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.

PartyMajority (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop2 07.7%
Con141 (+1 tell) 061.7%
Crossbench18 1620.7%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Independent Socialist0 1100.0%
Judge1 140.0%
Lab7 106 (+2 tell)63.9%
LDem48 (+1 tell) 092.5%
Total:219 12452.5%

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

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NamePartyVote
Earl Baldwin of BewdleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Bledisloe Crossbenchno
Lord Bridges Crossbenchno
Lord Burns Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Butler of BrockwellCrossbenchno
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbenchno
Lord Donaldson of LymingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Monson Crossbenchno
Lord Owen Crossbenchno
Baroness Richardson of CalowCrossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Skidelsky Crossbenchno
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Walpole Crossbenchno
Lord Weatherill Crossbenchno
Baroness Wharton Crossbenchno
Lord Bruce of DoningtonLabaye
Lord Desai Labaye
Baroness Jeger Labaye
Baroness Kennedy of The ShawsLabaye
The Earl of LongfordLabaye
Baroness Mallalieu Lab (minister)aye
Lord Stallard Labaye

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