Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — AV Referendum on Separate Day from Other Elections and Polls — 6 Dec 2010 at 17:38
The majority of members of the House of Lords rejected a proposal for the referendum on electing MPs via the "alternative vote" system ought be held on a separate day from any other polls or elections.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
Amendment 15: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert-
- "( ) The date of the referendum shall not coincide with any poll or polls for any parliamentary assembly or regularly held local government elections."
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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 | 119 (+1 tell) | 3 | 61.5% |
| Crossbench | 26 | 14 | 21.3% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 141 (+2 tell) | 59.6% |
| LDem | 61 (+1 tell) | 0 | 74.7% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Total: | 207 | 159 | 51.7% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.