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