Sexual Offences Bill [HL] — 2 Jun 2003 at 18:21

moved Amendment No. 14:

After Clause 2, insert the following new clause-

"ANONYMITY OF DEFENDANT IN RAPE ETC. CASES

The defendant in rape etc. cases shall enjoy the same right to anonymity as is enjoyed by the complainant."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 14) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 109; Not-Contents, 105.

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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 08.3%
Con51 023.6%
Crossbench7 (+2 tell) 68.7%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab3 97 (+2 tell)52.8%
LDem41 063.1%
Total:106 10331.7%

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
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Baroness Howe of IdlicoteCrossbenchno
Lord Lloyd of BerwickCrossbench (front bench)no
The Countess of MarCrossbenchno
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Mallalieu Lab (minister)aye
Lord Sheldon Labaye
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonLabaye

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