Public Order Bill — Report (2nd Day) — Amendment 54 — 7 Feb 2023 at 17:30

Moved by Baroness Chakrabarti

54: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause-“Protection for journalists and others monitoring protestsA constable may not exercise any police power for the principal purpose of preventing a person from observing or otherwise reporting on a protest or the exercise of police powers in relation to-(a) a protest-related offence,(b) a protest-related breach of an injunction, or(c) activities related to a protest.”Member's explanatory statementThis new Clause would protect journalists, legal observers, academics, and bystanders who observe or report on protests or the police’s use of powers related to protests.

Ayes 283, Noes 192.

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop5 020.0%
Con5 179 (+2 tell)67.4%
Crossbench56 333.1%
DUP0 466.7%
Green2 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge4 036.4%
Lab126 (+2 tell) 070.7%
LDem69 083.1%
Non-affiliated12 326.8%
PC1 0100.0%
UUP0 150.0%
Total:281 19057.8%

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

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NamePartyVote
Lord Aberdare Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Altmann Conaye
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)aye
Lord Eames Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Foster of AghadrumseeNon-affiliatedno
Lord Fowler Non-affiliatedno
Lord Gadhia Non-affiliatedno
Lord Garnier Con (front bench)aye
Lord Hogan-Howe Crossbenchno
Lord Howard of LympneCon (front bench)aye
Lord Patten of BarnesConaye

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