Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill [H.L.] — 20 Jan 2000 at 18:57
House in Committee accordingly.
[The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES in the Chair.]
Clause 1 [Determination of mode of trial]:
moved Amendment No. 1:
Page 1, line 9, at end insert ("and on the application of the accused, shall order that he be tried on indictment").
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 1) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 222; Not-Contents, 126.
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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 | 2 | 0 | 7.7% |
| Con | 141 (+1 tell) | 0 | 61.7% |
| Crossbench | 18 | 16 | 20.7% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 1 | 40.0% |
| Lab | 7 | 106 (+2 tell) | 63.9% |
| LDem | 48 (+1 tell) | 0 | 92.5% |
| Total: | 219 | 124 | 52.5% |
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 |
| Earl Baldwin of Bewdley | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Viscount Bledisloe | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Bridges | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Burns | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Butler of Brockwell | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Colville of Culross | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Donaldson of Lymington | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Monson | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Owen | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Richardson of Calow | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| The Earl of Sandwich | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Skidelsky | Crossbench | no |
| Viscount Tenby | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
| Lord Walpole | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Weatherill | Crossbench | no |
| Baroness Wharton | Crossbench | no |
| Lord Bruce of Donington | Lab | aye |
| Lord Desai | Lab | aye |
| Baroness Jeger | Lab | aye |
| Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws | Lab | aye |
| The Earl of Longford | Lab | aye |
| Baroness Mallalieu | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Lord Stallard | Lab | aye |