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% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.