Speakership of the House — 31 Jan 2006 at 18:18
rose to move, as an amendment to the motion standing in the name of the Lord President, in line 3, after "approved" to insert "except that the title of the office should be "Lord Presiding Officer"".
had given notice of his intention to move, as an amendment to the Motion standing in the name of the Lord President, in line 3, after "approved" to insert "except that in carrying out the duties recommended in paragraph 17 the Lord on the Woolsack should act as guardian of the Companion".
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I gather that the noble Lord, Lord Elton, had in mind to move a manuscript amendment to include the word "a" in this amendment, which I think would make it more amenable to your Lordships-but where is he? He had it in mind, so he informed me, to move an amendment to my amendment to turn it into "a" Companion, not "the" Companion-
<[i>Amendment No. 4 not moved.]
rose to move, as an amendment to the motion standing in the name of the Lord President, in line 3, after "approved" to insert "except that the Leader's role at Question Time should be transferred to the Lord Speaker".
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 5) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 132; Not-Contents, 176.
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 | 90 (+1 tell) | 6 | 46.2% |
| Crossbench | 29 | 6 | 19.1% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Judge | 1 | 0 | 10.0% |
| Lab | 17 | 112 (+2 tell) | 61.8% |
| LDem | 33 (+1 tell) | 4 | 51.4% |
| Total: | 171 | 128 | 43.9% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Baker of Dorking | Con | aye |
| Lord Denham | Con | aye |
| Lord Lamont of Lerwick | Con | aye |
| Lord Lawson of Blaby | Con | aye |
| Lord Quinton | Con | aye |
| Lord St John of Fawsley | Con | aye |
| Lord Ampthill | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Boothroyd | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Brookeborough | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Palmer | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Tenby | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Turnbull | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Clinton-Davis | Lab | no |
| Lord Dixon | Lab | no |
| Lord Faulkner of Worcester | Lab | no |
| Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland | Lab | no |
| Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | Lab | no |
| Baroness Hollis of Heigham | Lab | no |
| Lord Howarth of Newport | Lab | no |
| Lord Judd | Lab | no |
| Lord Kirkhill | Lab | no |
| Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract | Lab | no |
| Baroness Mallalieu | Lab | no |
| Lord McIntosh of Haringey | Lab | no |
| Lord Moonie | Lab | no |
| Viscount Simon | Lab | no |
| Baroness Turner of Camden | Lab | no |
| Baroness Wilkins | Lab | no |
| Lord Winston | Lab | no |
| Lord Goodhart | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Hamwee | LDem | aye |
| Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | LDem | aye |
| Lord Tyler | LDem | aye |