Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill — 8 Apr 2003 at 15:57

moved Amendment No. 24:

After Clause 5, insert the following new clause-

"PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO VOTERS

(1) Information shall be circulated to voters before any order is made for a referendum providing details of-

(a) the powers, responsibilities and constitutional arrangements of elected regional assemblies;

(b) the costs incurred by the boundary committee and the forecasted costs of any subsequent local government reorganisation;

(c) the administrative and initial starting costs for the establishment of regional assemblies;

(d) the predicted annual costs for the running of regional assemblies."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 24) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 114; Not-Contents, 164.

Debate in Parliament | Historical Hansard | Source |

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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
Con0 96 (+2 tell)45.2%
Crossbench10 1414.0%
Lab110 (+2 tell) 057.7%
LDem41 063.1%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:161 11142.5%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Allen of AbbeydaleCrossbenchno
Lord Boston of FavershamCrossbenchno
Lord Brightman Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Chan Crossbenchno
Lord Kilclooney Crossbenchno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ListowelCrossbenchno
Baroness Richardson of CalowCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Roll of IpsdenCrossbenchno
Lord Williamson of HortonCrossbench (front bench)no

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