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.
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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.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 5 | 1 | 23.1% |
| Con | 164 (+1 tell) | 0 | 78.6% |
| Crossbench | 47 (+1 tell) | 9 | 32.0% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 139 (+2 tell) | 68.8% |
| LDem | 2 | 53 | 80.9% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 221 | 202 | 61.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.