Road Safety Bill [HL] — motorway speed limit to 80mph — 22 Nov 2005 at 18:57
moved Amendment No. 21:
After Clause 17, insert the following new clause-
"MOTORWAYS: MAXIMUM SPEED
The maximum speed on a motorway shall be 80 miles per hour, and in other circumstances shall be determined by highway controllers and the police with access to the motorway warning signs system."
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 21) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 56; Not-Contents, 163
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 |
Con | 0 | 45 (+2 tell) | 22.2% |
Crossbench | 9 | 6 | 8.2% |
Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Judge | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
Lab | 115 (+2 tell) | 0 | 54.2% |
LDem | 33 | 0 | 44.6% |
UUP | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Total: | 159 | 53 | 31.0% |
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Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.