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.
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 | 2 | 0 | 7.7% |
| Con | 0 | 55 (+2 tell) | 24.8% |
| Crossbench | 7 | 7 | 8.4% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 104 (+2 tell) | 0 | 58.6% |
| LDem | 19 | 0 | 35.8% |
| Total: | 133 | 63 | 30.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.