Police and Justice Bill — 9 Oct 2006 at 19:21

moved Amendment No. 59:

After Clause 11, insert the following new clause-
"POWER TO SEARCH FOR FIREARMS
If a police constable has reason to believe that a person or persons in a particular area may be carrying firearms, he may arrange-

(a) for that area to be sealed off; and (b) for the searching for firearms of any people or vehicles in that particular area, by whatever means he considers appropriate."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 59) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 93; Not-Contents, 101.

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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
Con0 34 (+1 tell)16.4%
Crossbench1 126.9%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab95 (+2 tell) 145.0%
LDem0 41 (+1 tell)53.2%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:97 9027.2%

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
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Donoughue Labaye

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