Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [HL] — creation of admix (inter-species) embroyos — 15 Jan 2008 at 17:53
Amendments tabled by Lord Alton of Liverpool that seek to ban the creation of human admixed (formerly ‘inter-species’) embryos for research, and the use of hamster eggs for testing fertility of sperm.
Those voting Content were voting for a ban on such research. Those voting Not Content were voting to allow the licensing of the research.
Clause 4 <[i>Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin]:
moved Amendment No. 8:
Clause 4, page 4, leave out line 11
On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 8) shall be agreed to?
Their Lordships divided: Contents, 96; Not-Contents, 268.
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 | 2 | 1 | 11.5% |
| Con | 41 | 51 (+1 tell) | 44.9% |
| Crossbench | 43 | 19 (+1 tell) | 33.3% |
| DUP | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 134 (+2 tell) | 8 | 65.2% |
| LDem | 42 | 9 | 63.8% |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 263 | 93 | 49.3% |
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