Offender Rehabilitation Bill — Parliamentary Approval of Probation Service Reforms — 11 Mar 2014 at 16:33
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston 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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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Offender Rehabilitation Bill
- [2] Commons amendments, and Lords' amendments in lieu for consideration of the Offender Rehabilitation Bill on the 11th of March 2014
- [3] Version of the Bill to which the amendments relate
- [4] Clause one of the Offender Rehabilitation Bill as the time of the vote
- [5] Explanatory notes to the Offender Rehabilitation Bill as the time of the vote
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 | 5 | 20.8% |
Con | 167 (+1 tell) | 0 | 73.4% |
Crossbench | 11 | 65 (+1 tell) | 40.5% |
DUP | 0 | 1 | 25.0% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Judge | 2 | 1 | 20.0% |
Lab | 0 | 157 (+1 tell) | 70.2% |
LDem | 80 (+1 tell) | 1 | 79.6% |
Non-affiliated | 0 | 1 | 3.1% |
PC | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
Total: | 260 | 234 | 60.3% |
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | Crossbench | no |
Lord Bew | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbench | no |
Lord Dear | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Greengross | Crossbench | no |
Lord Laming | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Murphy | Crossbench | no |
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | Crossbench | no |
Lord Walton of Detchant | Crossbench | no |
Lord Woolf | Crossbench | no |
Lord Hardie | Judge | aye |
Viscount Falkland | LDem | aye |
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | LDem | aye |