Control Orders — Annual renewal 2009 — Declines to approve — rejected — 5 Mar 2009 at 12:45
The majority of Lords voted in favour of renewing[1] the Control order powers brought in by the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 for yet another year.[2]
- [1] The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2009, Statutory Instrument.
- [2] Lord West of Spithead, House of Lords, 5 March 2009
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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 |
| Con | 1 | 1 | 1.0% |
| Crossbench | 29 | 9 | 19.8% |
| Lab | 99 (+1 tell) | 0 | 45.9% |
| LDem | 0 | 36 (+2 tell) | 50.7% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 130 | 46 | 26.0% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.