Local Government Bill [H.L.] — 28 Feb 2000 at 16:38

Clause 3 [Limits on power to promote well-being]:

moved Amendment No. 6:

Page 2, line 30, leave out subsection (2) and insert--

("( ) A local authority, in considering expenditure relating to section 2(1), may only spend money, whether raised by precept, borrowing or otherwise, up to a sum limited in any one year by the amount that would be raised if the level of the Council Tax precept on a Band D house within its area were increased by £2.").

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 6) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 66; Not-Contents, 135.

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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
Bishop2 07.7%
Con0 55 (+2 tell)24.8%
Crossbench7 78.4%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab104 (+2 tell) 058.6%
LDem19 035.8%
Total:133 6330.4%

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