Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill — 15 Sep 2004 at 16:00

moved Amendment No. 3:

After Clause 4, insert the following new clause-

"WIDOWS' PENSIONS FOR LIFE

From 6th April 2005, widows and widowers currently in receipt of an unattributable forces family pension shall retain that pension for life."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 3) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 110; Not-Contents, 113.

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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 4018.9%
Crossbench2 29 (+1 tell)17.9%
Independent Labour0 1100.0%
Lab107 (+2 tell) 153.7%
LDem0 35 (+1 tell)51.4%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:109 10732.9%

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
Lord Marsh Crossbenchno
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Morris of ManchesterLabaye

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