Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — 5 Mar 2008 at 19:00

moved Amendment No. 144B:

After Clause 129, insert the following new Clause-
"Blasphemy and blasphemous libel
(1) The offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel under the common law of England and Wales are abolished.
(2) In section 1 of the Criminal Libel Act 1819 (60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4 c. 8) (orders for seizure of copies of blasphemous or seditious libel) the words "any blasphemous libel, or" are omitted.
(3) In sections 3 and 4 of the Law of Libel Amendment Act 1888 (c. 64) (privileged matters) the words "blasphemous or" are omitted.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) (and the related repeals in Schedule 38) extend to England and Wales only."

On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 144B) shall be agreed to?

Their Lordships divided: Contents, 148; Not-Contents, 87.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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 (Content)Minority (Not-Content)Turnout
Bishop2 320.0%
Con6 57 (+2 tell)31.6%
Crossbench18 1517.6%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab88 (+2 tell) 442.2%
LDem28 338.8%
UKIP0 150.0%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:143 8431.9%

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

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NamePartyVote
The Bishop of DurhamBishopaye
The Bishop of PortsmouthBishopaye
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)aye
Baroness Flather Con (front bench)aye
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsConaye
Lord Jopling Con (front bench)aye
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)aye
The Earl of OnslowCon (front bench)aye
Lord Patten of BarnesConaye
Lord Armstrong of IlminsterCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Bridges Crossbenchno
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Dear Crossbenchno
Baroness Finlay of LlandaffCrossbenchno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Baroness Howarth of BrecklandCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Monson Crossbenchno
Lord Neill of BladenCrossbenchno
Baroness O'Neill of BengarveCrossbenchno
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbenchno
Lady Saltoun of AbernethyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Skidelsky Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchno
Lord Clarke of HampsteadLabno
Lord Davies of CoityLab (minister)no
Lord Kirkhill Labno
Lord Pendry Labno
Lord Chidgey LDemno
The Earl of Mar and KellieLDem (front bench)no
Lord Steel of AikwoodLDemno

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