Offender Rehabilitation Bill — Parliamentary Approval of Probation Service Reforms — 11 Mar 2014 at 16:33

Baroness Rendell of Babergh voted to require parliamentary approval of reforms to the probation service.

The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to require the approval of both Houses of Parliament prior to any reforms to the probation service.

The House of Lords was considering the Offender Rehabilitation Bill[1]

The majority of Lords were not content with the Commons amendment[2] to:

  • Leave out Clause 1

Clause 1[3][4] would provide that no alteration or reform may be made to the structure of the probation service unless the proposals have been laid before, and approved by resolution of, both Houses of Parliament.[5]

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Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop0 520.8%
Con167 (+1 tell) 073.4%
Crossbench11 65 (+1 tell)40.5%
DUP0 125.0%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Judge2 120.0%
Lab0 157 (+1 tell)70.2%
LDem80 (+1 tell) 179.6%
Non-affiliated0 13.1%
PC0 150.0%
Total:260 23460.3%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbenchno
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Viscount Brookeborough Crossbenchno
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchno
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchno
Lord Walton of DetchantCrossbenchno
Lord Woolf Crossbenchno
Lord Hardie Judgeaye
Viscount Falkland LDemaye
Baroness Nicholson of WinterbourneLDemaye

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