Welfare Reform Bill — Report (2nd Day) — 14 Dec 2011 at 17:09
The majority of Lords voted to weaken the government's proposals to penalise underoccupation by those receiving housing benefit.
Iain Duncan Smith's views on this vote as quoted in The Telegraph.
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 | 3 | 0 | 12.5% |
| Con | 2 | 143 (+1 tell) | 63.8% |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ind Lab | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 157 (+1 tell) | 0 | 62.9% |
| LDem | 16 | 44 (+1 tell) | 62.2% |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| PC | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| UUP | 2 | 1 | 75.0% |
| Crossbench | 67 (+1 tell) | 0 | 35.4% |
| Total: | 254 | 188 | 55.2% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by name
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 Avebury | LDem | aye |
| Lord Cotter | LDem | aye |
| Lord Empey | UUP | no |
| Viscount Falkland | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Flather | Con | aye |
| Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Linklater of Butterstone | LDem | aye |
| Lord Macdonald of River Glaven | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Neuberger | LDem | aye |
| Lord Newton of Braintree | Con | aye |
| Lord Roberts of Llandudno | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Scott of Needham Market | LDem | aye |
| Lord Shipley | LDem | aye |
| Lord Smith of Clifton | LDem | aye |
| Lord Taylor of Goss Moor | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Thomas of Winchester | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Tonge | LDem | aye |
| Lord Tordoff | LDem | aye |