Racial and Religious Hatred Bill — 8 Nov 2005 at 17:16
moved Amendment No. 2:
After Clause 2, insert the following new clause-
"ABOLITION OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS OFFENCES
The following offences are hereby abolished-
(a) blasphemy and blasphemous libel;
(b) any distinct offence of disturbing a religious service or religious devotions;
(c) any religious offence of striking a person in a church or churchyard."
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 2) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 113; Not-Contents, 153.
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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 (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 2 | 0 | 8.0% |
| Con | 28 | 15 | 20.3% |
| Crossbench | 19 | 14 | 18.1% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Lab | 99 (+2 tell) | 26 | 58.8% |
| LDem | 0 | 52 (+2 tell) | 73.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 150 | 109 | 36.4% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by name
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.