Local Government Bill, removing bullying clause — 24 Jul 2000 at 20:28
Wikipedia has plenty of information and history on Section 28 at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28
The Commons proposed amendment 377 to disagree with Baroness Young's amendment to add a clause on bullying to section 28. Baroness Young's amendment, which this vote is on, simply said the House disagreed with the Commons amendment, rather than agreed.
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 | 4 | 4 | 30.8% |
Con | 180 (+2 tell) | 5 | 80.3% |
Crossbench | 62 | 19 | 49.4% |
Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Socialist | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 17 | 144 (+2 tell) | 81.5% |
LDem | 0 | 53 | 85.5% |
Total: | 265 | 226 | 71.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.