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% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.