House of Lords Reform — 29 Jun 2010 at 23:35
The majority of Lords voted in favour of a motion moved By Lord Steel of Aikwood which said:
That this House calls on Her Majesty's Government, notwithstanding their proposals for Lords reform whose legislative timetable is unclear, to table Motions before the Summer Recess enabling the House to approve or disapprove-
(a) a scheme to enable Members of the House to retire,
(b) the abolition of by-elections for hereditary Peers,
(c) the removal of Members convicted of serious criminal offices,
(d) the creation of a statutory appointments commission.
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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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 | 3.8% |
| Con | 8 (+1 tell) | 19 (+1 tell) | 15.2% |
| Crossbench | 18 | 0 | 9.5% |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Lab | 7 (+1 tell) | 6 | 6.3% |
| LDem | 6 | 2 (+1 tell) | 11.5% |
| Total: | 41 | 27 | 10.2% |
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
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Viscount Eccles | Con | aye |
| Lord Higgins | Con | aye |
| Lord Howe of Aberavon | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Jenkin of Roding | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Jopling | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Mayhew of Twysden | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness Miller of Hendon | Con | aye |
| Lord Norton of Louth | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Baroness O'Cathain | Con (front bench) | tellaye |
| Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | Lab | no |
| Lord Desai | Lab | no |
| Lord Elder | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lord Hoyle | Lab | no |
| Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | Lab | no |
| Lord Richard | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lord McNally | LDem (front bench) | no |
| Lord Shutt of Greetland | LDem (front bench) | tellno |
| Lord Wallace of Tankerness | LDem (front bench) | no |