Road Safety Bill [HL] — speed limits for villages — 10 Jan 2006 at 15:52

moved Amendment No. 3:

After Clause 19, insert the following new clause-

"NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT FOR VILLAGES

(1) There shall be a national speed limit of 30 miles per hour for villages.

(2) A "village" for the purposes of this Act shall be a settlement of 20 or more houses located along more than 600 metres of the highway.

(3) The limit referred to under subsection (1) shall come into force twelve months after the day on which this Act is passed."

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

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 76; Not-Contents, 158

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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 (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Con3 85.2%
Crossbench14 1716.8%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Judge1 010.0%
Lab135 (+2 tell) 064.3%
LDem0 46 (+2 tell)64.9%
UUP1 0100.0%
Total:155 7133.2%

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

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NamePartyVote
Earl Attlee Conno
Lord Blackwell Con (front bench)no
Viscount Trenchard Conno
Lord Ackner Crossbenchno
Viscount Bledisloe Crossbenchno
Baroness Boothroyd Crossbenchno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of ListowelCrossbenchno
Lord Moser Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Murphy Crossbenchno
Lord Ouseley Crossbenchno
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Skidelsky Crossbenchno
Lord Sutherland of HoundwoodCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchno
Lord Laird UUPaye
Lord Maginnis of DrumglassUUPaye

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