Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Curtail Debate and Make Decsion On Setting Number of MPs Between 500 and 650 — 17 Jan 2011 at 23:38
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted to bring the debate to a close and make a decision on setting the number of MPs to some number between 500 and 650.
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1].
The motion agreed in this vote was:
- That the Question be now put
This brought the debate on a proposal to limit the number of MPs in the House of Commons to between 500 and 650 to a close, and prompted a vote on the substance of the proposal.
It is not possible to assign a position on the substantive matter on the basis of a member's vote in this divison.
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 |
Con | 135 (+1 tell) | 0 | 63.6% |
Crossbench | 11 | 4 | 8.0% |
Lab | 0 | 120 (+2 tell) | 51.0% |
LDem | 69 (+1 tell) | 0 | 77.8% |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
Total: | 216 | 124 | 46.9% |
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
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Elystan-Morgan | Crossbench | no |
Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | no |
Lord Low of Dalston | Crossbench (front bench) | no |
Baroness Richardson of Calow | Crossbench | no |
Lord Robertson of Port Ellen | Crossbench | no |