Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill — Cap on Total Population of Parliamentary Constituency — 19 Jan 2011 at 17:44
The majority of members of the House of Lords voted against capping the total population of a parliamentary constituency at 130% of the mean number of electors in a constituency (excluding two exceptional constituencies).
The House of Lords was considering the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was:
- Amendment 65B Page 9, line 23, after “rules” insert “2A,”
This would have had effect on Clause 11 of the Bill and sought to add a new element to the rule setting the number of electors in a constituency between 95% and 105% of the mean electorate of those constituencies subject to the rule (Na h-Eileanan an Iar and Orkney and Shetland were to be exempted), the new rule 2A, introduced by a later amendment, was to state[2]:
- “2A No constituency shall have a total population which is more than 130% of the electoral quota.”
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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 | 137 (+1 tell) | 0 | 63.9% |
| Crossbench | 28 | 7 | 18.6% |
| DUP | 0 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 151 (+2 tell) | 63.8% |
| LDem | 71 (+1 tell) | 0 | 79.1% |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Total: | 237 | 160 | 53.9% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.