Constitutional Reform Bill [HL] — 7 Dec 2004 at 16:30

<[i>Amendment No. 2 not moved.]

moved Amendment No. 3:

Before Clause 1, insert the following new clause-

"LORD CHANCELLOR: MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS

No person is qualified to be Lord Chancellor unless he is a member of the House of Lords."

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

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 229; Not-Contents, 206.

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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop5 123.1%
Con164 (+1 tell) 078.6%
Crossbench47 (+1 tell) 932.0%
Green1 0100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab0 139 (+2 tell)68.8%
LDem2 5380.9%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:221 20261.9%

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
The Bishop of ChesterBishopno
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Baroness D'Souza Crossbenchno
Lord Fellowes Crossbenchno
Baroness Greengross Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbenchno
Lord Inge Crossbenchno
Lord Marsh Crossbenchno
Lord Robertson of Port EllenCrossbenchno
Baroness Stern Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Weatherill Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Falkland LDem (front bench)aye
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDem (front bench)aye

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