Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 — 21 Mar 2007 at 22:09
The majority Not Contents defeated an Amendment that would have declined to pass the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 due to a number of concerns, predominantly
- Fears that religious teachers and preachers could be prosecuted for homophobia
- Fears that Catholic adoption agencies and old people's homes would have to cater for gay couples or close
- Arguments that preventing religions discriminating against homosexuals constitutes discrimination against religions
- Arguments that there was not enough scope for debate and the topic was important enough that it ought to be presented as primary legislation with greater opportunities for amendment, rather than as regulations
- and the fact that equivalent regulations in Northern Ireland were currently being contested in the courts and their legality had not been established.
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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.Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
Bishop | 0 | 3 | 11.5% |
Con | 4 | 68 (+1 tell) | 35.1% |
Crossbench | 15 | 30 (+1 tell) | 24.3% |
DUP | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 103 (+2 tell) | 10 | 53.2% |
LDem | 42 | 1 | 54.4% |
UKIP | 0 | 2 | 100.0% |
Total: | 164 | 118 | 39.5% |
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 Fowler | Con | no |
Baroness Noakes | Con | no |
Lord Norton of Louth | Con | no |
Lord St John of Fawsley | Con | no |
Lord Best | Crossbench | no |
Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | no |
Baroness D'Souza | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Greengross | Crossbench | no |
Lord Harries of Pentregarth | Crossbench | no |
Lord Haskins | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | Crossbench | no |
Lord Low of Dalston | Crossbench | no |
The Countess of Mar | Crossbench | no |
Baroness Murphy | Crossbench | no |
Lord Patel of Bradford | Crossbench | no |
Lord Rees of Ludlow | Crossbench | no |
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | Crossbench | no |
The Earl of Sandwich | Crossbench | no |
Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | Crossbench | no |
Lord Anderson of Swansea | Lab | aye |
Lord Brennan | Lab | aye |
Lord Brookman | Lab | aye |
Lord Clarke of Hampstead | Lab | aye |
Lord Davies of Coity | Lab | aye |
Lord Donoughue | Lab | aye |
Lord Evans of Parkside | Lab | aye |
Lord Gordon of Strathblane | Lab | aye |
Lord Lofthouse of Pontefract | Lab | aye |
Lord Pendry | Lab | aye |
Baroness Williams of Crosby | LDem | aye |