Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 — 22 Mar 2005 at 16:02
rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 8 February be approved.
Moved, That the draft order laid before the House on 8 February be approved.-(Baroness Amos.)
rose to move, as an amendment to the above Motion, at end to insert, "but this House regrets that the Government have not provided the opportunity for the people of Northern Ireland to express their opinion on the matter, either through democratically elected institutions or by means of a referendum".
On Question, Whether the said amendment shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 168; Not-Contents, 150.
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 | 1 | 1 | 8.0% |
Con | 99 (+1 tell) | 0 | 47.6% |
Crossbench | 12 | 15 | 15.3% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Lab | 1 | 131 (+2 tell) | 65.4% |
LDem | 50 (+1 tell) | 0 | 73.9% |
UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 165 | 147 | 46.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.