
- Amendment A1: As an amendment to Motion A, leave out from "House" to end and insert "do insist on its Amendments 1 and 8".
Motion A was[2]:
- That this House do not insist on its Amendments 1 and 8 to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reasons 1A and 8A:
Amendment 1 was[2]:
- Page 1, line 5, at end insert—
- “(1A) If less than 40% of the electorate vote in the referendum, the result shall not be binding.”
Amendment 8 was:
- Page 5, line 36, at end insert—
- “( ) In section 1(1A)—
- (a) “the electorate” is defined as those persons entitled to vote in the referendum, as defined in section 2;
- (b) the turnout figure is to be calculated on the basis that 100% turnout is defined as the total number of individuals who are entitled to vote in the referendum, as defined in section 2; and
- (c) “vote” is defined as votes counted under Part 1 of this Act.”
Both of these amendments relate to making the referendum on using the "alternative vote" system for electing MPs non-binding on the Government if less than 40% of the electorate took part.
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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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 1 | 0 | 4.2% |
Con | 27 | 120 (+1 tell) | 66.7% |
Crossbench | 55 | 16 | 37.6% |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 50.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 175 (+2 tell) | 0 | 71.7% |
LDem | 1 | 73 (+1 tell) | 76.5% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
UUP | 1 | 1 | 50.0% |
Total: | 264 | 211 | 60.5% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.